Name: Calebjosiah C.

Getubig BSA-1B

1. What is statistics?
Statistic is the practice or science of collecting and analyzing numerical data in large
quantities, especially for the purpose of inferring proportions in a whole from those in a
representative sample.

2. Uses of statistics
There are 3 uses of statistics (1) Statistics helps in providing a better understanding
and accurate description of nature's phenomena. (2) Statistics helps in the proper and
efficient planning of a statistical inquiry in any field of study. (3) Statistics helps in
collecting appropriate quantitative data
3. Main division of statistic. Differentiate each
The statistics is divided into 2 major division, inferential and descriptive, infernal
statistics allow scientists to take findings from a sample group and generalize them to a
larger population. The two types of statistics have some important differences. While the
descriptive statistics describe what is going on in a population or data set.
4. What is the measure of central tendency?
A measure of central tendency is a single value that attempts to describe a set of
data by identifying the central position within that set of data. As such, measures of central
tendency are sometimes called measures of central location. They are also classed as
summary statistics. The mean (often called the average) is most likely the measure of
central tendency that you are most familiar with, but there are others, such as the median
and the mode.
5. When do we use the measure of central tendency?
The mean is usually the best measure of central tendency to use when your data
distribution is continuous and symmetrical, such as when your data is normally distributed.
The mode is the least used of the measures of central tendency and can only be used when
dealing with nominal data. The median is usually preferred to other measures of central
tendency when your data set is skewed (i.e., forms a skewed distribution) or you are dealing
with ordinal data.

6. Advantages and disadvantages of the measures of centrality.

MEAN
ADVANTAGES

 One makes use of all the available data so it is the most powerful measure to use.

 It is good for ordinal or interval sets of data.

DISADVANTAGES
  Sometimes the end figure is a decimal figure, which makes the data less meaningful. If there are extreme values (e.g.
if a sequence was something like 3 6 4 3 40 3 then 40 is seen as extreme) it can also generate an unrepresentative
figure.

MODE
ADVANTAGES

 The figure produced will be one that is actually in the set of numbers which is not always true for other measures of
central tendency e.g. in a sequence of 3 6 3 11 4 3, the mode = 3. This number we can see is present in the sequence.
However, other measures such as the mean would give us a figure of 5 (total of all number which is 30 divided by how
many numbers there are which is 6) which is not part of the sequence.

 It is the only measure of central tendency which is useful for nominal data.

DISADVANTAGES

 There may be more than one modal value (known as bimodal) which makes the data less reliable.

MEDIAN
ADVANTAGES

 Good to use with ordinal data.

 It is generally unaffected by anomalies and so safer to use with extreme values.

DISADVANTAGES

 Does not work well with small sets of data.