Prayer

Dear God, May we, through your

blessings, † ADD purity to the
world, – SUBTRACT evil from our
lives, × MULTIPLY Your Good
News, and ÷ DIVIDE Your gifts and
share them with others.
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WEIGHTED
MEAN
Prepared by Mr. Jonathan San Jose
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Find the mean of the following data

10, 5, 4, 4, 5, 7, 2, 7, 6, 5

Answer: 5.5
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Find the mean of the following data

73, 17, 44, 30, 78

Answer: 48.4
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DO YOU
KNOW?
The highest General Weighted
Average (GWA) in the history
of UP Diliman since World War
II was achieved by Tiffany
Grace Uy in 2015 with GWA of
1.004. The highest ever
achieved was a GWA of flat 1
by Exequiel Sevilla in 1927.
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Sometimes data sets contain

entries that have a greater
effect on the mean
than do other entries. To find
the mean of such a data set,
Weighted you must find the
weighted mean.
Mean /
Weighted
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A weighted mean is the mean of a data set

whose entries have varying weights.
∑𝑓 𝑤
𝑊 𝑋=
𝑁

𝑊h𝑒𝑟𝑒:𝑊 𝑋=weightedmean
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EXAMPLE 1
Compute general weighted average (GWA) of the
grade of Juan dela Cruz for the first quarter.
 Subject Grade units
Filipino 85 1.5 127.5
English 89 1.5 133.5
Math 87 1.5 130.5
Science 88 1.8 158.4
Araling Panlipunan 90 1 90
TLE 94 1 94
MAPEH 98 1 98
Values Education 87 1 87
Computer 99 1 99
TOTAL 11.3 1067.9
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EXAMPLE 1
Compute general weighted average (GWA) of the
grade of Juan dela Cruz for the first quarter.

∑𝑓 𝑤 1067.9
𝑊 𝑋=
𝑁 ¿
11.3
≈ 94.5
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USE IN
RESEARCH
Prepared by Mr. Jonathan San Jose
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Likert Scale
(typically) provides five
possible answers to a statement
or question that allows
respondents to indicate their
positive-to-negative strength of
agreement or strength of feeling
regarding the question or
statement.
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EXAMPLE 2
20 students were asked to rate some school
facilities/equipment

Given: 5 – Strongly Agree 3 – Neutral 1 – Strongly Disagree

4 – Agree 2 – Disagree
Items Rated SA A N D SD
(5) (4) (3) (2) (1)
1. Books are adequate in the library 4 1 1 12 2  
2. Classrooms are conducive for
6 6 0 4 4  
learning
3. The school has strong internet
4 3 0 7 6  
connection
4. Toilets are enough for the students
8 10 0 1 1  
to use facilities
5. The foods in the canteen are
2 2 1 10 5  
nutritious

∑ 𝑓𝑤 𝐼𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑎𝑙(𝑖)= 𝐻𝑖𝑔h𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 − 𝐿𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔

𝑊 𝑋= 𝐻𝑖𝑔h𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔
𝑁
4−1
5 ¿ 0.8
¿
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SCALE
1.00 - 1.79 - Strongly Disagree (SD)
+0.8
1.80 - 2.59 - Disagree (D)
+0.8
2.60 - 3.39 - Neutral (N)
+0.8
3.40 - 4.19 - Agree (A)
+0.8
4.20 - 5.00 - Strongly Agree (SA)
Items Rated SA A N D SD
DE
(5) (4) (3) (2) (1)
1. Books are adequate in the library 4 1 1 12 2 2.65
  𝑁
4 3.30
  𝑁
2. Classrooms are conducive for
learning 6 6 0 4
3. The school has strong internet
connection 4 3 0 7 6 2.60
  𝑁
 
4.15
4. Toilets facilities are enough for the
students to use 8 10 0 1 1 𝐴
5. The foods in the canteen are
2 2 1 10 5  2.30 𝐷
nutritious

Total
1. 4 3 20
24 2 53
∑ 𝑓𝑤 53
𝑊 𝑋= ¿
𝑁 20 ¿ 2.65
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Closing
Prayer