Describing and Analyzing Data

This refers to processes that convert data into information and knowledge

• Data Presentation

• Data Editing

• Data Processing

• Data Collection

These are the PROCESSING OPERATIONS

• CLASSIFICATION

• TABULATION

• CODING

• COLLECTING

• EDITING

It is used to filter out irrelevant data from the relevant data and establishing order from chaos and giving shape to a mass of data

• Data Reduction

• Data Filtering

• Data Layering

• Data Analysis

It is the process of assigning numerals or other symbols to answers so that responses can be put into a limited number of categories

• Assigning

• Naming

• Editing

• Coding

It is the process of arranging assembled data in a concise/logical manner

• Editing

• Coding

• Tabulation

• Classification

The process of organizing data into logical, sequential and meaningful categories and classifications to make them amenable to study and interpretation

• Data Processing

• Data Presentation

• Data Analysis

• Data Interpretation

This data presentation technique includes books, reports, research papers and articles

• Textual

• Tabular

• Graphical

Type of graph with rectangular bars that usually compare different categories

• Linear Graph

• Pictogram

• Bar Graph

• Pie Graph

Type of graph that is commonly used to display change over time as a series of data points are connected by straight line segments

• Statistical Map

• Linear Graph

• Pie Graph

• Bar Graph

Type of graph that gives a snapshot of how a group is broken down into smaller groups

• Bar Graph

• Pictogram

• Statistical Map

• Pie Graph