Introduction to Statistics & Collection of Data

The statistics is concerned with

• Aggregate of organized facts

• Aggregate of disorganized facts

• Aggregate of useless facts

• Aggregate of unrelated facts

Statistics is defined in terms of numerical data in the

• Singular sense

• Plural sense

• Either a or b

• Both a and b

A good questionnaire should have

• Minimum questions

• Concise

• Clear

• All the above

_________ is the process through which the total income generated in the country is distributed among the factors of production in the form of rent, wages, interest or profits.

• Production

• consumption

• distribution

• investment

______ of data is the last stage of statistical study.

• Presentation

• analysis

• interpretation

• none of the these

_______ is the root cause of economic problem

• Unlimited wants

• scarcity

• alternate uses of resources

• both a and b

The last census of India was conducted in

• 2010

• 2011

• 2012

• 2013

Direct personal investigation method suffers from

• Personal bias

• Time consuming

• Excessive expenses

• All the above

__________ refers to the difference between the actual value of a parameter of the population and its estimate.

• Errors

• mistake

• both a and b

• none of the these

Error which occur due to non response from the respondents is an example of________

• Sampling error

• non sampling error

• both a and b

• none of these