Introduction to Statistics

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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

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Find the range of the given data: 53, 42, 61, 9, 39, 63, 14, 20, 06, 26, 31, 4, 57

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

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The marks of 30 students in Mathematics (out of 100 ) are as follows:

52,60,50,61,76,67,57,100,68,90,74,89,76,38,85,57,59,49,61,55,45,57,53,63,60,72,36,51,59,54

What is the highest score?

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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 4
Red 8
Green 2
Blue 5
Black 10
Purple 6

Observe the given table and answer the following question:

What is the total number of people in the group?

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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
Expenditurein  150 75 200 175 125 100 150
 
Observe the given data and answer the following question.

On which day was the expenditure maximum?

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The marks of 30 students in Mathematics (out of 100 ) are as follows:

52, 60, 50, 61, 76, 67, 57, 100, 68, 90, 74, 89, 76, 38, 85 ,57, 59, 49, 61 ,55, 45, 57,53, 63, 60,72, 36, 51, 59, 54

If 40 is the passing mark, how many students failed?

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Colour of umbrella Number of people having umbrellas of that colour
Yellow 4
Red 8
Green 2
Blue 5
Black 10
Purple 6

The above data shows the different colours of umbrella preferred by a group of people. Find the colour which is the most common.

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

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

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The data shows the weight (in kg) of 11 workers in a factory:

75, 63, 66, 60, 60, 66, 63, 66, 72, 66, 75.

From the above data, what is the highest observation?

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Find the median of the 10 observations 36, 33, 45, 28, 39, 45, 54, 23, 56, 25. If another observation 35 is added to the above data, what would be the new median?

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The class marks of a frequency distribution are 15,20,25,30,....... The class corresponding to the class mark 25 is 

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The class marks of distribution are 105, 115, 125, 135, 145, 155, 165. The class size is