DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS: AN

OVERVIEW
STATISTIC
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It is a branch of science that deals with
the collection, presentation, analysis
and interpretation of quantitative data.
 Two Branches of Statistics

• Frequency Distribution
Descriptive • Measures of Central
Statistics Tendency
• Measures of Spread

Inferential • Testing Statistical

Statistics Hypothesis
Descriptive Statistics

• It is the term given to the analysis of data that help

describe, show, or summarize data in a meaningful
way.
• Descriptive Statistics do not, however, allow us
to make conclusions beyond the data we have
analyzed or reach conclusions regarding any
hypotheses we might have made. They are
simply a way to describe our data.
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PERCENTAGE
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STATISTICS
Frequency and percentage statistics should be used to represent most
personal information variables (e.g. age, gender, marital status, etc.).

It is oftentimes difficult to interpret frequency distributions because the

frequency by itself is meaningless unless there is a reference point to
interpret the number.
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Example:
Assume the following data:
Total participants = 250
Single participants = 140
Married participants = 55
Separated participants = 35
Widowed participants = 20

% = (frequency ÷ total sample) x 100%

Single participants = (140 ÷ 250) x 100% = 56%

Married participants = (55 ÷ 250) x 100% = 22%
Separated participants = (35 ÷ 250) x 100% = 14%
Widowed participants = (20 ÷ 250) x 100% = 8%

At this point, a simple table with the frequency and Percentage of personal information variables will suffice.
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