LESSON 3 Data Presentation

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LESSON 3

Data Presentation

Specific Objectives

At the end of the lesson, students should be able to:


1. identify, compare and contrast the different types of data;
2. construct the frequency distribution table of raw data scores
3. construct the frequency distribution in Microsoft Excel.

DATA PRESENTATION

In any statistical investigation, pertinent data are gathered and presented into
organized form using appropriate tables and graphs.
In this part, data is presented through frequency distribution. In a frequency
distribution, data is summarized into classes or categories to show the frequency of
occurrence of the values or objects.
Frequency Distribution
Example: Suppose, a statistics class with 60 students were given an
examination and the results are shown in table below. Construct the classes and
determine the frequency.

Table: 1.1

30 73 57 57 69 88 11 80 82 47
46 70 49 45 75 81 33 65 38 59
94 59 62 36 58 69 45 55 58 65
30 49 73 29 41 53 37 35 61 48
22 51 56 55 60 37 56 59 57 36
12 36 50 63 68 48 56 70 53 28

Construction of a Frequency Distribution


Consider now the procedure on how to construct a frequency distribution
following the steps. Use table 1.1

Steps in Constructing Frequency Distribution

Step. 1. Determine the lowest and the highest value


H= 94
L= 11

Step. 2. Get the range.

R=H–L
= 94-11
R = 83
Step. 3 Determine the number of classes by using the formula below;
n = 60

k = 1 + 3.3log n
k = 1+5.867899126
k = 6.87
k= 7

Hence, next is to construct a distribution with 7 classes.

Step. 4. Determine the size of the class interval.

c=R Where:
k R= range
c =83 k = number of classes
7

c =12

Step. 5 & 6 Construct the classes and determine the frequencies.

Classes Tally F
11 - 22 III 3
23 - 34 IIII 5
35 - 46 IIII – IIII –I 11
47 - 58 IIII-IIII-IIII-IIII 19
59 - 70 IIII-IIII-IIII 14
71 - 82 IIII-I 6
83 - 94 II 2

n =60
Derived Frequency Distribution
Given a frequency distribution, we can construct other frequency distributions
like the relative frequency distribution and the cumulative frequency distribution

Relative Frequency Distribution


The relative frequency distribution of a given set of data shows the proportion
in percent (%) of the frequency of each class to the total frequency.

%f = f x 100 where: % f = the relative frequency for


n each class interval
f = the frequency of each class
%f = 3x 100
6 n = the sample size
%f = 5

If we continue converting class frequencies to percent, then we shall come up


with the relative frequency distribution below:

classes f %

11 - 22 3 5
23 - 34 5 8.33
35 - 46 11 18.33
47 - 58 19 31.67
59 - 70 14 23.33
71 - 82 6 10
83-94 2 3.33
N=60 99.99%

Cumulative Frequency Distribution


The cumulative frequency distribution can also be derived from the frequency
distribution. This distribution can be obtained by simply adding the frequencies. In
case of the greater than cumulative frequency, the frequencies are added in reverse
starting from the frequency of the highest interval. While in less than cumulative the
frequencies are added starting from the frequency of the lowest interval.

classes f <cf >cf

11 - 22 3 3 60
23 - 34 5 8 57
35 - 46 11 19 52
47 - 58 19 38 41
59 - 70 14 52 22
71 - 82 6 58 8
83-94 2 60 2
N=60

Activity 1

The following are the scores of the students in Algebra:

32 22 55 76 48 49 50 38 17 85

62 92 94 88 72 63 65 88 88 25

75 37 86 41 64 76 66 58 76 66

40 42 52 76 29 72 62 42 54 59

Prepare a frequency distribution for these scores.

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