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प्रश्न
What secondary data?
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उत्तर
The word data means information statistical data and of two types
(i) Primary data, (ii) Secondary data
Secondary data: data which are not originally collected rather obtained from published or unpublished sources are known as secondary data.
Secondary data are collected by an individual or an institution for some purpose and are used by someone else in another context
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What do you understand by the word “statistics” in
(i) Singular form
(ii) Plural form?
Explain the meaning of the term Class limits.
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 median of 19 observations is 30. Two more observations are made and the values of these are 8 and 32. Find the median of the 21 observations taken together.
| HINT | Since 8 is less than 30 and 32 is more than 30, so the value of median (middle value) remains unchanged. |
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 |
The monthly income of 100 families are given as below :
| Income in ( in ₹) | Number of families |
| 0-5000 | 8 |
| 5000-10000 | 26 |
| 10000-15000 | 41 |
| 15000-20000 | 16 |
| 20000-25000 | 3 |
| 25000-30000 | 3 |
| 30000-35000 | 2 |
| 35000-40000 | 1 |
Calculate the modal income.
Define primary data and secondary data.
Explain the meaning of the following terms: Class mark
The times, in seconds, taken by 150 athletes to run a 110 m hurdle race are tabulated below:
| Class | Frequency |
| 13.8 - 14 | 3 |
| 14 - 14.2 | 4 |
| 14.2 - 14.4 | 6 |
| 14.4 - 14.6 | 69 |
| 14.6 - 14.8 | 48 |
| 14.8 - 15.0 | 20 |
The number of athletes who completed the race in less than 14.6 seconds is?
Can the experimental probability of an event be greater than 1? Justify your answer.
