Descriptive Statistics Project

Objectives The project will help students learn to research credible secondary information,
summarize simple research articles, and concisely describe or interpret statistical
data.

Activity Select a research article or news feature containing numeric statistical data.
Summarize the content and statistical data in the article.
(No data or article/feature/research should be alike.)

Specifics a) Two pages only.

b) Use short bond (8.5” x 11” or US Letter. Not A4).
c) Font to use: Calibri (MSWord) or Helvetica (Mac Pages).
d) Margin: 0.7’ all around.
e) Follow the format and content specified below.

Page 1:

Bold (14pt) [Surname, First Name, Middle Initial]

[Section]

Bold (12pt) Statistics & Probability

Project No.1 (Performance Task)

Bold (12pt) [Title of Article/Research/News Feature/Etc.]

[Source: (publication or weblink)]

Regular (10pt) [Summary of article/research/news feature/etc.]

1.5 spacing
(1 to 4 short paragraphs only)

Grouped Data (Frequency Distribution Table)

(May either be constructed or grabbed or screen captured).

Regular (10pt) [Descriptions or interpretaions (and values) of the mean, median,

1.5 spacing mode and standard deviation (or variation) of the statistical data.]

Page 2:
Photocopy or screenshot or screen capture of the article (first page
only showing title of the article)

Allowable sources:
1. Publications (magazines, newspapers, tabloids, etc.)
• The Economist, Time, Newsweek, Asiaweek, Business Week, etc.
• Health & lifestye magazines
2. Published Research Papers
3. Research articles from any of the following webpages or apps:
• National Economic Development Authority (NEDA)
• Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA, formerly NSO)
• Accenture Digital (app or webpage)
• Asian Development Bank, World Bank, International Monetary Fund, World Economic
Forum, etc.
• United Nations (and its many subsidiaries)
• NatGeo, Discovery Channel, etc.
• BBC News, The Economist, CNN, Reuters, Bloomberg, CNBC, ANC, GMA News
Network and the likes.
4. Statistics Textbooks