Activity 1: #StatisticsInTheNews

Name: NASSER BUNSALAGAN APLAL

Course/Year/Section: MAT-ENGLISH/1ST YEAR/A

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Instruction:
1. Read Chapter 1 of the Introduction to Business Statistics by R. Weiers.
(Can be downloaded from SKSU Kyrene Facebook group)
http://www.facebook.com/groups/sksu.kyrene
2. Get a newspaper of not more than 2 weeks old.
3. Search the newspaper for an article that uses statistics in the written topic.
4. Take a photo or screenshot of the article and insert it in the space provided in the
succeeding pages.
5. In not less than 300 words, explain how the writer/author used statistics in his/her
article.
 What type of statistics are they? Descriptive Statistics or Inferential Statistics?
 What is the level of measurement?
 Are the statistics used useful in understanding the whole article?
 How did the writer/author use statistics in his/her article?
 Did the writer/author used statistics correctly without misleading the readers?
6. Deadline: August 17, 2019
7. Submission: email to kyrene.sksu@gmail.com
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Every writer has different style of writing. As far as I know while reading the article
entitled “NISSAN INTRODUCES NAVARA BLACK EDITION IN THE PHILIPPINES”, the writer of this
of this article actually used Descriptive Statistics because he or she was just describing and
informing the readers about the latest feature of the newest product of NISSAN Company.
Through this way of writing, the dreamers who are supposedly planning to buy such thing can
easily have idea about the said product. Because they don’t need to go in the company in
advance.

Another thing is, the writer of the article used the NOMINAL LEVEL OF MEASUREMENT
because when I saw the preceding, the prices of the latest car depends on its variety. Thing
things really help the buyers to be well informed about the features of the said cars.
 Statistics used in the article really helps to understand well the prizes especially since
buyers have different capability or are not the same in terms of budget to spend with or in
short to understand the whole article.

As what I said in the above sentences, the writer used statistics in giving clues about
possible totality of budget to spend in buying the latest cars. Through this, buyers can think of
solutions when they don’t have enough money just to have them.

For me, the writer used effectively the statistics in informing the readers. As result,
reader can be more knowledgeable about the latest product.

When writers of every article are knowledgeable about statistics, he or she can
effectively inform and lead the readers.
This article was published and captured last August 28, 2019 as compliance to Advanced Statistics of Ma’am Kyrene Dizon.