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Mathematics
Quarter 4 – SLAS 2
(Self-learning Activity Sheet)

Identifying Methods in Gathering

Statistical Data

FOR TANDAG CITY DIVISION USE ONLY

 IDENTIFYING INFORMATION

Subject Area: Mathematics Quarter: 4

Name of Learner: ________________________ Grade Level: 7

School: __________________________________________________________________

LEARNING ACTIVITY DESCRIPTION

Week Covered: Week 2

Learning Competency: Gathers statistical data (M7SP-IVb-1)

Lesson 1. Methods of Collecting Data

Objectives: After completing this self-learning activity sheet, you should be
able to:
1. gather statistical data;
2. define the methods of collecting data;
3. discuss the methods of collecting data; and
4. identify the methods of collecting data used in real life.

Materials: ballpen and paper

Directions: Data are collected from different sectors such as business,

education, medicine, etc. A leading newspaper conducted a survey on
honesty. Below are the five questions to be asked to the reader.
Answer each question on your paper.
How honest can you be?

1. You found someone’s wallet in the cafeteria, what would you do?
a. Return the wallet to the owner.
b. Return the wallet but keep the money.
c. Keep the wallet and the money.

2. You are mistakenly given ₱ 50.00 extra change when you buy a
notebook from the school’s book store, what would you do?

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 a. Return the ₱ 50.00 extra change to the cashier
b. Keep the money

3. An extra 10points mistakenly added to your score in the examination

made you pass. Would you report it to your teacher?

a. Yes b. No
4. You know that your teacher is not that strict during examination.
Would you cheat on the exam?

a. Yes b. No

5. Are you honest most of the time?

a. Yes b. No

Questions:
1. What is the population for this honesty survey? What is the sample?

2. Suppose 200 students in your school complete the survey and 180
students answered “No” to question 4, what percent of the respondents
said they would not cheat on the exam?

Collection of data is an important part of Statistics. Data should be

collected in a manner that they are accurate and convenient to use. This is
also the first step in any statistical work after formulation of the problem.
Data may be gathered by the following methods:

1. Interview. This method is referred to as the direct method of

gathering data because this requires a face-to-face inquiry with the
respondent. This can be classified as personal, telephone or online
interview. The person gathering the data is called the interviewer,
while the person supplying the data is the interviewee.

Example:

From
What shows are you
watching from 6:00 p.m 6:00 p.m – 7:30 p.m News TV
to 9:00 pm? 7:30 p.m – 9:00 p.m Telenovelas

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 If a survey involves a series of questions, the interview method will be
very tedious one to employ. Hence, the questionnaire method is advisable.
2. Questionnaire. This method is referred to as the indirect method of
gathering data because this makes use of written questions to be
answered by the respondents.
Example:
 In a school that wishes to upgrade classroom instruction, the
administration usually ask students to rate their teachers in
different criteria by asking to fill out an evaluation form.
 Enrollment form
Behavioral scientists are primarily concerned with the behavior of
either an individual or a group of individuals. The data are gathered either
individually or collectively by means of observation. The person who gathers
the data is called an investigator while the person being observed is called
the subject.
3. Observation. This method makes use of the different human senses
in gathering information.
Example.
 If a study involves the number of people in a restaurant at
a given time, unless the observer counts incorrectly, the
data should be reasonably reliable. Variables that require
the observer to make distinctions, such as how many
millennials visit a restaurant in a given period, can
introduce potential problems.

4. Registration or Census. This method gathers data from legal

documents imposed by laws such as registered certificates.
Example.
 Number of registered tricycles in Tandag City
 Population of Region 13

5. Experimentation. This method is usually conducted in

laboratories where specimens are subject to some aspects of control
to find out cause and effect relationships.
Example.
 The physical and behavioral changes in a guinea pig are
subjected to a new medicine for SARS.

