DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS

General Concepts
Definitions of Statistics
statistics is scientific method for collecting, organizing, summarizing, presenting and analyzing data as
well as drawing valid conclusions and making reasonable decisions on the basis of such analysis.

The descriptive statistics

deals with collecting, summarizing, and simplifying data to achieve conclusions can be readily drawn
from the data. It facilitates an understanding of the data and systematic reporting; and also makes them
amenable to further discussion, analysis, and interpretations.
Inferential statistics
it consists of methods that are used for drawing inferences, or making broad generalizations, about a
totality of observations on the basis of knowledge about a part of that totality. we can estimate a value
about the entire population from the sample information by using inferential statistics.
General Concepts
 General Concepts
Data collection method
:Survey method

Data are collected on every item of the community without exception

:Sampling method

This method is based on selecting a part of the community under study, and this method is
characterized by reducing time, effort and cost.

Population : It is the total group of the study items, whether they are individuals or things

Sample: It is a part of the population that includes the

characteristics of the original population , and the sample
must be representative of all the components of this
population .
 Statistical Measures
Statistical measures that are calculated from the data aim to obtain values that represent this data

1) Measures Of Central Tendency 2) Measures of Dispersion.

)Mean( )The Range(

)Median(
)Variance(

)Mode( )Standard Deviation(

 Statistical Measures
Measures Of Central Tendency

(Mean) :

Adding all the observations and dividing the sum by the number of observations results the

mean. Symbolically, the mean is

∑𝑿= 𝑿=𝑿𝟏+𝑿𝟐+…+𝑿𝒏
𝒏 𝒏
It may be noted that the Greek letter is used to denote the mean of the population and n

to denote the total number of observations in a population.

 Statistical Measures
Measures Of Central Tendency

(Mean) :

Example 1: :Calculate the following average workers' wages

66 ,56 ,39 ,28 ,18 ,15

∑ 𝑋 15+18+ 28+39 +56+ 6 222
𝑋= ¿
𝑛 6
¿
6 ¿37
Example 2: Calculate the mean of the following items:
16 ,30 ,25 ,27 ,18 ,21 ,29

𝑋=
∑ 𝑋 29+21+18 +27+ 25+30 +16 166
¿ ¿ ¿ 23 . 7142
𝑛 7 7
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Measures Of Central Tendency

)Median(

Median is defined as the value of the middle item (or the mean of the values of the two
middle items) when the data are arranged in an ascending or descending order of magnitude.
if the n values are arranged in ascending or descending order of magnitude
if n is odd
the median is the middle value

if n is even
the median is the mean of the two middle values and
 Statistical Measures
Measures Of Central Tendency

)Median(

Example 3: Calculate the following median workers' wages:

56 ,66 ,28 ,39 ,18,15

66 56 39 28 18 15

𝟑𝟗+𝟐𝟖
𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐧 = =𝟑𝟑 .𝟓
𝟐
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Measures Of Central Tendency

)Median(

Example 4: :Calculate the median of the following items

16 ,30 ,25 ,27 ,18 ,21 ,29

30 29 27 25 21 18 16

Median=
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Measures Of Central Tendency

)Mode( The mode is another measure of central tendency. It is the value at the point around
which the items are most heavily concentrated. (The most frequent values)

Example 5: Calculate the mode of the following items:

16 ,30 ,25 ,27 ,18 ,25 ,29 Mode =25

29 ,16 ,30 ,25 ,27 ,18 ,25 ,29 𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐞 = {𝟐𝟓 ,𝟐𝟗 }
29 ,29,16 ,30 ,25 ,27 ,18 ,25 ,29 Mode = 29

29,25 ,27,18 ,27 ,18 ,29,25 No mode

31 ,29,16 ,30 ,26 ,27 ,18 ,25 ,23 No mode

 Problems
1. Calculate the mean, median and mode of the following data:

18, 10, 15, 13, 17, 15, 12, 15, 18, 16, 11
Solution

:Order data 18 ,18 ,17 ,16 ,15 ,15 ,15 ,13 ,12 ,11 ,10
𝒎𝒐𝒅𝒆¿ 𝟏𝟓
𝑴𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒂𝒏 ¿𝟏𝟓
𝟏𝟎+𝟏𝟏+𝟏𝟐+𝟏𝟑+𝟏𝟓×𝟑+𝟏𝟔+𝟏𝟕+𝟏𝟖×𝟐
𝑴𝒆𝒂𝒏 ¿
𝟏𝟏
𝑿 ¿𝟏𝟒.𝟓𝟓
 Problems
2. Calculate the mean, median and mode of the following data:

