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CBSE Class 11 (Arts) Introduction to Statistics — practice questions

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In its plural sense, the term 'statistics' refers to:Read the answer and worked solution →In its singular sense, 'statistics' refers to:Read the answer and worked solution →Data that can be measured and expressed in numbers, such as height or income, are called:Read the answer and worked solution →Data based on attributes or qualities, such as honesty or beauty, are called:Read the answer and worked solution →The three traditional branches into which the study of economics is divided are consumption, production and:Read the answer and worked solution →A person who purchases goods and services to satisfy his or her wants is called a:Read the answer and worked solution →A person or firm engaged in producing goods and services for sale is called a:Read the answer and worked solution →The fundamental economic problem that gives rise to economic activity is the:Read the answer and worked solution →The use of goods and services to satisfy human wants is known as:Read the answer and worked solution →The economic activity of creating goods and services to be sold in the market is:Read the answer and worked solution →The sharing of the nation's income among the owners of the factors of production is studied under:Read the answer and worked solution →Statistics is useful in economics chiefly because it helps to:Read the answer and worked solution →A person who works for another in return for a salary or wage is best described as a:Read the answer and worked solution →Match the branch of studyRead the answer and worked solution →True or false about the two subjectsRead the answer and worked solution →Order the work of statisticsRead the answer and worked solution →Economics or statistics?Read the answer and worked solution →Complete the definitionRead the answer and worked solution →Which branch studies it?Read the answer and worked solution →Tap what statistics doesRead the answer and worked solution →Statistics bingoRead the answer and worked solution →What does the discipline of statistics mainly deal with?Read the answer and worked solution →Statistics is often described as the science of what?Read the answer and worked solution →The word statistics comes from a Latin word meaning which of these?Read the answer and worked solution →Which branch of statistics draws predictions about a population from a sample?Read the answer and worked solution →Which branch of statistics only summarises the features of the given sample?Read the answer and worked solution →Statistics is mainly based on which branch of mathematics?Read the answer and worked solution →Who in 1749 began using the term statistics for quantitative information?Read the answer and worked solution →John Graunt's 1663 work on bills of mortality is an early writing on what?Read the answer and worked solution →Early statistical thinking mainly served the needs of which institution?Read the answer and worked solution →

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In its plural sense, the term 'statistics' refers to:

  1. a type of business firm
  2. an aggregate of numerical facts or data
  3. one government department
  4. a single method of analysis
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Correct answer: B. an aggregate of numerical facts or data

In the plural sense, statistics means an aggregate of numerical facts.

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In its singular sense, 'statistics' refers to:

  1. a single observation
  2. the methods and techniques of collecting and analysing data
  3. a list of all citizens
  4. the profit of a company
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Correct answer: B. the methods and techniques of collecting and analysing data

In the singular sense, statistics is the science/methods of handling data.

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Data that can be measured and expressed in numbers, such as height or income, are called:

  1. quantitative data
  2. qualitative data
  3. biased data
  4. secondary data only
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Correct answer: A. quantitative data

Quantitative data are measurable and numeric (height, income).

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