Keep your reactions to yourself: You are more likely to get more accurate information if you try not to show surprises or disapproval of what someone tells you. Remember that you are not necessarily getting Treat the response of the interviewee as perceptions rather than facts, as confident and convincing as they may be. STATISTICS Statistics is a science of collection, analysis and interpretation or explanation and presentation of data. It is often used to make predictions based on the data and is widely applicable in various social and natural sciences. IMPORTANCE OF STATISTICS It can be used for counting attributes or things It is useful for easy data compilation It helps in record keeping of an organization or research It is used in analyzing data and drawing conclusions from it. It is a backbone of any research It is used in the characterization, summarization, presentation and interpretation of result for proper action It helps in the presentation of data in the form of graphs, charts etc. It is relevant in checking accuracy, consistency or degree of usage of the results obtained by the researcher. It helps communicate the results of an experiment or research STATISTICAL ANALYSIS This is an analysis where a chosen subset of the population called a sample is studied by the collection of data from a sampled individuals and subjecting to serve 2 purposes: Descriptive and Inference Statistics: Descriptive Statistics: Summarizes the population data by describing what was observed in the sample numerically or graphically. Inferential Statistics: These are patterns in the sample data to draw inferences or conclusions about a population represented. AVERAGES IN STATISTICS In statistics, one often deals with estimates or averages. In statistics, there are many kinds of averages, but most common are the measures of central tendency being: Mean, Mode, Median and Range.
Keep your reactions to yourself: You are more likely to get more accurate information if you try not to show surprises or disapproval of what someone tells you. Remember that you are not necessarily getting Treat the response of the interviewee as perceptions rather than facts, as confident and convincing as they may be. STATISTICS Statistics is a science of collection, analysis and interpretation or explanation and presentation of data. It is often used to make predictions based on the data and is widely applicable in various social and natural sciences. IMPORTANCE OF STATISTICS It can be used for counting attributes or things It is useful for easy data compilation It helps in record keeping of an organization or research It is used in analyzing data and drawing conclusions from it. It is a backbone of any research It is used in the characterization, summarization, presentation and interpretation of result for proper action It helps in the presentation of data in the form of graphs, charts etc. It is relevant in checking accuracy, consistency or degree of usage of the results obtained by the researcher. It helps communicate the results of an experiment or research STATISTICAL ANALYSIS This is an analysis where a chosen subset of the population called a sample is studied by the collection of data from a sampled individuals and subjecting to serve 2 purposes: Descriptive and Inference Statistics: Descriptive Statistics: Summarizes the population data by describing what was observed in the sample numerically or graphically. Inferential Statistics: These are patterns in the sample data to draw inferences or conclusions about a population represented. AVERAGES IN STATISTICS In statistics, one often deals with estimates or averages. In statistics, there are many kinds of averages, but most common are the measures of central tendency being: Mean, Mode, Median and Range.
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