11, 10, 14, 11, 11, 14, 15, 14, 15, 11, 16, 14
Solution

:Order data 16 ,15 ,15 ,14 ,14 ,14 ,14 ,11 ,11 ,11 ,11 ,10
𝒎𝒐𝒅𝒆¿ {𝟏𝟏,𝟏𝟒 }
𝟏𝟒+𝟏𝟒
𝑴𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒂𝒏 ¿
𝟐
=𝟏𝟒
𝟏𝟎+𝟏𝟏× 𝟒+𝟏𝟒× 𝟒+𝟏𝟓× 𝟐+𝟏𝟔
𝑴𝒆𝒂𝒏 ¿
𝟏𝟐
𝑿 ¿𝟏𝟑
 Statistical Measures
Measures of Dispersion

Averages are not sufficient to give a complete description of the data, as they are not
suitable for measuring how different or homogeneous the data are with each other. For
example, if we look at the following two sets of data:

A 90 80 65 60 55 40 30
B 65 63 61 60 59 57 55

We found that the mean and the median for each are 60

Values in group B are close to each other and are not far from the mean or median

unlike in case A where we find their components more dispersed

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Measures of Dispersion

)The Range( the difference between the maximum value and the minimum value of data

Example 6:
A 90 80 65 60 55 40 30

𝑹𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆=𝟗𝟎−𝟑𝟎=𝟔𝟎

B 65 63 61 60 59 57 55

𝑹𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆=𝟔𝟓−𝟓𝟓=𝟏𝟎
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Measures of Dispersion

)Variance( variance is the mean squared difference between all elements of a group and
the mean of this group.

𝑺
𝟐
=
∑ ( 𝑿 − 𝑿)
𝟐

𝒏− 𝟏

Example 7:

A 90 80 65 60 55 40 30
B 65 63 61 60 59 57 55
 Statistical Measures
Measures of Dispersion Example 7:

Group A

𝑺
𝟐
=
∑ 𝟐
( 𝑿 − 𝑿)
30 -30 900
𝒏− 𝟏
40 20- 400
55 5- 25
2650
60 0 0
2
𝑆 =
𝐴
7−1
¿ 441 .6666
65 5 25
80 20 400
90 30 900

∑ 0 2650
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Measures of Dispersion Example 7:

Group B
𝟐
𝑺 =
∑ 𝟐
( 𝑿 − 𝑿)
55 -5 25 𝒏− 𝟏
57 3- 9
70
59 1- 1 2
𝑆 =
𝐵
7 −1
¿ 11 . 6666
60 0 0
61 1 1
63 3 9
65 5 25

∑ 0 70
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Measures of Dispersion

Standard Deviation standard deviation is the mean of difference between all elements of a

group and the mean of this group.

Taking the square root of the variance, we get what is called the standard deviation, symbolized by S.,
and we find that the units of this scale are the same units of the original values

𝑆= √ 𝑆 2

𝑆 𝐴= √ 441 . 6666=21 . 01586

𝑆𝐵=√1.6 =3.41560
 Problems
1. Find the Average, Median, Mode, Range, Variance, and Standard Deviation for the

following data: 4, 7, 9, 12, 15, 20

Solution
Order data: 4, 7, 9, 12, 15, 20
• ,
4
7 •
9 • ,
12 • ,
15
20 • and
0 166.83
3. In the following data, which group is more homogenous? Why?
Group A 187 284 201 151 100 154 105
Group B 20 15 8 8 15 12 16
Solution

187
284
201
151
100
154
105
1182 0 23978.86
3. In the following data, which group is more homogenous? Why?
Group A 187 284 201 151 100 154 105
Group B 20 15 8 8 15 12 16
Solution

𝟗𝟒
𝑿 𝑩= =𝟏𝟑 .𝟒𝟑
20 𝟕
15
8 𝟏𝟏𝟓 . 𝟕𝟏
𝒗 𝑩 ( 𝒙 )= =𝟏𝟗 .𝟐𝟖𝟓
8 𝟔
15
12
𝑺 𝑫 𝑩=𝟒 .𝟑𝟗
16
94 0 115.71
3. In the following data, which group is more homogenous? Why?
Group A 187 284 201 151 100 154 105
Group B 20 15 8 8 15 12 16
Solution

𝑺 𝑫 𝑩=𝟒 .𝟑𝟗

Therefore, Group B is more Homogenous than Group A

because, it has smaller SD.