Introduction to Statistics
Introduction to Statistics: Overview
This Topic covers sub-topics such as Data Handling, Collection of Data, Data in Statistics and, Purpose of Collection of Data
Important Questions on Introduction to Statistics
Find the range of the given data:

A _____ of information in numbers is called data. (collection/calculation)

The marks of students in Mathematics (out of ) are as follows:
What is the highest score?
The following data shows the different colours of umbrella preferred by a group of people.
Colour of umbrella | Number of people having umbrellas of that colour |
---|---|
Yellow | |
Red | |
Green | |
Blue | |
Black | |
Purple |
Observe the given table and answer the following question:
What is the total number of people in the group?

Ganesh buys vegetables and fruits every day. The following data shows expenditure on the same for a week.
Days | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thur | Fri | Sat | Sun |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Expenditure |
Observe the given data and answer the following question.
On which day was the expenditure maximum?

The marks of students in Mathematics (out of ) are as follows:
If is the passing mark, how many students failed?

Colour of umbrella | Number of people having umbrellas of that colour |
---|---|
Yellow | |
Red | |
Green | |
Blue | |
Black | |
Purple |
The above data shows the different colours of umbrella preferred by a group of people. Find the colour which is the most common.

Statistics is the subject that deals with the collection, presentation, analysis and interpretation of numerical data.

Each numerical figure in a given data is called as observation.

The data shows the weight (in ) of workers in a factory:
.
From the above data, what is the highest observation?

Find the median of the observations . If another observation is added to the above data, what would be the new median?

The class marks of a frequency distribution are The class corresponding to the class mark is

The class marks of distribution are . The class size is
