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    The document discusses how statistics can be used to make decisions and solve problems. It defines statistics as the science of collecting, analyzing, and interpreting data to support decision making. A statistical process for decision making involves planning to collect unbiased data, gathering the data, verifying its quality, summarizing the information, and examining the summaries to provide insights. Statistical methods can answer questions about typical family sizes, average wages, or preferences if a representative sample is used and the data is properly analyzed.

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    The document discusses how statistics can be used to make decisions and solve problems. It defines statistics as the science of collecting, analyzing, and interpreting data to support decision making. A statistical process for decision making involves planning to collect unbiased data, gathering the data, verifying its quality, summarizing the information, and examining the summaries to provide insights. Statistical methods can answer questions about typical family sizes, average wages, or preferences if a representative sample is used and the data is properly analyzed.

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    EXPLORING

    DATA
    In decision making, we use statistics although some of

    us may not be aware of it. In this lesson, we make the

    learners realize that to decide logically, they need to use

    statistics. An inquiry could be answered or a problem could be

    solved through the use of statistics. In fact, without knowing

    it we use statistics in our daily activities.


    Activity
    Statistics is defined as a science that studies data to be
    able to make a decision. Hence, it is a tool in decision – making
    process.
    Statistics as a Science involves the methods of collecting,
    processing, summarizing and analyzing data in order to
    provide answers or solution to an inquiry.
    It also needs to interpret and communicate the results of
    the methods identified above to support a decision that ones
    makes when faced with a problem or an inquiry.
    Statistics enables us to. . .
    characterize people, objects, situations, and
    phenomena;
    explain relationships among variables;
    formulate objective assessments and
    comparisons; and, more importantly
    make evidence – based decisions and
    predictions.
    A statistical process in making a decision providing
    solutions to a problem include the following:
    • Planning or designing the collection of data to answer
    statistical questions in a way that maximizes information
    content and minimizes bias;
    • Collecting the data as required in the plan;
    • Verifying the quality of the data after they were
    collected;
    • Summarizing the information extracted from the
    data; and
    • Examining the summary statistics so that insight
    and meaningful information can be produced to
    support decision – making or solutions to the
    question or problem at hand.
    Identify which of the following questions are answerable using a
    statistical process.

    a. What is a typical size of a Filipino family?

    ( answerable through a statistical process)

    [The process includes getting a representative group of Filipino families and


    ask the family head as to how many members do they have in their family.
    From the gathered data which had undergone a quality check a typical
    value of the number of family members could be obtained. Such typical
    value represents a possible answer to the question.]
    b. How many hours in a day?
    ( not answerable through a statistical process)

    c. How old is the oldest man residing in the Philippines?

    ( answerable through a statistical process)

    [The process includes getting the ages of all residents of the country.

    From the gathered data which had undergone a quality check the

    highest value of age could be obtained. Such value is the answer to

    the question.]
    d. What is the average wage rate in the country?
    ( answerable through a statistical process)

    [The process includes getting all prevailing wage rates in the

    country. From the gathered data which had undergone a

    quality check a typical value of wage rate could be obtained.

    Such value is the answer to the question.]

    e. How long did you sleep last night?

    ( not answerable through a statistical process)


    f. Would Filipinos prefer eating bananas rather than apple?
    ( answerable through a statistical process)
    [The process includes getting a representative group of Filipinos and ask
    each one of them on what fruit he/she prefers banana or apple? From
    the gathered data which had undergone a quality check the proportion
    of those who prefer banana and proportion of those who prefer apple
    will be computed and compared. The result of this comparison could
    provide a possible answer to the question.]

    g. How tall is a typical Filipino?


    ( answerable through a statistical process)

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