Frequency Data

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As a student of Saint Leo, it is our responsibility to uphold and utilize our core values. The core vale of “Excellence” states as follows, “All of us, individually and collectively, work hard to ensure that our students develop the character, learn the skills, and assimilate the knowledge essential to become morally responsible leaders” (Florida Catholic University). Using and creating opinions on data leaves one vulnerable to data fraud and other unethical qualms. In order to uphold the integrity and core value of “Excellence” we must be sure to provide accurate and honest representations of data that are provided.
When looking at the data from the following chart, one can appreciate how many different analyses can be made.
Data Set Nominal, Ordinal, Interval Discrete, Continuous Audience
Teacher Gender
Male- 6
Female- 4 Nominal Discrete Potential employees and Hiring Managers
Education Level
2 years or less- 1
2-4 years- 7
4 or more years- 2 Ordinal Discrete Human Resources Department, potential employees, and parents.
Student scores on last test
100-1
95-1
90-3
80-6
70-3
60-1
Interval Continuous Students, Parents, teachers

While the chart above provides us with a plethora of information, we can take it a step further by making it easier to distinguish factors such as percentages as well as totals. Starting with a frequency chart, one can appreciate the simplicity behind it.
Teacher Gender (Nominal, Ordinal ) Frequency
Male 6
Female 4

This chart simple allows us to be able to determine the number of males or females in the facility. This is important when potential employees are inquiring the current employee demographic. Having this information available will enable one to quickly determine whether the environ...

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... An administrator could simply inform the inquisitive parent that there are two employees that have more than four years of college level education and be correct; however that information doesn’t provide the whole story. Knowing the frequency doesn’t tell the entire story without knowing the total. In this case, two employees accounts for 20% of the facility. The parent would have a much better understanding of this information if he or she was advised the percentage. Furthermore, this chart also describes that the data presented is discrete ordinal data.
As one can see, data is very important in the education field. From the simplest form of frequency chart to relative frequency charts, the way that data is presented is vital. The extra time that it takes to calculate percentages could force a facility for miss a shipment resulting in hardships for others.

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