CHAPTER 2 Organizing & Summarizing Data Flashcards
RAW DATA
Data when first collected
FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION
A list of each category of data and the number of occurrences for each category of data
RELATIVE FREQUENCY
The proportion (or percentage) of observations within a category
RELATIVE FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION
A list of each category of data together with the relative frequency
BAR GRAPH
A graphical representation of qualitative data that is constructed by:
- labeling each category of data on the horizontal or
vertical axis
- labeling the frequency or relative frequency on the
other axis
- rectangles of equal width are drawn for each
category
- the height of each rectangle represents the
categories frequency or relative frequency
PARETO CHART
A bar chart whose bars are drawn in decreasing order of frequency
PIE CHART
A circle divided into sectors. Each sector represents a category of data. The area of each sector is proportional to the frequency of the category.
HISTOGRAM
A graph used to present quantitative data that is constructed by:
- drawing rectangles for each class of data
- the height of each rectangle is the frequency or
relative frequency of the class
- the width of each rectangle is the same and the
rectangles touch each other
OPEN-ENDED TABLE
A table in which the first class has no lower limit or the last class has no upper limit
OGIVE
A line graph of qualitative data
CREATING A FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION USING MICROSOFT EXCEL
- Enter data in spreadsheet
- XLSTAT > Describing Data Descriptive Statistics
- General tab:
- Qualitative data: Check to box and highlights the
data cell range to be analyzed (such as A1:A31) - Range/Sheet/Workbook: Select the Sheet option
- Sample labels: Check box if the first row of data
contains a label - Options tab: Check the Charts box
- Outputs tab: Under “Qualitative Data,” select
Categories and Frequency per Category - Charts (2) tab: Under “Values Used” choose
Frequencies - Click OK
CREATING A PIE CHART FROM SUMMARIZED DATA USING EXCEL
- Enter summarized data into spreadsheet
-Highlight the categories and their respective
frequencies - Insert > Piecharts > 2-D Pie Chart
- Edit as needed
CREATING A PIE CHART FROM SUMMARIZED DATA USING EXCEL
- Enter the raw data into spreadsheet
- Highlight raw data
- XLSTAT > Describing data > Descriptive
Statistics - Uncheck the Quantitative data box. Check the
Qualitative data box - The sheet describing the raw data should be in
the cell - Click Options, Select Charts
- Click Outputs
- Be sure Categories Frequency per category,
and Rel. frequency per category (%) are selected - Click Chart (2)
- Check the box “Pie Charts”
- Choose either Frequencies or Relative
frequencies under “Values Used” - Click OK