QUANTITATIVE DATA

ANALYSIS
 Quantitative data analysis is time consuming
because it involves series of examinations,
classifications, mathematical calculations and
graphical recording among others.
The kind of quantitative analysis depends on
your measurement scale.
STEPS IN QUANTITATIVE DATA ANALYSIS
1. Preparing the data
Keep in mind that no data organization means no sound
data analysis.
a. Coding system
To analyze data means to quantify or change the
verbally expressed data into numerical information.
Converting the words, images, or pictures into numbers, they
become fit for any analytical procedures requiring knowledge
of arithmetic and mathematical computations.
Ex. Gender: 1 as the code for male
2 as the code for female
Educational Attainment
2 for elementary
4 for high school
6 for college
9 for MA
b. Data Tabulation
For easy classification and distribution of numbers based on a
certain criterion, you have to collect them with the help of a graph
called Table. Used for frequency and percentage distribution, this kind
of graph is an excellent data organizer that researchers find
indispensable.
Ex. GENDER Male: 11 (46%)
Female: 13 (54%)

COURSE Fine Arts: 9 (37%)

Journalism: 6 (25%)

SCHOOL FEU: 3 (12%)

PUP: 5 (20%)

ATTENDED IN 2016 SUMMER SEMINAR WORKSHOP (ARTS) Yes: 18 (75%)

No: 6 (25%)

ROLE IN THE 2016 SEMINAR WORKSHOP (ARTS) Speaker: 4 (17%)

Participant: 12 (50%)

SATISFACTION WITH THE DEMONSTRATION AND PRACTICE EXCERCISES Strongly Agree: 11 (46%)
Agree: 5 (20%)Neutral: 2 (8%)
Disagree: 4 (14%)
2. Analyzing the Data
Data coding and tabulation are the two important things you
have to do in preparing the data for analysis. Before immersing into
studying the component of the data, decide on the kind of
quantitative analysis that you will use. The college students often
use to tell some aspects of categories of data are frequency of
distribution, measure of central tendency. The second one, fits
graduate-level research studies because this involve complex
statistical analysis requiring a good foundation and thorough
knowledge about statistics.
The following give further explanations about the two quantitative
data-analysis techniques ( De Mey 2013; Litchtman 2013; Picardie
2014):

a. Descriptive Statistical Technique

It provides a summary of the orderly or sequential data
obtained from the sample through data gathering instrument used.
1. Frequency distribution
gives you the frequency of distribution and percentage
of the occurrence of an item in asset of data. In other words it gives
you the number of responses given repeatedly for one question
2. Measure of Central Tendency- indicates the different positions or
values of the items, such that in a category of data, you find an item
serving as the:
Mean- average of all the items or scores
Ex. 3+8+9+2+3+10+3 = 38 38÷7 = 5.43 ( mean)
Median – the score in the middle of the set of items that cuts or divides
the set into two groups
Ex. 3+8+9+2+3+10+3= 2 is the median
Mode- refers to the item or score in the data set that has the most
repeated appearance in the set
Ex. 3+8+9+2+3+10+3 = 3 is the mode
3. Standard Deviation – shows the extent of the difference of the data
from the mean. An examination of this gap between the mean and the
data
Step 1 : Mean
Step 2 : Deviation
Step 3 : Square of Deviation
Step 4 : Sum of Squares
Step 5 : Variance
Step 6: Standard Deviation
2. Advanced Quantitative Analytical Methods
An analysis of quantitative data that involves the use of
more complex statistical methods needing computer software
like the SPSS, STATA or MINITAB, among others, occurs among
graduates level students taking their MA or PhD degrees.
a. Correlation – use statistical analysis to yield results that
describe the relationship of two variables. The results
however are incapable of establishing causal relationship
b. Analysis of Variance ( ANOVA) –the results of the statistical
analysis are sued to determine if the difference in the
means or average of two categories of data are statistically
significant
c. Regression – has some similarities with correlation in
that, it also shows the nature of relationship of
variables, but give more extensive result than that
correlation. Aside from indicating the presence of p
relationship between two variables, it determine
whether a variable is capable of predicting the strength
of the relation between the treatment ( independent
variable) and the outcome ( dependent variable). Just
like correlation, regression is incapable of establishing
cause-effect relationship
 QUIZ NO.4
Directions : Following the procedure in calculating standard deviation,
compute the standard deviation of the data set in the box. Likewise,
give the median and the mode of the data set.
Mean : ____________________
Sum of Squares: _____________
Variance : __________________
Standard Deviation : __________
Median : ___________________
Mode : _____________________
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