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7interpretation and Data Analysis

The document discusses data analysis in research. It explains that data analysis involves organizing data, summarizing and categorizing it, and identifying patterns and themes. It notes that analyzing data can reveal unexpected but intriguing stories. The document also discusses how qualitative data involves texts, images, and symbols while quantitative data involves numbers and statistics. It provides examples of descriptive and inferential statistics and how they are used to analyze sample data and make inferences.

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7interpretation and Data Analysis

The document discusses data analysis in research. It explains that data analysis involves organizing data, summarizing and categorizing it, and identifying patterns and themes. It notes that analyzing data can reveal unexpected but intriguing stories. The document also discusses how qualitative data involves texts, images, and symbols while quantitative data involves numbers and statistics. It provides examples of descriptive and inferential statistics and how they are used to analyze sample data and make inferences.

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Interpretation and Data Analysis

What is Data Analysis in Research?

Data analysis is a way of simplifying numerous and wordy data to a meaningful story and interpreting it to arrive at an
insight to behold. It is a process of converting a multitude of data into a smaller group of sensible data.

Since it is a process, it involves several stages. To start with, data must be organized. The next step is to summarize and
categorize data together. Through data analysis, you can find patterns and themes to identify and link ideas. Lastly, is to
really analyze data from the start to finish, or one may go backward in analyzing it.

Most beginner researchers, find data analysis very tasking and time-consuming. It is very hard to navigate with data,
especially if it entails vague data. However, the end result will fascinate anyone as it will bring about clear, well-structured,
and meaningful data.

Why do we need to analyze data in research?

For a researcher, to tell a story about a problem solved, large-scale data might be too boring for the spectators. Although
they rely mainly on data, it cannot give a clear picture or answer to some questions. Well-analyzed data will reveal
patterns that may be interesting and worth exploring. Through data analysis, researchers can have a bigger, meaningful,
and beautiful picture of data. Organized and analyzed data can guide the researcher to find patterns and provide shape
and beauty to the story they want to tell. On the other hand, an open-minded researcher must remain unbiased in
whatever data is gathered. Along the way, unexpected patterns, expressions, and results may arise. Remember that data
analysis can sometimes reveal the most unexpected yet intriguing stories that were not anticipated at the time of data
collection. As a result, trust the information you have and enjoy the voyage of exploratory investigation.

Data analysis in qualitative and quantitative research

Qualitative data analysis usually involves texts, phrases, images, objects, and sometimes symbols. Some details in this
part have been discussed in your Practical Research 1.

On the other hand, quantitative data analysis involves numbers and statistics. Statistical analysis is the core of
quantitative analysis. It deals with basic calculations including average and median to more sophisticated analyzes like
correlations and regressions.

While descriptive statistics gives details on your specific data set, inferential statistics aim to make inferences about the
population. It makes two common times of predictions. One is prediction between groups, for example, weight differences
between learners grouped according to their favorite meal. The second is relationships between variables. For example,
the relationship between body weight and the number of hours a week a person does Zumba dance. In other words,
inferential statistics allows you to connect the dots and make predictions based on what you observe in your sample data.

Sample interpretation of data using the extracted table from the unpublished research paper of Ms. Cristy G. Dablo,
entitled, “TEENAGE PREGNANCY AND ITS INTERVENTIONS: MINIMIZING FUTURE RISKS AMONG HIGH SCHOOL
STUDENTS.”
Interpretation for Table 1:

All respondents’ responses were about fear, worries, and apprehensions. Table 1 showed the emotions that respondents
felt knowing that they were pregnant at an early age. Three (3) directly blurted out the feeling of fear, and the rest
indirectly said. Fear on how the parents reacted to the shame they brought up, fear of hopelessness that the baby
shuttered their future dreams, fear on how they raise the child knowing that they are incapable of supporting themselves.
The fear felt a push to worry, apprehend and think of the worst deed to abort the child.

According to Enyegue (2004) teenagers raised in a culture where parents are really afraid to broach the topic to their kids
are at risk of early pregnancy. With this, many teens worry about what their families will say when they find out that they
are pregnant. So, they avoid telling their parents or someone else who might be able to help them find support. This
delays their prenatal care, making the pregnancy even riskier for themselves and their baby. With that fear, abortion came
to their thinking trying to solve the problem, facing the grim realities of teen pregnancy is not pleasant.

Suppose a study is conducted to one of the companies in El Salvador City Misamis Oriental to determine the factors
affecting customer preferences among the residence of one barangay of El Salvador City ages 22 to 60 years old. The
following data were given.

Interpretation of Data (Table 1)

Table 1 reveals that 45.33 percent of the respondents are in the age bracket of 21-30 years old compared to only 9.3
percent in ages 51 – 61 years old and above and 21.33 percent belonged to the 31- 40 age range.

This age profile is important as it also reflects the current age demographic for the Filipinos according to Philippine
Statistics Authority (PSA). There is a much younger age cohort of teachers entering the workforce.

There is a much younger cohort who has the capacity to purchase products and services.

Interpretation of Data (Table 2)

Table 2 shows that 61.33 percent of the respondents are female, compared to 38.67 percent males. This is representative
of the current gender distribution of the population in the Philippines.

According to Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) in 2015 of the total population in the Philippines, 50.40% are males and
the rest are females.

This gender distribution is common among most countries where male becomes more in population than female (Skelton,
2012).

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