Some fictional examples to show how statistics is like.


RandomGroup did a survey to find out what countries the public supported in the 2010 South Africa World Cup. The sample size was 100. The results were collated and are as follows:

25% of the people surveyed supported Brazil.
15% of the people surveyed supported Spain.
30% of the people surveyed suppoted England.
10% of the people surveyed supported Argentina.
15% of the peo ple surveyed supported France.
3% of the people surveyed supported South Korea.
2% of the people surveyed supported Portugal.

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The results can be shown in different forms:


Bar Graph
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Pie Chart
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From these presentations, we can calculate the mean, median, mode and some ratios regarding the data collected.

Mean of the percentage of people who support a country: 100/7= 14.3 (3sf)
Median: 2, 3, 10, 15, 15, 25, 30
Mode: 15 (appears twice)
Ratio of people supporting Brazil to people supporting England: 5:6
Ratio of people supporting European countries to other countries: 31:19

A class of 25 pupils sat for an English, a Math and a Science test and the results are as of follows:

Pupils who scored an A1 for English: Capello, Barry, Lennon, Rooney, Cole, Terry, Ferdinand, Johnson, Gerrard, Lampard, Carrick, Philips, Wright, Hart
Pupils who scored an A1 for Math: Capello, Berbatov, Ronaldo, Wiltord, Barry, Lampard, Gerrard, Rooney, Ferguson, Messi, Giggs, Lennon
Pupils who scored an A1 for Science: Capello, Boateng, Drogba, King, Ferguson, Messi, Carrick, Cole, Giggs

The results can be represented in the form of a venn diagram:

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