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प्रश्न
What do you understand by the word “statistics” in
(i) Singular form
(ii) Plural form?
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उत्तर
The word “Statistics” is used in both its singular as well as its plural senses.
(i) In singular sense: Statistics may be defined as the science of collection, presentation, analysis and interpretation of numerical data
(ii) In plural sense: Statistics means numerical facts or observations collected with definite purpose
(iii) For example: Income and expenditure of persons in a particular locality, number males and females in a particular town are statistics.
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Describe some fundamental characteristics of statistics.
What is primary data?
Explain the meaning of the term Class-integral.
While calculating the mean of a given data by the assumed-mean method, the following
values were obtained.
`A=25, sum f_i d_i=110, sum f_i= 50`
Find the mean.
The distribution X and Y with total number of observations 36 and 64, and mean 4 and 3 respectively are combined. What is the mean of the resulting distribution X + Y?
In the following data, find the values of p and q. Also, find the median class and modal class.
| Class | Frequency (f) | Cumulative frequency (cf) |
| 100 – 200 | 11 | 11 |
| 200 – 300 | 12 | p |
| 300 – 400 | 10 | 33 |
| 400- 500 | Q | 46 |
| 500 – 600 | 20 | 66 |
| 600 – 700 | 14 | 80 |
Find the class marks of classes 10−25 and 35−55.
Explain the meaning of the following terms: True Class Limits
Can the experimental probability of an event be a negative number? If not, why?
As the number of tosses of a coin increases, the ratio of the number of heads to the total number of tosses will be `1/2`. Is it correct? If not, write the correct one.
