Question 1

What are the two components of the subject matter in statistics?

Answer: The two components of the subject matter in statistics are

 Descriptive Statistics
 Inferential Statistics
Question 2
Define Statistic.
Answer: Statistics can be defined as the collection, presentation, classification, analysis, and
interpretation of quantitative data.
Question 3
What is inferential statistics?
Answer: Inferential statistics refer to methods by which conclusion are drawn relating to the
universe based on a given sample.
Question 4

What are descriptive Statistics?

Answer: Descriptive statistic refers to those methods which are used for the collection,
presentation as well as analysis of data. These methods relate to such estimations as a
measurement of central tendencies, measurement of dispersion, measurement od correlation,
etc.

Question 5
Define primary data.
Answer: Primary data is the collection of data collected by the investigator for his purpose
for the first time. These are collected from the source of origin.
Question 6
Define secondary data.
Answer: According to Wessel, “Data collected by other persons is known as secondary
data”. It is known as secondary data as it has already been collected by somebody else. These
data are accessible in the form of a published and unpublished report.
Question 7
What are the two sources of data?
Answer: The two sources of data are.

 Primary source
 Secondary source
Question 8
Mention two sources of secondary data.
Answer: The two sources of secondary data are.

 Government publication
 Semi-government publication

Question 10
What is Frequency Distribution?
Answer: This principle of classifying data into groups is called frequency distribution. In this
process we combine the scores into relatively small numbers of class intervals and then
indicate number of cases in each class.
Question 10
Define median.
Answer: Median is a value located centrally of a series in such a way that half of the value of
the series is above it and the other half is below.
Question 11
What is the mode?
Answer: The mode is a value that frequently occurs in the series. Which means the modal
value has the highest frequency in the series.

 Government publication
 Semi-government publication