MATH- DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS

Statistics 1

The current research is a descriptive which aimed to investigate the manner in which people spent their time . To carry this out , 341 survey questionnaires were deployed to residents of Maryland . The demographic pro questions included the following : gender , age , and level of education . Some psychographic characteristics were also inquired about , including registration for voting and political affiliation , number of children aged 18 who reside at home , number of years employed in current job , and change in careers within the last five years

The next set of questions

asked about how the respondents have spent their time , encompassing the following : cumber of hours spent watching television in a week , number of books read for pleasure , cumber of hours of exercise in a week , number of hours spent surfing the net in a week number of hours of work spent in a week , number of hours spent on cell phone in a week , number of hours spent on hobbies in a week , movies seen in theaters in a year , vacations taken in the last two years , hours spent watching the news and number of cigarettes smoked daily

The respondents of the study were selected using random sampling . The questionnaires were distributed and collated within a 2-week duration Data were then tabulated and statistically analyzed by computing for descriptive statistics . These outcmes are presented in the succeeding portions of the

Sources of error may included non-representativeness of the sample because samples were selected randomly . It would have been better and more valid if the samples of the study were chosen through stratified random sampling . In addition , one other source of error may be the tendency of some respondents to answer in a socially desirable manner There are also survey questionnaires which were not returned which may intoduce some bias into the results analyzed

Table 1 . Frequency and percentage distribution : Gender

Gender Frequency Percentage

Male 124 36 .36

Female 216 63 .34

Non-response 1 0 .29 Table 1 shows that majority of the respondents are female , accounting for 68 .34 of the sample (f 216 , while the remainder represents male respondents at 36 .36 (f 124

Table 2 . Frequency and percentage distribution : Age

Age Frequency Percentage

Below 20 42 12 .32

21-30 167 48 .97

31-40 72 21 .11

41-50 37 10 .85

51-60 16 4 .69

61-70 4 1 .17

71-80 2 0 .59

81-90 1 0 .29

Table 2 shows that most of the respondents are between 21-30 years old at 48 .97 (f 167 21 .11 (f 72 ) are between 31 to 40 years old 12 .32 (f 42 ) are below 20 years old 10 .85 (f 37 ) belong to the 41-50 years old age category 4 .69 (f 16 ) are between 51-60 years old 1 .17 (f 4 belong to the 61-70 years old category .59 (f 2 ) fall in the 71-80 years old group and .29 (f 1 ) represents the 81-90 years old bracket These statistics suggest that almost 70 of the sample...