Introduction to Statistics

1. Which of the following is NOT an economic activity

• Production of books

• Donation of blood

• Investment in stocks

• Consumption of Ice creams

2. How does statistics help in economic planning?

• helps to make best use of national resources

• helps compare development of various countries

• All of these

• None of these

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Which of the following is an example of qualitative data

• number of vegetarian students

• everyday temperature

• number of illiterate people in India

• appreciation of art

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"Statistics does not help in comparison of data of different regions"

• True

• False

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Statistics can help to predict the future growth of an economy.

• True

• False

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Statistics is of no use to government in policy formulation

• True

• False

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Descriptive statistics involves estimation and hypothesis testing

• True

• False

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The purpose of descriptive statistics is to

• make decision

• make estimation

• describe data

• make hypothesis testing

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Parameter is use for

• statistics

• population

• sample

• measurement

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Types of Statistics are:

• marketing and accounting

• descriptive and inferential statistic

• primary and secondary

• quantitative and qualitative