Basic Concepts and Social Data, Assessment Example

A variable is a number that can change in a given problem. There are different types of variables used in scientific or mathematical methods, such as the dependent and independent variable. The independent variable can take values or numbers freely; whereas the dependent variables are the variables that change due to a change in another variable in the system.

The mode is a number or value that happens most frequently in a set of data.

Based on the survey at the beginning of the semester, the following represents a list of variables: Gender, Race, and Parent’s Education.

There is no mode for females in Table 1, Desired Family Size by Gender. No number occurs more than once for females.

The mode for males in Table 1, Desired Family Size by Gender is “5”.

There were a total of 97 males and 69 females surveyed in the “Desired Family Size by Gender”. There were five males and six females who did not want any children. There was an even number of 25 males and females who both indicated their desired family size at 3 children. The results from this survey indicate that there is a mode to 3 desired children for the students, both male and female, for this class.

There were eight individuals whose mother had some college and beyond who reported wanting having 3 or more children out of 23 individuals; therefore, the percentage of individuals is 35%.

There were 11 individuals whose parents had no college reported wanted 3 or more children out of 24 individuals surveyed; therefore, the percentage of individuals is 46%.