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LESSON 7: DATA
PRESENTATION AND INTERPRETATION 2
- Data presentation and analysis is
one of the most essential part in your research study. An excellent data presentation can be potential for winning the hearts of the panelists, clients, or simply the readers. No matter how good your data, if it is not well presented, you will not be able to 3
- To be able to create and present an
organized picture of information from a research report, it is important to use certain techniques to communicate findings and interpretations of research studies into visual form. The common techniques being used to display TABLES AND TABULAR PRESENTATION 5 DATA TABLES - A table facilitates representation of even large amounts of data in an attractive, easy to read and organized manner. The data is organized in rows and columns. This is one of the widely used forms of presentation of data since data tables are easy to construct and read. The purpose of a PARTS OF A TABLE 7 1. TABLE NUMBER - Each table should be numbered. It is given for reference purposes. 2. TITLE OF THE TABLE 8
- Every table must have a suitable
title. It is a brief explanation of content of the table. A complete title must answer the questions what, where and when in that sequence. These are placed above the table. The title is usually written right after the 9 3. CAPTION - A word or phrase that explains the content of a column of a table, i.e., it explains what the column represents. It may consist of one or more column headings. 10 4. STUB - Stubs explain contents of row of a table, i.e., stubs are the designation of the rows or row headings. They are at the extreme left. 5. BODY OF THE TABLE 11
- Most important part of table as it
contains data. 12 6. HEADNOTE - Head note is inserted to convey complete information of the title. 13 7. FOOTNOTE - It is used for pointing exceptions to the data. Anything in a table which the reader may find difficult to understand from the title, captions and stubs should be explained in footnotes 14 15 GRAPHS 17 18 GRAPHS - Are illustrated visual forms that summarize information and ideas through words, symbols, pictures, and drawings. 19 GRAPHS - Graphs focuses on how a change in one variable relates to another. It is a visual representation of a relationship between, but not restricted to, two variables. Commonly consists of two axes called the x-axis (horizontal) and the y-axis (vertical). 20 GRAPHS - To interpret a graph or chart, read the title, look at the key, read the labels. Then study the graph to understand what it shows. The title tells what information is being displayed. In choosing what type of graph to use, determine the specific THINGS TO REMEMBER IN MAKING GRAPHS 22
1) Accurately shows the facts
2) Grabs the reader’s attention 3) Has titles and labels 4) Simple and uncluttered 5) Clearly shows any trends or differences in data 6) Visually accurate TYPES OF GRAPHS 24 1. LINE GRAPH - Scale line graph represents frequency distributions over time - Y-axis represents frequency. - X-axis represents time. 26 2. BAR GRAPH - Uses differently colored or patterned bars to represent different classes. - It uses bars to show data - The bar can be vertical (up to down) or horizontal (across) 27 2. BAR GRAPH - Y-axis represents frequency. - X-axis may represent time or different classes. 3. CLUSTERED BAR GRAPH 30
- Uses differently colored or
patterned bars to represent different classes. 33 4. HISTOGRAM - A histogram is a chart that shows frequencies for intervals of values of a metric variable. - Height represents corresponding frequency - Width of bar represents class intervals 36 5. PIE CHART - It is usually used to show how parts of a whole is compare to each other and to the whole. The entire circle represents the total and the parts are proportional to the amount of the total they represent. 37 5. PIE CHART - Is also known as the circle graph. It is divided into fractions that look likes pieces of pie. many times, the fractional parts are different colors and a key explains the colors. (title, indicator, and legend) 39 6. SCATTER PLOT - also called a scatterplot, scatter graph, scatter chart, scatter gram, or scatter diagram) is a type of plot or mathematical diagram using Cartesian coordinates to display values for typically two variables for a set of data. 41 7. PICTOGRAM - A pictogram, also called a pictogramme, pictograph, or simply picto, and in computer usage an icon, is a graphic symbol that conveys its meaning through its pictorial resemblance to a physical object. STEPS FOR DATA INTERPRETATIO N 45 STEPS: 1) Revisit the main and sub- problems. 2) Describe the data 3) Plan for an appropriate way to present the data collected through tabular, graphical or any other way. 4) Plug in additional information 5) Have closure or concluding