Assignment No. 1

1. Worksheet No. 1
Submit a short research article on any topic. It should contain the results of any
survey conducted locally or abroad.
Guidelines
1) Clip the whole article if taken from a magazine or newspaper. If it comes from the
internet, download the whole article.
2) Indicate the name of the magazine/newspaper, date of publication, title of the article
and author. If it is from the Internet, identify the website, title of the article and
author.
3) Highlight the population, sample, and parameter (if there is any).
4) Find out the population, sample, and parameter used in the survey.
5) Enumerate at least five descriptive statements.
6) Enumerate the data gathered and classify whether they are qualitative or
quantitative.
7) Preferably typewritten.
Format
Name: _________________________ Date: ________ Statistical Data
Section: _______________________ Score: _______
Population:
Worksheet No.1 Sample:
Basic Statistical Concepts Parameter:
Title of the Article: Descriptive Statements:
Source: 1)
Date: 2)
Author: 3)
Article: 4)
5)
Data Gathered:
A) Qualitative
1)
2)
B) Quantitative
1)
2)
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2. Rubric for Worksheet No. 1
Criteria (1-2 points) (3-4 points) (5 points)
It is a research
It is a research article; contains
It is a news article;
article; results/ the results/
not results of a
findings are not from findings of a
survey; magazine/
The article a survey; magazine/ survey; magazine/
newspaper/ website,
newspaper/ website, newspaper/
title and author are
title and author are website, title and
not identified.
not identified. author are
identified.
Population is not
Population and Population and
Population, identified; sample
sample size are sample size are
sample, and size and parameter
given; parameter is given; parameter is
parameter in the survey are not
not indicated. indicated.
indicated.
Two descriptive
Three descriptive Five descriptive
Statements: statements are
are gathered and are gathered and
descriptive/ gathered and
correctly correctly
inferential correctly
categorized. categorized.
categorized.
Two qualitative
One qualitative and
No qualitative and and two
one quantitative
quantitative data are quantitative data
Data gathered data are gathered
gathered and are gathered and
and correctly
categorized. correctly
categorized.
categorized.
Presentation is
No effort is done to Presentation is
hurriedly done;
Presentation make proper appealing, artistic,
shows less effort; not
presentation. and neatly done.
neatly done.
Submits the output
Submits the output
the following Submits the output
Promptness two days or later
meeting after the on time.
after the deadline.
deadline.
Total Points: 30
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