CHAPTER 4: Presentation of Data
EXERCISES
Answer the following questions, 1 to 10, choosing the correct answer
1. Bar diagram is a
(i) one-dimensional diagram
(ii) two-dimensional diagram
(iii) diagram with no dimension
(iv) none of the above
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2. Data represented through a histogram can help in finding graphically the
(i) mean
(ii) mode
(iii) median
(iv) all the above
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3. Ogives can be helpful in locating graphically the
(i) mode
(ii) mean
(iii) median
(iv) none of the above
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4. Data represented through arithmetic line graph help in understanding
(i) long term trend
(ii) cyclicity in data
(iii) seasonality in data
(iv) all the above
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5. Width of bars in a bar diagram need not be equal (True/False).
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6. Width of rectangles in a histogram should essentially be equal (True/False).
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7. Histogram can only be formed with continuous classification of data(True/False).
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8. Histogram and column diagram are the same method of presentation of
data. (True/False)
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9. Mode of a frequency distribution can be known graphically with the
help of histogram. (True/False)
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10. Median of a frequency distribution cannot be known from the ogives.
(True/False)
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11. What kind of diagrams are more effective in representing the following?
(i) Monthly rainfall in a year
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(ii) Composition of the population of Delhi by religion
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(iii) Components of cost in a factory
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12. Suppose you want to emphasise the increase in the share of urban
non-workers and lower level of urbanisation in India as shown in
Example 4.2. How would you do it in the tabular form?
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13. How does the procedure of drawing a histogram differ when class
intervals are unequal in comparison to equal class intervals in a
frequency table?
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14. The Indian Sugar Mills Association reported that, ‘Sugar production
during the first fortnight of December 2001 was about 3,87,000 tonnes,
as against 3,78,000 tonnes during the same fortnight last year (2000).
The off-take of sugar from factories during the first fortnight of December
2001 was 2,83,000 tonnes for internal consumption and 41,000 tonnes
for exports as against 1,54,000 tonnes for internal consumption and
nil for exports during the same fortnight last season.’
(i) Present the data in tabular form.
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(ii) Suppose you were to present these data in diagrammatic form which
of the diagrams would you use and why?
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(iii) Present these data diagrammatically.
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15. The following table shows the estimated sectoral real growth rates
(percentage change over the previous year) in GDP at factor cost.
Year Agriculture and allied sectors Industry Services
1994–95 5.0 9.2 7.0
1995–96 –0.9 11.8 10.3
1996–97 9.6 6.0 7.1
1997–98 –1.9 5.9 9.0
1998–99 7.2 4.0 8.3
1999–2000 0.8 6.9 8.2
Represent the data as multiple time series graphs.
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