P. S.

SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL

STATISTICS WORKSHEET
A & R STATEMENTS

There are two statements marked as Assertion and Reasoning. Read the
statement Questions and choose the appropriate option from the choices given
below.
(a) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true, and Reason (R) is the correct
explanation of Assertion (A).
(b) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true, but Reason (R) is not the
correct explanation of Assertion (A).
(c) Assertion (A) is true, and Reason (R) is false.
(d) Assertion (A) is false, and Reason (R) is true.

1. Assertion (A): The National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO) conducts

nationwide surveys on socio-economic issues.
Reason (R): NSSO surveys are released through reports and its quarterly
journal Sarvekshana.

2. Assertion (A): Classification simplifies and condenses the mass of data.

Reason (R): Classification removes complexities and facilitates comparison.

3. Assertion (A): A pilot survey is a try-out survey covering a wide range of the
entire population of the study taken by the investigator.
Reason (R): A pilot survey helps the investigator to assess the quality of the
questionnaire and the way respondents respond to the set of questions.

4. Assertion (A): The collection of primary data is more economic than secondary
data.
Reason (R): Secondary data are less costlier in terms of money and time
involved.

5. Assertion (A): Random sampling is the method where individual samples are
selected at random.
Reason (R): The term random sampling is used to describe the data and also
the process used to select the sample.

6. Assertion (A): Statistical methods are no substitute for common sense.

Reason (R): The statistical data may involve personal bias or be subject to
manipulations for one’s selfish motive.
7. Assertion (A): A discrete variable cannot take any fractional value.
Reason (R): Fractional values are a key feature of a discrete variable.

8. Assertion (A): Telephonic survey is the most suitable method of collecting data
when the population is literate and spread over a large area.
Reason (R): When the population is spread across a large area, a telephonic
interview is convenient but it is not necessary the population is literate, hence
the mailing method is more suitable for a literate population spread across a
large area.

9. Assertion (A): Sampling error occurs when one makes an observation based
on the sample taken from the population.
Reason (R): It is possible to reduce the magnitude of sampling error by taking
a larger sample.

10. Assertion (A): Footnote is the last part of the table.

Reason (R): Footnotes are given to clarify anything which is not clear from
heading title, stubs and captions, etc.

11. Assertion (A): Tabulation makes the data brief. Therefore, it can be easily
presented in the form of graphs.
Reason (R): Tabulation presents the numerical figures in an attractive form.

12. Assertion (A): Tabulation helps in making comparisons easier.

Reason (R): Data presented in tabular form having rows and columns help in
comparing various data.

13. Assertion (A): Secondary data is also called original data.

Reason (R): Common sources of secondary data for social science include
Census, information collected by government departments and data that was
originally collected for other research purposes.

14. Assertion (A): Simple bar diagrams are the simplest type of bar diagrams that
represents only one variable or characteristic of the data.
Reason (R): These diagrams represents two or more sets of data
simultaneously.

15. Assertion (A): Time series graph is a line graph where time is measured on
the horizontal axis and the variable being observed is measured on the vertical
axis.
Reason (R): Time series graphs maybe of one, two or more than two variables
graph.
16. Assertion (A): Less than cumulative frequencies are marked against the lower
limit of the concerned class interval.
Reason (R): Less than ogive frequencies of all preceding class intervals are
summed up to the frequency of a class.

17. Assertion (A): The frequency polygon is plotted against the mid values of the
class intervals.
Reason (R): Joining the mid points of rectangles by straight lines, a frequency
curve is obtained.

18. Assertion (A): Median is that point on the scale of score below which one half
of the score lies and above which one half of the score lies.
Reason (R): Median divides a given series into four equal parts.

19. Assertion (A): Arithmetic mean can be located graphically.

Reason (R): The arithmetic mean help in making decisions and in planning in
various areas.

20. Assertion (A): The mode of a set of numbers is the element that appears most
frequently in the set.
Reason (R): If no element of a set appears more often than any other element,
the set has no mode.

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STATISTICS WORKSHEET ANSWERS
A & R STATEMENTS
1. (b) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true, but Reason (R) is not the
correct explanation of Assertion (A).
2. (b) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true, but Reason (R) is not the
correct explanation of Assertion (A).
3. (d) Assertion (A) is false, and Reason (R) is true.
4. (d) Assertion (A) is false, and Reason (R) is true.
5. (c) Assertion (A) is true, and Reason (R) is false.
6. (a) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true, and Reason (R) is the correct
explanation of Assertion (A).
7. (d) Assertion (A) is false, and Reason (R) is true.
8. (d) Assertion (A) is false, and Reason (R) is true.
9. (a) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true, and Reason (R) is the correct
explanation of Assertion (A).
10. (a) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true, and Reason (R) is the correct
explanation of Assertion (A).
11. (b) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true, but Reason (R) is not the
correct explanation of Assertion (A).
12. (a) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true, and Reason (R) is the correct
explanation of Assertion (A).
13. (d) Assertion (A) is false, and Reason (R) is true.
14. (c) Assertion (A) is true, and Reason (R) is false.
15. (b) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true, but Reason (R) is not the
correct explanation of Assertion (A).
16. (d) Assertion (A) is false, and Reason (R) is true.
17. (c) Assertion (A) is true, and Reason (R) is false.
18. (c) Assertion (A) is true, and Reason (R) is false.
19. (d) Assertion (A) is false, and Reason (R) is true.
20. (b) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true, but Reason (R) is not the
correct explanation of Assertion (A).