Descriptive and inferential statistics
Descriptive Statistics
Descriptive statistics is used for helping to describe the highlights (features) of a particular informational collection by providing short outlines about the sample and proportions of the information (Pallant, 2020). The most perceived kinds of descriptive statistics are proportions of focus: the mean, middle, and mode, which are utilized at practically all degrees of measurements (Loether et al., 1993).
| Descriptive Statistics | |||||
| N | Minimum | Maximum | Mean | Std. Deviation | |
| How old are you today? | 301 | 18 | 76 | 43.34 | 13.272 |
| Valid N (listwise) | 301 |
The average age of the participant is 43.34 years.
| What is your gender? | |||||
| Frequency | Percent | Valid Percent | Cumulative Percent | ||
| Valid | Male | 90 | 29.9 | 29.9 | 29.9 |
| Female | 205 | 68.1 | 68.1 | 98.0 | |
| Prefer not to answer | 6 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 100.0 | |
| Total | 301 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
The data shows that the 68.1% of the participant are female and 29.9% are male.
| What is your highest educational degree? | |||||
| Frequency | Percent | Valid Percent | Cumulative Percent | ||
| Valid | Other (please specify) | 2 | .7 | .7 | .7 |
| High School/ GED | 23 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 8.3 | |
| Some college/ Associates | 60 | 19.9 | 19.9 | 28.2 | |
| Bachelors | 66 | 21.9 | 21.9 | 50.2 | |
| Masters | 130 | 43.2 | 43.2 | 93.4 | |
| Doctorate/Professional degree | 20 | 6.6 | 6.6 | 100.0 | |
| Total | 301 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
The data shows that the most of the participant have master degree followed by bachelor,
| What is your marital status? | |||||
| Frequency | Percent | Valid Percent | Cumulative Percent | ||
| Valid | Married/ Partner | 179 | 59.5 | 59.5 | 59.5 |
| Single | 86 | 28.6 | 28.6 | 88.0 | |
| Divorced | 28 | 9.3 | 9.3 | 97.3 | |
| Widowed | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 98.3 | |
| Prefer not to answer | 5 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 100.0 | |
| Total | 301 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
Most of the participant are married or having partner and followed by single.
| Statistics | ||
| I would be contributing to the betterment of the community. | ||
| N | Valid | 261 |
| Missing | 40 | |
| Mean | 6.0192 | |
| Median | 6.0000 | |
| Mode | 7.00 |
| I would be contributing to the betterment of the community. | |||||
| Frequency | Percent | Valid Percent | Cumulative Percent | ||
| Valid | Extremely unlikely | 7 | 2.3 | 2.7 | 2.7 |
| Quite unlikely | 3 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 3.8 | |
| Slightly unlikely | 7 | 2.3 | 2.7 | 6.5 | |
| Neither likely or unlikely | 8 | 2.7 | 3.1 | 9.6 | |
| Slightly likely | 24 | 8.0 | 9.2 | 18.8 | |
| Quite likely | 99 | 32.9 | 37.9 | 56.7 | |
| Extremely likely | 113 | 37.5 | 43.3 | 100.0 | |
| Total | 261 | 86.7 | 100.0 | ||
| Missing | System | 40 | 13.3 | ||
| Total | 301 | 100.0 |
References
Loether, H. J., & McTavish, D. G. (1993). Descriptive and inferential statistics: An introduction (4th ed.). Boston: Allyn and Bacon.
Pallant, J. (2020). SPSS survival manual: A step by step guide to data analysis using IBN SPSS (7th ed.). McGraw-Hill.
