Mass Lecture

Week 2
 What have we learnt
in Week 1

1. Population vs sample
2a. Qualitative vs quantitative variables
2b. Discrete vs continuous data
3. Four levels of measurement
4. Basic skills of EXCEL
1. Conditional operation using EXCEL

2. Describe the data

Week 2
Content
1. Conditional operation using EXCEL

• Conditional formatting
• Sorting using cell color

• If
• Ifs
• Countif
• Countifs
• AND
• OR
1. Conditional operation using EXCEL
Go to Worldbank Data and download the csv data of Wage and Salaried workers, total
1. Conditional operation using EXCEL

Organize the data as

this:
1. Conditional operation using EXCEL

• Conditional formatting-highligt the

employment rate higher than 85%
1. Conditional operation using EXCEL

• Conditional formatting
• Sorting using cell color-Sort the data according
to the cell color of employment rate.
1. Conditional operation using EXCEL

• Conditional formatting
• Sorting using cell color

• If – Add one column called “positive” if the

employment rate is above 88%.
1. Conditional operation using EXCEL

• Conditional formatting
• Sorting using cell color

• If
• Ifs – Add one column. If the employment rate
is higher than 88%, it shows “Expansion”. If it
is between 88 and 85%, it shows “Stability”. If
it is lower than 85%, it shows “Recession”.
1. Conditional operation using EXCEL

• Conditional formatting
• Sorting using cell color

• If
• Ifs
• Countif – In cell C1, input how many years are
stable.
• Countifs – In cell C2, input how many years
are stable and the employment rate is above
86%.
1. Conditional operation using EXCEL

• Conditional formatting
• Sorting using cell color

• If
• Ifs
• Countif
• Countifs
• AND - Add one more column to show that the
employment is above 85% before 2016.
1. Conditional operation using EXCEL

• Conditional formatting
• Sorting using cell color

• If
• Ifs
• Countif
• Countifs
• AND
• OR – Add one more column to find out either
“Expansion” or “Recession”
2. Describe the data
 2. Describe the data

Ungrouped Grouped Data

Rice Price:Data
US Dollars per Metric Ton

Source:
Rice - Monthly Price - Commodity Prices - Price Charts, Data, a
nd News -
IndexMundi
2. Describe the data
1. Use 2-to-the-K rule to find out
how many classes you need to Grouped Data
construct.
2. Describe the data
2. Find out the highest and Grouped Data
lowest values.
2. Describe the data

Grouped Data
3. (highest-lowest value)/K
2. Describe the data

Grouped Data
4. Find a nice boundary
2. Describe the data 5. Use Countif and Countifs to
find the frequency number.

Grouped Data
 2. Describe the data
This is called Frequency Distribution.
This is called Frequency Polygon. Grouped Data
 2. Describe the data

This is called Frequency Polygon.

 2. Describe the data

This is called Cumulative Frequency Polygon.

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