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A data is a collection of facts, such as numbers, words, measurements, observations or even just descriptions of things.

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Important Questions on Statistics

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The following data shows the weight (in kg) of 16 workers in a factory:
75, 60, 63, 66, 60, 63, 60, 60, 66, 63, 66, 63, 72, 66, 63, 75.
Arrange the data in ascending order.
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A shop had 239 toys. Seventy more toys were brought in. Then, 152 of them were sold. The number of toys left was:
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Number of people in various age groups in a town is given in the following table:

Age Group 1-14 15-29 30-44 45-59 60-74 75 above
Number of people 200000 160000 120000 120000 80000 40000

How many senior citizens are there in the town?

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The marks (out of 10) obtained by 28 students in a mathematics test are listed below:

8            1            2            6            5            5            61            4            7            8            2            5            83            3            8            4            3            3            48            7            8            3            2            2            1

Construct a frequency table for the information given.

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Mr Garg, Mr Singh, Ms Dubey and Ms Neelam are four teachers in a school teaching classes VI to VIII. Mr Garg can teach English and Science only. Mr Singh can teach Mathematics and Science only. Ms Neelam cannot teach Hindi. Ms Dubey teaches only one subject and there is a teacher for all the subjects mentioned in the table below. Fill in the table using (/) and (X) and answer the questions that follow.

Subjects Mr Garg Mr Singh Ms Dubey Ms Neelam
English        
Hindi        
Mathematics        
Science        

How many teachers can teach exactly two subjects?

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Rajesh is a footballer. In the last 20 matches, he scored the following number of goals:
2,1,2,1,0,3,1,2,3,1,3,0,2,3,1,2,1,3,1,2

Make a frequency distribution table for this data.

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The weights of 20 marbles (in grams) are given below:

52, 36, 44, 38, 36, 42, 31, 25, 32, 48, 44, 46, 38, 36, 45, 30, 50, 40, 38, 32

Arrange the above data in a tabular form.

 

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Arranging the data in the form of a table is called _____ form. tabular / graph / linear
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Define secondary data. Can a given data be both primary and secondary data?
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Number of people in various age groups in a town is given in the following table:

Age Group 1-14 15-29 30-44 45-59 60-74 75 above
Number of people 200000 160000 120000 120000 80000 40000

Which age groups have the same population?

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Data means information in the form of _____ figures.
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Mr. Garg, Mr. Singh, Ms. Dubey and Ms. Neelam are four teachers in a school teaching classes VI to  VIII. Mr. Garg can teach English and Science only. Mr. Singh can teach Mathematics and Science only. Ms. Neelam cannot teach Hindi. Ms. Dubey teaches only one subject and there is a teacher for all the subjects mentioned in the table below. 

Subjects Mr. Garg Mr. Singh Ms. Dubey Ms. Neelam
English        
Hindi        
Mathematics        
Science        

Which subject can be taught by the maximum number of teachers?

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Garima collected the data regarding weights of students of her class and prepared the following table:

Weight (in kg) 44-49 50-55 56-61 62-67
Number of students 8 15 25 17

A student is to be selected randomly from her class for some competition. The probability of selection of the student is highest whose weight (in kg) is ¡n the interval___________.
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Mr Garg, Mr Singh, Ms Dubey and Ms Neelam are four teachers in a school teaching classes VI to VIII. Mr Garg can teach English and Science only. Mr Singh can teach Mathematics and Science only. Ms Neelam cannot teach Hindi. Ms Dubey teaches only one subject and there is a teacher for all the subjects mentioned in the table below. Fill in the table using (/) and (X) and answer the questions that follow.

Subjects Mr Garg Mr Singh Ms Dubey Ms Neelam
English        
Hindi        
Mathematics        
Science        

Which subject is Ms Dubey teaching?

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A dice was thrown 20 times and the following outcomes were recorded:

 5,2,1,3,4,4,5,6,2,1,4,5,1,2,3,3,5,2,4,6.

Arrange the above data in ascending order and prepare the frequency table.

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Mr Garg, Mr Singh, Ms Dubey and Ms Neelam are four teachers in a school teaching classes VI to VIII. Mr Garg can teach English and Science only. Mr Singh can teach Mathematics and Science only. Ms Neelam cannot teach Hindi. Ms Dubey teaches only one subject and there is a teacher for all the subjects mentioned in the table below. Fill in the table using (/) and (X) and answer the questions that follow.

Subjects Mr Garg Mr Singh Ms Dubey Ms Neelam
English        
Hindi        
Mathematics        
Science        

State True or False:

If it is mandatory for a teacher to take 24 periods in a week, then amongst the four teachers a total of 96 periods can be allotted in the school’s timetable.

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Data obtained in the _____ form is called raw data.