Today we put our math skills to the test with some graph analyzing, and calculating. This week we sent out our surveys, and all accumulated some data for interpretation. Dr. Lueck taught us how to give ‘satisfaction’ a numerical value.

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She did this by taking the ratings we got and multiplying each value by the number of people who voted the same number. Then, by taking the sum of all the values, we would divide that number by the number of people who took the survey to get one value between 1 and 5. This would give us a way to let our readers perceive the data more easily.

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This is not the only way we can do this, but we can take our results for example, and communicate it in a more understandable way by giving a percentage. For example, say 13 out of 56 people who answered a survey agreed with a question. We would try to take 13/56 and present it in a way that is much easier to comprehend for the reader in our paper. One way we can do this is by giving it a percentage. By taking 13 and dividing it by 56, we get an exact 20 percent! While you might not get as lucky as that, a numerical value like 16.45 percent, even if it has decimals, is already much better and more understandable than a fraction.

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