Planning Data Analysis

Using Statistical Treatment

The researcher should clarify the type of data to be collected. He or she
must also have a timeline in collecting the data for practical purposes.
Proper planning of data collection will serve as a motivation to the
researcher and will definitely help save money, time, effort, and energy.
The people, finances, schedule, and miscellaneous must also be
considered.

Presentation of data must be accompanied by their analysis where

statistical computations are used. When the descriptions are quantified,
they can be analyzed more precisely. Remember to use only the
appropriate method of analyzing the data gathered. Counting,
measuring, and differentiating are involved in analysis of data.

In a quantitative research, which involves more of numerical data, as in

most surveys and experiments, it is logical to use the statistical
treatment. Statistical treatment is a culmination of the long process of
formulating a hypothesis, constructing the instrument, and collecting
data. It is used to properly test the hypothesis, answer the research
questions, and present the results of the
study in a clear and understandable
manner.

Statistics is prerequisite in any research,

and the researcher has to have sufficient
knowledge of various statistical
techniques.
There are two branches of statistics:
descriptive and inferential.
Descriptive statistics is concerned with the collection of summarizing
values to describe group characteristics of the data. On the other hand,
inferential statistics allows to test significant differences among
samples that were treated similarly or differently. Moreover, inferential
statistics is concerned with a higher degree of critical judgement and
advanced mathematical modes such as parametric (interval and rational
scale) and non-parametric (nominal and ordinal).
Levels of Measurement of Variables
1. Nominal – attributes only one variable. Ex. Male, female
2. Ordinal – is used for ranking purposes, mainly used in Likert Scale
3. Interval – shows distance from one another. Ex. Difference between 10 to 12 4.
Ratio – has absolute zero. Ex. Temperature