Data Analysis

Objectives

lesson

Lesson objectives

• Defination of data analysis
• Importance of data analysis
• Descriptive statistics
• Inferential statistics

Lesson

Data analysis is the summarizing of data in order to draw conclusion about the sample from which it is drawn. Inferential statistics is done to make inferences about a population from a sample. Data analysis is important because it provides information that can be used to make decision on various issues in our day to day lives.

Descritpive statistics is a summary of raw data into a form that can be understood using means, median, modes, perscentages, graphs, pie charts,

Activity

• Practice on data analysis procedures using examples from statistics text books
• Classroom assessment on the topic of data analysis
• Carry out mini researches to collect data that can be used to practice data analysis procedures

References

• Multivariate statistics by Tabachnik and Fidell 2006.