Example. Mrs. Rivera wants to find the number of students in her

advisory class who have birthdays falling on each of the 12
months. She collects the data in the following manner.
a. Ask the students to raise their hands if their birthdays
fall in a certain month.
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 b. Make a form and ask the students to write their
birthdates and return the form to her.
c. Ask the students individually for their birthdays.
Identify the data-collection method used in each case.
Answers:
a. observation b. Questionnaire c. Interview

Example. A restaurant manager requests her customers to fill out this

questionnaire.
BLUE RIBBON RESTAURANT
Customer Satisfaction Survey

1. How would you rate our food?

Very good Good Okay Bad Very Bad

2. How would you rate our service?

Very good Good Okay Bad Very Bad

What type of data collection Method does the manager use?

Answer: Conducting Surveys – Questionnaire Method

Directions: Answer the activities below. Write your answers on your paper.

A. Match Column A with Column B. Write the letter of your answer.

Column A Column B

1. It is a method that needs a A. Data

direct conversation.
B. interview
2. A small part of a group chosen
C. investigator
to represent the whole group.
3. The information collected D. Sample
4. The person who gathers data
E. Observation
using the observation method
F. interviewee
5. It is a method that sees the
situation directly.

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 B. Directions. Identify the most appropriate method of collecting data to
be used in each of the following situations. ( Interview, Questionnaire,
Observation, Registration and Experimentation)

____________1. Actual volume of each pack of mango juice

____________2. Number of customers in a restaurant from 10:00 a.m to
2:00 p.m.
____________3. Opinions of commuters about the color coding scheme
____________4. The manager of a restaurant wanted to conduct the
customer satisfaction survey.
____________5. The values that are acquired by some students from
watching telenovelas
_____________6. Number of most punctual students
_____________7. Preferred senior high school strand
_____________8. Effects of gadgets to the students
_____________9. The development of COVID-19 vaccines
_____________10. Number of voters in Tandag City

Lesson 2. Sampling Techniques

Objectives: After completing this self-learning activity sheet, you should be
able to:

1. define and discuss the different sampling techniques;

2. identify the sampling technique used in a given research topic; and
3. determine the sample size to be considered for a research work.

Directions: Evaluate the following. Write your answers on a separate sheet

of paper.
1. 10 % of 350 4. 35(3)2

2. 3% of 1000 5. 7 + 100(5)2

3. 5% of 2450

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 In data gathering, information is usually taken from a sample. The
number of samples is determined by using the Slovins’s formula.

n= N where n = number of samples

1 + Ne2 N = number of population
e = margin of error

Example1:
What is the sample size if the population is 3,000 and the margin of error
is set at:
a. 5% b. 3%

Solution:

a. The margin of error is 5% or 0.05. Thus,

n = 352. 94

b. The margin of error is 3% or 0.03. Thus,

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 n= 810.81
The above sample suggests that as the margin of error is set at a
smaller percentage, the number of samples gets closer and closer to the
number of population. Note that a certain degree of error is committed when
samples are used instead of population.
After determining the number of samples, the next thing to do is to
know how these samples will be gathered and what factors are to be
considered in getting these samples. There are different sampling
techniques, the purpose of which vary from one another.
1. Probability Sampling. It is a sampling procedure where every
element of a population is given an eqal chance of being selected as a
member of the sample.
a. Random Sampling. This basic sampling procedure may be done
by lottery or with the aid of a table of random numbers, or the
random function of a scientific calculator. For a bigger population,
computers can be programmed to randomly select the samples.

Example: The names of all 1,000 children are placed into a

computer database. The computer is then instructed to randomly
select 100 names. These children and their parents are then
contacted.

b. Systematic sampling. This is an alternative to simple random

sampling especially when the population is too big that random
sampling becomes tedious. Random starting point is selected from
the list of population. The samples are determined by choosing
every nth element on the list until the desired number of samples
are drawn.

Example: All employees of the company are listed in an

alphabetical order. From the first 10 numbers, you randomly select
a starting point: number 6. From number 6 onwards, every 10th
person on the list is selected (6, 16, 26, 36, and so on), and you
ended up with a sample of 100 people.

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 c. Stratified random sampling. This is done by creating different
classes or strata within the population. The grouping will be done
based on grade level, income groupings, and gender, among the
others.

