Unit - III
CLASSIFICATION AND TABULATION
Section - A
One mark questions
1. What is classification of the data? (K)
2. Mention an objective of classification of data. (K)
3. Define temporal classification. (U)
4. Define spatial classification. (U)
5. Define qualitative classification. (U)
6. Define quantitative classification. (U)
7. Define frequency. (U)
8. Define inclusive class interval. (U)
9. Define exclusive class interval. (U)
10. For what purpose correction factor is used, in frequency distribution? (K)
11. Define open-end class interval. (U)
12. What is class midpoint? (K)
13. Define frequency density. (U)
14. Define relative frequency. (U)
15. What is bi-variate frequency distribution? (K)
16. What is tabulation of the data? (K)
17. What is stub of a table? (K)
18. What is caption of a table? (K)
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Section - B
Two marks questions
19. Differentiate between classification and tabulation. (U)
20. Mention two objectives of classification. (K)
21. What is chronological classification? Give an example. (U)
22. What is geographical classification? Give an example. (U)
23. Define qualitative classification with an example. (U)
24. Define quantitative classification with an example. (U)
25. Convert the flowing inclusive class intervals in to exclusive class intervals (A)
C-I 10 – 19 20 – 29 30 – 39 40 - 49
26. Mention two parts of a table. (K)
27. What are stubs and captions in a table? (K)
Section – C/E
Five marks questions
28. What are the principles (rules) of classification? (K)
29. What are the rules of tabulation? (K)
30. Number of teaching staff working in 20 different colleges was recorded as below:
15, 12, 18, 10, 15, 12, 20, 25, 18, 10, 15, 12, 15 20, 25, 15, 18, 20, 15, 18
Prepare a frequency table. (U)
31. The number of doctors serving in forty different hospitals were recorded as below :
6 7 5 7 6 3 9 8 6 7 5 7 6 8 5 8 5 9 5 6
5 9 6 6 4 4 7 5 5 8 5 3 3 8 4 4 3 4 4 3
Prepare a discrete frequency table. (U)
32. In a survey of 40 families in a certain locality, the number of children per family was
recorded and the following data were obtained.
1 0 3 2 1 5 6 2 2 1 0 3 4 2 5 6 3 2 1 1
3 3 2 4 2 2 3 0 2 1 4 5 3 3 4 4 5 4 2 1
Represent the data in the form of a discrete frequency distribution. (U)
33. Following is the data regarding the number of meteors observed in 30 different days:
7, 4, 2, 5, 9, 7, 4, 3, 8, 6, 9, 10, 3, 3, 5, 9, 5, 7, 6, 3, 8, 4, 3, 7, 9, 8, 10, 6, 8, 7.
Classify the above observations. (U)
34. A review of the first 30 pages of a Statistics book reveals the following printing mistakes:
0 1 3 3 2 5 6 0 1 0 4 1 1 0 2
3 2 5 0 4 2 2 3 3 4 6 1 4 3 2
Prepare a frequency distribution of printing mistakes. (U)
35. Following are the ages (in years) of school children:
12 5 13 12 10 11 7 9 6 10 9 13 5 10 7
14 6 11 13 7 9 8 11 10 8 12 13 9 6 14
Prepare a frequency table using inclusive class interval of width 3 years. (U)
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36. Following is the data regarding the I.Q of 30 children of a school.
106 118 112 120 103 105 99 139 65 113
100 108 100 112 110 109 117 98 103 99
108 116 93 100 120 110 95 101 105 98
Prepare a frequency distribution with class intervals: < 90, 90-110, 110-120, ≥ 120. (U)
37. From the following data of the hourly wages (in rupees) of workers employed in a certain
factory, construct a frequency table with classes 40-49, 50-59 and so on. (U)
76 63 83 75 61 41 115 82 60 40 74 42
78 95 56 77 78 65 67 50 84 76 100 53
100 81 59 73 54 79 79 80 104 69 68 79
72 80 70 69 64 42 76 84 90 77 49 66
73 71 94 78 86 51 96 103 52 79 50 72
38. Weights in kg of 50 students of a college are as follows.
42 62 46 54 41 37 54 44 32 45
47 50 58 49 51 42 46 37 42 39
54 39 51 58 47 64 43 48 49 48
49 61 41 40 58 49 59 57 37 34
56 38 45 52 46 40 63 41 51 41
Prepare a frequency distribution table with suitable class intervals. (U)
39. Given below are the daily wages in rupees of 36 workers in a factory manufacturing plastic
products.
100 115 120 125 92 140 150 162 189
165 200 220 250 240 300 320 270 280
400 382 288 235 225 312 270 250 242
344 248 188 220 240 212 224 325 425
Form a frequency distribution, taking first class-interval as 90-140 and width as 50. (U)
40. Below are given the marks obtained by a batch of 10 students in Mathematics
and Statistics:
Roll No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Marks in Mathematics 53 54 52 52 50 53 54 54 52 50
Marks in Statistics 58 55 57 56 58 57 56 59 57 55
Prepare a bi-variate frequency table. (U)
41. Below are the ages of husbands and wives. Prepare a bi-variate frequency distribution
with class intervals as (20-25), (25-30), … for both variables. (U)
Age of Husband (in years) 24 42 29 43 35 41 33 36 29 38
Age of wife (in years) 25 37 25 37 23 39 23 32 24 38
42. Draw a blank table to show the students of a college according to (U)
i. Class: I PUC, II PUC.
ii. Faculty: Arts, Commerce and Science.
iii. Sex: Boys, Girls.
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43. Prepare a blank table showing the distribution of students of a college according to : (U)
i. Faculty: Commerce, Science.
ii. Sex: Boys and girls.
iii. Age group (in years): Below 18, 18 - 20, 20 and above.
44. Prepare a blank table to show the distribution of students according to (U)
i. College: Government, Aided, Unaided.
ii. Faculty: Science, Commerce, Arts.
iii. Gender: Boys, Girls.
45. Prepare a blank table showing the particulars relating to the residents of a certain
locality according to: (U)
i. Occupation: office assistants, business men, teachers, bank employees.
ii. Sex: men and women.
iii. Marital status: married, single.
46. Draft a blank table to show the distribution of employees of a factory according to- (U)
i. Sex: Men, Women
ii. Category: Skilled, Unskilled.
iii. Wages: Below Rs.5000, Rs.5000-10000 and Rs.10000 & above.
47. In a sample study about the literacy of residents of a village, the following data were
observed. 55% of the residents were males; 85% were literates; only 12% were
non-literate females. Tabulate the information. (A)
48. In a sample study regarding smoking habit in a town, the following data were obtained:
Men population = 58%
Smokers = 22%
Men smokers = 18%
Tabulate the above data. (A)
49. In a sample study about food habits of a town, the data was obtained:
50 % persons were males
30 % were non-vegetarians
18 % male non-vegetarians
Tabulate the above data. (A)
50. The number of students in a college in 2005 was 510. Of these 480 were boys. In 2010
the number of boys increased by 10% and that of girls increased by 30% of that of 2005.
In 2012 the total number of students in the college was 1200, the number of boys
being double the number of girls. Tabulate the above information. (A)
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