An Introduction to Statistics

The term Statistics has its origin in Latin word as

• Status

• Statistik

• Statista

• All of the above

Which method of collection of statistics is correct?

• Estimation

• Enumeration

• All of the above

• None of above

Following are the features of Statistics

• Organisation of Data

• Presentation of Data

• All of the above

• Descriptive Statistics

The following statement "The successful businessman is one whose estimate most closely approaches accuracy" highlight the importance of statistics for

• Administrators

• Politicians

• Research

• Businessman/Industrilist

Subject matter of Statistics include

• Inferential statistics

• Art

• Science

• All of the above

Name the term that deals with methods which help in estimating the characteristics of a population or making decisions concerning a population on the basis of sample results

• Statistics

• Inferential Statistics

• Scope of Statistics

• Descriptive Statistics

Which of the following is not a characteristics of Statistics?

• Placed in relation to each other

• Analysis of Data

• Pre-determined purpose

• Collected in a systematic manner

Statistics is important for

• Politician

• Economist

• None of the above

• All of the above

Determine whether the given data is Qualitative or Quantitative.

Data: Annual sales in the company

• Qualitative Data

• Quantitative Data

When a study is conducted on all the elements in population, it is known as ______.

• sample survey

• census

• sample

• sampling frame