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Lesson 1
Lesson 1 Part 1

INTRODUCTION
TO STATISTICS
Statistics - science that studies data to
be able to make a decision
- a tool in decision-making process
- a science involves the methods of
collecting, processing, summarizing and
analyzing data in order to provide
answers or solutions to an inquiry
Trivia: The word “statistics” actually comes from the
word “state”— because governments have been
involved in the statistical activities, especially the
conduct of censuses either for military or taxation
purposes. The need for and conduct of censuses are
recorded in the pages of holy texts. In the Christian
Bible, particularly the Book of Numbers, God is
reported to have instructed Moses to carry out a
census.
Statistics enable us to

✓ characterize persons, objects,


situations, and phenomena;
✓ explain relationships among
variables;
✓ formulate objective
assessments and comparisons
✓ make evidence-based
decisions and predictions.
Lesson 1 Part 2

EXPLORING
RANDOM
VARIABLES
Objectives:
✓ Illustrate a random variable
(discrete and continuous)
✓ Distinguish between a discrete
and a continuous random
variable

✓ Find the possible values of a


random variable
DEFINITION OF TERMS

A STATISTICAL EXPERIMENT is an activity


that will produce outcomes or a process that
will generate data. It is any activity, which can
be done repeatedly under similar conditions.

The set of all possible outcomes of an


experiment is called the SAMPLE SPACE.
DEFINITION OF TERMS

A RANDOM VARIABLE is a way to map


outcomes of a statistical experiment
determined by chance into a number. It is
typically denoted by a capital letter,
usually X. It must take exactly one value
for each random outcome.
Lesson 1 Part 3

DISCRETE AND
CONTINUOUS
RANDOM VARIABLES
Types of Random Variables
A. Discrete Random Variables are random variables that
can take on a finite (or countable infinite) number of
distinct values. The set of possible outcomes is
countable.
Examples:
• the number of heads obtained when tossing a coin thrice
• the number of siblings a person has
• the number of students present in a classroom
Types of Random Variables
B. Continuous Random Variables are random variables
that take an infinitely uncountable number of possible
values. It takes on values on a continuous scale,
typically measurable quantities.
Examples:
• the time a person can hold his/her breath
• the height, weight or BMI of a person
• the time a person takes for a person to bathe
CLASSIFY ME!
Temperature in a room Area of a land
Blood pressure of a patient Number of males in a class
Heart beats per minute of an athlete Amount of water in the dam
Number of books in the library Population in a city
Number of Senior citizens in a town Number of calories of a dessert

DISCRETE RANDOM VARIABLE CONTINUOUS RANDOM VARIABLE

Heart beats per minute of an athlete Temperature in a room


Number of books in the library Blood pressure of a patient
Number of Senior citizens in a town Area of a land
Number of males in a class Amount of water in the dam
Population in a city Number of calories of a dessert
DISCRETE OR CONTINUOUS

𝑫 Experiment: Roll a pair of dice


____1.
Random Variable: Sum of the dots that appear in the pair of dice
𝑪 Experiment: Ask a friend about preparing for a quiz in math
____2.
Random Variable: How much time he spends studying for the
quiz
𝑫 Experiment: Record the sex of the children in a family with 3
____3.
children
Random Variable: The number of girls among the children
𝑪 Experiment: Buy an egg from the grocery
____4.
Random Variable: The weight of the egg in grams
𝑪 Experiment: Record the number of hours children spent
____5.
watching TV
Random Variable: The number of hours spent watching TV
DISCRETE OR CONTINUOUS

𝑫 Experiment: Take a 20-item quiz


____6.
Random Variable: The score of a student
𝑪 Experiment: Ask a student about his/her breakfast
____7.
Random Variable: The time a student eats breakfast
𝑫 Experiment: Ask a neighbor about television shows
____8.
Random Variable: The number of TV shows he/she watches
every night
𝑫 Experiment: Ask a friend about Facebook
____9.
Random Variable: The number of Facebook friends he/she has
𝑪
____10. Experiment: Visit the nearest market and look for poultry
Random Variable: The total weight of chicken sold on a certain
day

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