Department of Education

Region VII, Central Visayas

Division of Cebu Province
District of Aloguinsan
ANGILAN NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
Angilan, Aloguinsan, Cebu

Subject: Mathematics Grade: 7 Quarter: 4 Week: 1

LEARNING COMPETENCIES:

• Poses real-life problems that can be solved by Statistics (M7SP-IVa-2) •

Formulates simple statistical instruments (M7SP-IVa-3)
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
K: Defines Statistics
S: Differentiates qualitative and quantitative data, and continuous and
discrete variable
A: Identify the uses and importance of Statistics clearly.

Name of Learner: _______________________ Grade&Section: ________________

Parents Name & Signature: ___________________________________
School: Angilan National High School District: Aloguinsan

“Let’s get started!”

Hello dear learners! Give a word synonym to the following statistical terms:
1. Statistic ____________________________________________
2. Variable ____________________________________________
3. Data ____________________________________________
4. Qualitative ____________________________________________
5. Quantitative ____________________________________________
6. Discrete ____________________________________________
7. Continuous ____________________________________________
8. Frequency ____________________________________________
9. Sample ____________________________________________
10. Constant ____________________________________________

One important goal in the study of mathematics is to apply it in problem-solving, in

measuring, and in making meaning to information and data that are available and ready to
use.
 Statistics is about data gathering, collection, tabulation, computation, graphical
representation. It gives a factual picture of a body of information free of biased and mere
conjecture.
Here are some real-world examples that require the use of statistics.

1.You are watching a soccer game with a friend, and he makes a wild guess that neither of
the teams will score more than one point in the game. What is your own guess?

2.The student council wants to conduct a poll on whether or not your school should use its
development fund to offer scholarship to poor but deserving candidates. How many students
do you have to include in the poll? How do you ensure that your poll is fair and acceptable?
How do you interpret the results?

What is Statistics? Why do we need to study statistics? What are the uses of statistics in our
daily lives?

Statistics is a scientific body of knowledge which deals with the collection, organization,
presentation, interpretation, and analysis of data.

❖ The study of statistics is important because society frequently organizes and expresses
data numerically. We are exposed to statistics every day from weather predictions,
newspaper ads, election results, surveys, etc.

❖ Statistics is used in business to observe patterns and behaviors of sales, forecast

trends, and project future economic activity. It is also used in the areas of finance,
marketing, production, promotion and advertising.

❖ In medicine, statistics is used to evaluate the effectiveness of newlyformulated

medicines. It is used to determine the effects of certain treatments to human behavior.

❖ In school, statistics is used to determine the effectiveness of a teaching strategy

through analysis of test scores of students. It is also used to identify enrolment
figures, rate of absenteeism of students, IQ scores of students, results of standardized
tests, and many more.

❖ In government, statistics is used to assess the opinions and preference of the public on
issues or even on candidates during election.

What is data?

Data are facts, or a set of information or observations under study. Data are gathered
from a population or from a sample. Data may be classified as quantitative or qualitative.

Qualitative data are data which can assume values that manifest the concept of
attributes. These are categories which differ according to the characteristics they possess.
These data cannot be meaningfully added, subtracted, multiplied or divided. Date of birth,
code number, zip code, telephone numbers are examples of qualitative data.
 Quantitative data are data which are numerical in nature. They indicate how much
of a given characteristic an individual, object, or event possesses. These data can be subjected
to arithmetic operations. Data such as age, weekly allowance, height, size of family are
examples of quantitative data.

A variable is a quantity which may take on different values. It is a characteristic of a

population or a sample which makes the members different from each other. Variables can
either be discrete or continuous.

A discrete variable is a variable whose values are obtained through the process of counting.
These are variables that can assume finite number of values. Examples are the number of
chairs in the classroom, the number of teachers in the school, the number of pots in the
hallway.

A continuous variable is a variable that does not fall under the category of discrete. These
are variables that can be obtained through the process of measuring. Continuous variables
can assume any value within a specified interval or range. Examples are height, weight, time
and temperature.

Exercise 1:
Let’s Do It!
I. Classify each of the following data as quantitative or qualitative kind of data.
1. age of students
2. color of eye
3. number of computers in the school
4. school logo
5. score in the entrance tests
II. Identify each of the following data as continuous or discrete data.
1. number of mangoes harvested
2. height of a building
3. area of a circle
4. number of guests in a wedding
5. dimensions of a white board
Exercise 2:
Answer the following questions briefly.
1. What is statistics?
2. What is the difference between qualitative data and quantitative data?

3. How do you differentiate discrete variable and continuous variable?

4. Give the importance of statistics in our daily lives.

Determine whether the given data is QUALITATIVE or QUANTITATIVE and classify
Quantitative data as DISCRETE or CONTINUOUS.
1. Among 5,000 housewives surveyed, 4,500 recognized the Geom detergent bar.
_____________________________
_____________________________
2. A University named the top 5 courses taken for the last 3 years.
_____________________________

_____________________________
3. A domestic airline altimeter reports a height of 27,439 ft.
_____________________________

_____________________________

4. Among all achievement test’s scores recorded last year,16 were perfect scores.
____________________________

____________________________

5. The number of points a basketball player made in the finals.

____________________________

____________________________

Cite a situation in your home that you think statistics is being applied, then elaborate the
importance of statistics in that situation.
RUBRIC:

CRITERIA 4 3 3 1
Appropriateness of Complete Few concepts Situation is not No attempt
content application of of statistics are related to
statistics is manifested in statistics at all
manifested in the situation
the situation
Knowledge Elaborate Some ideas are Explanation is No attempt
clearly the not clearly not related at
importance of elaborated all
statistics
Neatness Well-written A few erasures Handwriting No attempt
with no erasures are observed cannot be
understood
I. Determine whether the given data is QUALITATIVE or QUANTITATIVE.
1. color of a car
2. the time it takes to cut a lawn
3. marital status of faculty members in a university
II. Classify the following data as CONTINUOUS or DISCRETE.
1. The mean weight of pennies currently being minted is 2.5 grams. 2. The
number of customers at a drive thru each hour

Prepared by:

DIANNE D. ARPAY
Math Teacher