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It is the branch of statistic that involves methods of organizing, summarizing and presenting data

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Descriptive Statistics

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Determine the branch of Statistics

Parametric and Non-parametric tests

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Inferential Statistics

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Determine the branch of Statistics

Percentage and Measures of Central Tendency

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Descriptive Statistics

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It is the branch of statistic that involves methods of using information from a sample to draw conclusions about the population

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Inferential Statistics

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Determine the branch of Statistics

Counts, proportions, table, graphs, summary measures

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Descriptive Statistics

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Determine the branch of Statistics

For summarizing and presenting data in a form that will make them easier to analyze and interpret

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Descriptive Statistics

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Determine the branch of Statistics

For making estimates, predictions, generalizations and conclusions about a target population based on a sample

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Inferential Statistics

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Estimation or Hypothesis

Estimating the prevalence of leptospirosis in the Philippines

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Estimation

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Estimation or Hypothesis

Testing the efficacy of a new drug in reducing the cholesterol levels

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Hypothesis Testing

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Descriptive or Inferential

What are the highest and lowest scores obtained by students in the online test?

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Descriptive

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Descriptive or Inferential

Are people who receive an experimental medication less likely to have symptoms of the disease than people who receive the standard medication?

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Inferential

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Descriptive or Inferential

Are women who are sedentary during the 3rd trimester of pregnancy more likely to have a C-section than women who exercise regularly during the 3rd trimester?

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Inferential

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Descriptive or Inferential

What is the average length of stay in a hospital after being admitted for an asthma attack?

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Descriptive

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Two types of variables

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Quantitative, Qualitative

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Type of Qualitative Variables

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Dichotomous
Trichotomous
Multinomous

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Type of Quantitative Variables

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Discrete
Continuous

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Differentiate Qualitative and Quantitative

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Qualitative - used as labels
Quantiative - for quantity or amount

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Numerical representation of the categories are for labeling/coding and not for comparison (greater or less

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Qualitative

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Variables whose categories are simply used as labels to distinguish one group from another

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Qualitative

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20
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Values indicate a quantity or amount and can be expressed numerically

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Quantitative

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Values can be arranged according to magnitude

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Quantitative

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22
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Examples of Qualitative Variables

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Religion, place of residence, disease status

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Examples of Quantitative Variables

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Age, Height, Weight, Blood Pressure

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Variables that can assume only integral values or whole numbers

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Discrete

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Variables that can attain any value including fractions or decimals

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Continuous

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Discrete or Continuous

Height

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Continuous

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27
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Discrete or Continuous

Number of children in the family

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Discrete

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28
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Discrete or Continuous

Number of beds in the hospital

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Discrete

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29
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Discrete or Continuous

Weight

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Continuous

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T/F Choice of numeric or graphic descriptive statistics is independent on type of distribution of data.

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False

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Type of means and standard deviations may be used

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Continuous

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32
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Type of percentages of people for each value may be considered

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Discrete

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33
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T/F Descriptive material can be numeric or graphic

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True

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34
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Nature of Statistical Data

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Expressed numerically
Treated as a mass or group of observations
Subject to variation

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T/F Data obtained from the study can be summarized using descriptive statistics

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True

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36
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The tendency of a measurable characteristic to change

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Phenomenon of Variation

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T/F Variation can be within individual or setting at the same period of time

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T/F Variation is from one individual or setting to another

39
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4 levels of measurement

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Quantitative : Ratio, Interval
Qualitative : Ordinal, Nominal

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Level of measurement where categories are used as labels only

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Number or names which represent a set of mutually exclusive and exhaustive classes

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Level of measurement where categories can be ordered or ranked

43
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Nominal or Ordinal

Age groups

44
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Nominal or Ordinal

Sex

45
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Nominal or Ordinal

Psych diagnosis

46
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Nominal or Ordinal

Likert scale

47
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T/F The distance between two categories in ordinal measurements can be clearly quantified.

48
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Level of measurement where distances between all adjacent classes are equal

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Level of measurement where scales are infinite

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Level of measurement where a meaningful zero point exists

51
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Ratio or Interval

Temperature

52
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Ratio or Interval

Blood Pressure

53
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Ratio or Interval

Number of DMF Teeth

54
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Ratio or Interval

IQ

55
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Two types of Variable in a Cause and Effect Relationship

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Dependent and Independent

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Questions asked when finding the dependent variable

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What is observed?
What is measured?

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Questions asked when finding the independent variable

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What is tested?
What is manipulated?

58
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Difference of Dependent and Independent Variables

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Dependent - something that might be affected by change of the independent
Independent - something that is changed by the scientist

59
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Other names for independent variables

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Explanatory variables
Predictor Variables
Right-hand-side Variables

60
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Other names for dependent variables

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Response variables
Outcome variables
Left-hand-side variables

61
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What is controlled variable

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Variable that is not changed, to allow fair test

62
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Examples of controlled variable

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Duration of experiment, experimental technique, species, sample volume

63
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Nap Therapy : An approach to improve behavioral skills of children with Mild Autism

Identify the Independent and Dependent variable

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Independent : Nap Therapy
Dependent : Behavioral Skills

64
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Footbath : Improved Quality of Sleep Among Filipino Elderly

Identify the Independent and Dependent variable

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Independent : Footbath
Dependent : Quality of Sleep

65
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College students of different ages were given an online quiz. They were timed to see how long it took them to finish the quiz.

Identify the variables

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Independent - quiz
Dependent - time
Controlled - college students

66
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The temperature of water was measured at different depths of pond

Identify the variables

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Independent -
Dependent -
Controlled -

67
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Difference of Horizontal line and Vertical line

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Horizontal - basis of classification
Vertical - enumerative data

68
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Simple to read and appeal to more people especially those who are not numerically inclined

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Graphical Method

69
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used to portray numerical measurements across categories of a qualitative variable or a discrete quantitative variable

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used to portray numerical measurements across categories of a qualitative variable or a discrete quantitative variable

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T/F Bars should be equal width and gaps should separate them to show discontinuities

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Bar graph used for qualitative variable

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Horizontal Bar Graph

72
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Bar graph used for quantitative discrete variable

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Vertical Bar Graph

73
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Shows the percentage of the total number of observations falling into each categories

74
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Each bar is divided into smaller rectangles representing the parts

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Component Bar Diagram

75
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T/F Area of each smaller rectangle is not proportional to the relative contribution of the component to the whole

76
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Alternative to the pie chart

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Component Bar Diagram

77
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Portrays trends over time which are trends of disease rates, mortality rates, % immunized, and annual family income

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Line Graph

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Presents frequency distribution of continuous quantitative variable

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Histogram, Frequency Polygon

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T/F In a histogram, class intervals are joined on the horizontal axis against its corresponding frequencies on the vertical axis.

80
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Difference of frequency polygon and line graph

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Frequency polygon - starts with 0
Line graph - starts on its true value

81
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T/F In a frequency polygon, plots of the first and last class intervals are joined in the vertical axis

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False, horizontal axis

82
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Depicts not only the frequency but also the range, mode, median, and shape of distribution

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Stem-and-leaf Plot

83
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Useful for showing description of a large quantitative data including center, spread, shape, tail length and outliers

84
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This can be presented in either horizontal or vertical

85
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This can be presented in either horizontal or vertical

85
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This can be presented in either horizontal or vertical

86
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Presents relationship between two quantitative variables

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Scatterplot

87
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T/F In a scatterplot, widely scattered points indicate a relationship between x and y

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