CBSE Class 11 (Commerce) Introduction to Statistics — practice questions
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Practice CBSE Class 11 (Commerce) Introduction to Statistics in the app →In its plural sense, the term 'statistics' refers to:In its singular sense, 'statistics' refers to:Data that can be measured and expressed in numbers, such as height or income, are called:Data based on attributes or qualities, such as honesty or beauty, are called:The three traditional branches into which the study of economics is divided are consumption, production and:A person who purchases goods and services to satisfy his or her wants is called a:A person or firm engaged in producing goods and services for sale is called a:The fundamental economic problem that gives rise to economic activity is the:The use of goods and services to satisfy human wants is known as:The economic activity of creating goods and services to be sold in the market is:The sharing of the nation's income among the owners of the factors of production is studied under:Statistics is useful in economics chiefly because it helps to:A person who works for another in return for a salary or wage is best described as a:What does the discipline of statistics mainly deal with?Statistics is often described as the science of what?The word statistics comes from a Latin word meaning which of these?Which branch of statistics draws predictions about a population from a sample?Which branch of statistics only summarises the features of the given sample?Statistics is mainly based on which branch of mathematics?Who in 1749 began using the term statistics for quantitative information?John Graunt's 1663 work on bills of mortality is an early writing on what?Early statistical thinking mainly served the needs of which institution?Which Belgian scientist introduced the idea of the average man?Who made early attempts to measure national economic activity in the 17th century?Which concept did Francis Galton introduce into statistics?Which statistical term did Ronald Fisher first use in his 1918 paper?Who showed in 1934 that stratified random sampling beats quota sampling?Which measurement scales did Stanley Smith Stevens define?A scale with no meaningful rank order among its values is called what?Interval and ratio measurements are grouped together as which type of variable?Why do statisticians collect sample data instead of full counts?A sample guides conclusions about a population only if it is what?In experiments, what does randomized assignment of treatments help achieve?The Hawthorne study asked whether changing what would affect worker productivity?Studying smoking and lung cancer through surveys is an example of what?Correlation does not imply causation. What does this warn?Which Darrell Huff book describes misuse of statistics?Overgeneralizing from a biased sample is a common way statistics gets what?Economics was described by Alfred Marshall as the study of what?Activities undertaken for monetary gain are known as what?A person who works for someone else and gets paid a wage is called what?What is the root of all economic problems?Why must a person with limited pocket money make choices?Land and water that can grow food or cotton show which feature of resources?Which three parts is the study of economics often divided into?The division of national income into wages, profits, rents and interest is called what?Why is gender treated as qualitative information in statistics?Which of these would give quantitative data?Which step of statistics follows the collection of data?Which numerical indices summarise the broad features of collected data?For an economist, statistics is described as which kind of tool?Why are exact numbers better than 'hundreds died'?How does an average income summarise a population?Why would a planner use statistical tools for the 2020 production plan?Statistics can check whether which policy is effective in checking population growth?