
What is random number table?
Important Questions on Statistics
Dakarai is comparing two books: and . He predicts that book has longer words than book . Dakaria decides to choose a page from each book as a sample. He will count the length of every word on the page. Do you think the sample is large enough to be sure that he has the correct answer to his prediction?

A random name is chosen. Starting with that student, every student is chosen until students are included in the sample.


Sofia is investigating birthdays of young people. She predicts that birthdays in autumn are more common than birthdays in other seasons.
Sofia displays her results in a table as shown.
Season | Spring | Summer | Autumn | Winter |
Frequency |
What is the size of sample?

A completely random method is used to select students. Each student has the same probability of being chosen at any stage of the sampling process.

In a recent survey, conducted among randomly selected graduates in a district, of them are IAS aspirants.Calculate the proportion of IAS aspirants among the graduates in the district.

Suppose you have a container and a container. If you had access to a source of running water, explain how you could measure out exactly of water.


The population of the school consists of mathematicians and non-mathematicians. Seven mathematicians and three non-mathematicians are chosen from each grade.


The mathematics club uses a computer generate random numbers and then picks students whose names correspond to the numbers.

Determine the type of sampling technique used in each case. Choose from convenience, simple random, systematic, stratified or quota sample.
A local newspaper selects to interview people at the seaside. It specifies that of those interviewed must be local residents and must be tourists.


Dakarai is comparing two books: and . He predicts that book has longer words than book . Dakaria decides to choose a page from each book as a sample. He will count the length of every word on the page. How could he choose the page each time?


A sample of students is taken by organising the students' names by classification (freshman, sophomore, junior or senior), and then selectingstudents from each classification.

Represent the union of two sets by Venn diagram for each of the following.
is a prime number between and
is an odd number between and



A DJ chooses every fourth song on a playlist.

