ACTIVITIES

USING THE DATA SET PROVIDED FOR ACTIVITIES (excel file: DATA SET FOR
ACTIVITIES, DATA SET (descriptive statistics), perform the following:

1. Provide a frequency distribution (frequency counts & percentages) of all the categorical
variables (nominal and ordinal). Summarize it in a single table only. Do not copy the
actual SPSS output.

Variables Classification Frequencies Percentages

Male 532 44.3%
Gender
Female 668 55.7%
Public 559 46.6%
Type of School
Private 641 53.4%
Ilokano 539 44.9%
Dialect Spoken
Tagalog 661 55.1%
Highest Elementary 301 25.1%
Educational High School 686 57.2%
Attainment of
Father College 213 17.8%

2. Provide a frequency distribution (frequency counts and percentages) showing the cross
tabulation of the variables

a. gender and dialect spoken

Dialect Spoken
Ilokano Tagalog
Percentages
Frequencies Percentages Frequencies Total
*
Frequencies 528 99.2% 4 0.8% 532
Male
Percentages 98.0% 0.6% 44.3%
Gender
Frequencies 11 1.6% 657 98.4% 668
Female
Percentages 2.0% 99.4% 55.7%
Total 539 44.9% 641 55.1% 1200
 b. type of school and highest educational attainment of the father

Highest Educational Attainment of the Father

Elementary High School College Total
Frequ Perce Frequ Perce Frequ Perce
encies ntages encies ntages encies ntages
Frequ
159 28.4% 295 52.8% 559 18.8% 559
encies
Publi
Perce 52.8% 43.0% 49.3% 46.6%
c
Type ntage
of s
Scho Frequ
142 22.2% 391 61.0% 641 16.8% 641
ol encies
Priva
Perce 47.2% 57.0% 50.7% 53.4%
te
ntage
s
Total 301 25.1% 686 57.2% 213 17.8% 1200

c. dialect spoken and highest educational attainment of the father

Highest Educational Attainment of the Father

Elementary High School College Total
Frequ Perce Frequ Perce Frequ Perce
encies ntages encies ntages encies ntages
Frequ
145 26.9% 296 54.9% 98 18.2% 539
encies
Iloka
Perce
no
Diale ntage 48.2% 43.1% 46.0% 44.9%
ct s
Spok Frequ
156 23.6% 390 59.0% 115 17.4% 661
en encies
Taga
Perce
log
ntage 51.8% 56.9% 54.0% 55.1%
s
Total 301 25.1% 686 57.2% 213 17.8% 1200

d. gender and type of school

Type of School
Public Private
Frequencie
Percentages Frequencies Percentages Total
s
Frequencies 468 88.0% 64 12.0% 532
Male
Percentages 83.7% 10.0% 44.3%
Gender
Frequencies 91 13.6% 577 86.4% 668
Female
Percentages 16.3% 90.0% 55.7%
Total 559 46.6% 641 53.4% 1200
3. Present a table showing the
a. measures of central tendency (Mean, Median and Mode) and

Board
intrinsic extrinsic test Math Science English Exam
motivation motivation anxiety grade grade grade Rating
Mean 3.990 3.897 3.755 81.83 73.48 72.00 68.64
Median 3.900 3.900 3.700 88.00 74.00 76.00 72.00
Mode 5.0 5.0 5.0 89 88 76 44

b. measures of variability (Range, Standard Deviation and

Variance and Coefficient of Variation only) of all the continuous variables
(interval and ratio).

Board
intrinsic extrinsic test Math Science English Exam
motivation motivation anxiety grade grade grade Rating
Std. Deviation .8982 .9420 1.0698 10.102 13.660 10.593 15.284
Variance .807 .887 1.145 102.043 186.587 112.203 233.602
Range 3.1 3.1 4.0 50 65 53 65

4. Provide a table showing the Descriptive Statistics (Number of cases, Means and
Standard Deviations of the following variables:
a. Gender and Science Grades

Variable Science grade

Gender n Mean SD
Male 532 69.99 16.526
Female 668 76.26 10.025
Total 1200 73.48 13.660

b. Educational Attainment of the Father and Board Exam rating

Variable Board Exam rating

Educational Attainment of the Father n Mean SD
Elementary 301 67.89 15.544
High School 686 69.01 15.066
College 213 68.52 15.638
Total 1200 68.64 15.284
 c. Dialect Spoken and Math grades

Variable Math grade

Dialect Spoken n Mean SD
Ilokano 539 81.64 10.100
Tagalog 661 81.98 10.108
Total 1200 81.83 10.102

d. Type of School and English grades

Variable English grade

Type of School n Mean SD
Public 559 72.46 10.038
Private 641 71.60 11.045
Total 1200 72.00 10.593

5. Provide a table showing the Descriptive Statistics (Number of cases, Means and
Standard Deviations only) of the following variables, based on the cross tabulations
performed in Item No. 2
a. Math grade - gender and dialect spoken

Variables Math grade

Gender x Dialect Spoken n Mean SD
Male – Ilokano 528 81.69 10.162
Male – Tagalog 4 81.25 7.890
Female – Ilokano 11 79.55 6.440
Female – Tagalog 657 81.99 10.125

b. Science Grade- type of school and highest educational attainment of the father

Variables Science grade

Type of School x Highest Educational n Mean SD
Attainment of the Father
Public – Elementary 159 70.38 16.945
Public – High School 295 71.36 16.013
Public – College 105 71.00 17.273
Private – Elementary 142 75.07 10.935
Private – High School 391 76.00 9.590
Private – College 108 75.04 10.854
c. English grade- dialect spoken and highest educational attainment of the father

Variables English grade

Dialect Spoken x Highest Educational Attainment n Mean SD
of the Father
Ilokano – Elementary 145 72.62 9.988
Ilokano – High School 296 72.62 10.030
Ilokano – College 98 73.60 10.762
Tagalog – Elementary 156 70.60 10.383
Tagalog – High School 390 70.78 11.111
Tagalog – College 115 74.30 10.515

d. Board Exam Rating- gender and type of school

Variables Board Exam Rating

Gender x Type of School n Mean SD
Male – Public 468 60.61 16.681
Male – Private 64 60.83 17.625
Female – Public 91 82.52 9.837
Female – Private 577 73.84 9.741