Organizing Data in Statistics

Raw data is made comprehensible by :

• collection of data

• classification of data

• organisation of data

• presentation of data

The two important functions of classification are :

• scrutiny and editing of data

• presentation and interpretataion of data

• reducing bulk data and facilitating comparison

• forming trend and tendencies

Classification of population of India in terms of years is an example of :

• Geographical classification

• Chronological classification

• Quantitative classification

• Qualitative classification

The data classified with reference to countries is called :

• spatial

• chronological

• both

• none

In a frequency distribution, the class may be :

• singular or plural

• subjective or objective

• individual or discrete

• inclusive or exclusive

In case of inclusive method :

• upper limit of class interval is excluded

• lower limit of class is excluded

• both upper limit and lower limit are included

• both upper and lower limit are excluded

A frequency distribution table showing value of sales in different column and advertisement expenditure in different rows is termed as :

• bilateral frequency distribution

• univariate frequency distribution

• multivariate frequency distribution

• none of these

A ____________ refers to quantity whose value varies from one investigation to another.

• constant

• variable

• array

• none of these

____________ series excludes the upper limit of the class-interval.

• exclusive

• inclusive

• open ended

• mid value

Height or weight of individual are continuous variable as they can be fraction

• True

• False