Example: The names of all 1,000 children are placed into a

computer database and orgaized by grade (sixth, seventh, eighth).
The computer is then instructed to randomly select 35 names from
each of the three grades. This children and their parents are then
contacted.

d. Cluster sampling. If the population is too big, a sampling method

may be employed to a smaller area. The population may be divided
geographically into regions, divisions, or districts.

Example: The company has offices in 10 cities across the country

(all with roughly the same number of employees in similar roles).
You don’t have the capacity to travel to every office to collect your
data, so you use random sampling to select 3 offices – these are
your clusters.

2. Nonprobability sampling. This is a sampling procedure in which not

every element of the population is given an equal chance of being
selected as sample. The drawing of samples is based purely on the
researchers’ objectives.

a. Convenience sampling. The researchers’ convenience is the

primary concern in using this method. For instance, if the
convenience of having internet connections will be considered, not
every element of a population is given the chance to be chosen as a
sample since not everyone has access to this technology.

Example: The researcher knows one of the middle school

teachers, and the teacher volunteers her 35 students for the study.
These children and their parents are then contacted.

b. Quota sampling. This is similar to stratefied sampling but the

drawing of samples in quota sampling is not done randomly. If the
desired quota is reached, the drawing of samples is terminated.

Example: Using the middle school directory, the researcher

selects the first 20 sixth-grade boys, the first 20 sixth-grade girls,
the first 20 seventh-grade boys, the first 20 seventh-grade girls, the

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 first 20 eight-grade boys, the first 20 eight-grade girls. These
children and their parents are then contacted.

c. Purposive sampling. This is used when the specific objective

under study requires a particular sample which may not cover the
entire population.
Example: You want to know more about the opinions and
experiences of disabled students at your university, so you
purposefully select a number of students with different support
needs in order to gather a varied range of data on their experiences
with student services.

Directions: Use a separate sheet of paper to answer the following activities.

A. Determine the sample size to be considered for a research work that will
involve a population of 6,500 students if the desired margin of error is:
a. 3%
b. 5%
c. 10%
B. Determine the sample size for the given population and margin of error.
a. N = 1,000 e = 5%
b. N = 2500 e = 3%

C. Identify the most appropriate sampling technique to be used in each

situation.
____________1. A psychologist selects 12 boys and 12 girls from each of 4
science classes.
____________2. A biologist surveys all students from each of 15 randomly
selected classes.
____________3. The game show organizer writes the name of each contestants
on a separate card, shuffles the cards, and draws 5 names.
____________4. A hospital researcher interviews all diabetic patients in each
of 10 randomly selected hospitals.
____________5. Smart selects every 100th cell phone from the assembly line
and conduct a thorough test of quality.

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 REFLECTIONS

Concepts Learned

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Concepts Unlearned

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REFERENCES (Please use Chicago MLA referencing system)

Orines, F. et.al. (2012). Next Century Mathematics 7. Phoenix Publishing

House, Inc. 927 Quezon Ave., Quezon City

Oronce, O., et.al. e-Math.Third Edition 2012. Rex Book Store, Inc. (RBSI).
856 Nicanor Reyes Sr. St., Sampaloc, Manila

Rica, L. Mathematics Fourth Quarter – Module 51 Collection of Data

https://www.scribbr.com/methodology/sampling-methods/

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C.
1. 35
1. Quota sampling A. a. 948.90
2. 30
2. cluster sampling b. 376.81
3. Random sampling c. 98.48 3. 122.5
4. Stratified sampling B. a. 285.71 4. 315
5. Systematic sampling b. 769.23 5. 2507
Evaluate Elicit
Lesson 2. Sampling Techniques
B. B.
1. Observation 6. Observation 1. b
1. Different
2. Observation 7. Questionnaire 2. d
Sectors/
3. Interview 8. Interview 3. a
4. Questionnaire 9.Experimentation 4. c Readers
5. Interview 10. Registration 5. e 2. 90%
Evaluate Elicit
Lesson 1. Methods of collecting data
ANSWER KEY
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