MTH-4104-2 – Statistics II

This Secondary IV course examines various procedures for deriving information from distributions of data.

Duration: 50 hours (2 units)

Content:

•         Collecting Data for a Statistical Survey;
•         Characteristics of a Representative Sample for a Sample Survey;
•         Identifying Sources of Bias that May Affect the Results of a Statistical Survey and the Interpreting Survey Results;
•         Nature of the Data in a Distribution;
•         Constructing a Frequency Table or a Relative Frequency Table;
•         Arithmetic Mean, Median and Mode of a Distribution;
•         Determining the Most Appropriate Measure of Central Tendency;
•         Measures of Position: Quartiles, Quintales, Deciles and Percentiles;
•         Stem-and-leaf Tables and Box-and-whisker Plots;
•         Determining the Best Graph for a Distribution;
•         Comparing Two Distributions on the Basis of Their Respective Graphs.

Evaluation:

A supervised ministerial examination in an adult education centre.

Passing mark: 60%