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The document explains the differences between primary and secondary data, providing examples for each. It defines statistics and highlights its importance in various aspects of daily life, such as business and health. Additionally, it differentiates between qualitative and quantitative data, defines mean, median, and mode with examples, and presents a frequency distribution table based on given data.

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Statistics Assignment

The document explains the differences between primary and secondary data, providing examples for each. It defines statistics and highlights its importance in various aspects of daily life, such as business and health. Additionally, it differentiates between qualitative and quantitative data, defines mean, median, and mode with examples, and presents a frequency distribution table based on given data.

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QR Assignment 1

Question No 1:
What is the difference between primary and secondary data?
Explain with examples

Answer:
- Primary Data:
- First-hand information collected by the researcher himself.
- Collected through surveys, interviews, observations.
- Example: A student takes a survey to find out what food students like in the canteen.

- Secondary Data:
- Already collected data by someone else.
- Found in books, websites, newspapers, reports.
- Example: A student uses data from a government website about tourism trends.

Question No 2:
What are Statistics? Explain its importance in daily life.

Answer:
- Statistics:
- A branch of mathematics that deals with collecting, organizing, analyzing, and
interpreting data.
- Helps in making decisions based on numbers and facts.

- Importance in Daily Life:


- Business: To check sales and profits.
- Education: To analyze students’ performance.
- Health: To know how many people are sick or healthy.
- Government: To plan budget and policies.
- Example: A shopkeeper uses statistics to find which product sells the most.

Question No 3:
Differentiate between qualitative and quantitative data with
examples
Answer:
- Qualitative Data:
- Descriptive information that describes qualities.
- Cannot be measured in numbers.
- Example: Colors of cars, names of hotels, feedback from guests.

- Quantitative Data:
- Numerical information that can be measured.
- Deals with numbers and amounts.
- Example: Number of tourists in a city, room rates, age of visitors.

Question No 4:
Define the following terms with their formulas and one example:

Answer:
• Mean
- Definition: The average of numbers.
- Formula: Mean = Sum of all values / Number of values
- Example: For values 5, 7, 8
Mean = (5+7+8)/3 = 20/3 = 6.67

• Median
- Definition: The middle value when numbers are in order.
- Steps: Arrange data in order → Find the middle one.
- Example: For values 5, 7, 8 → Median = 7

• Mode
- Definition: The value that occurs most often.
- Example: For values 5, 7, 5, 8 → Mode = 5

Question No 5:
What is a frequency distribution table? Create one using the
following data:
5, 7, 8, 5, 9, 6, 7, 5, 8, 9, 6

Answer:
- Frequency Distribution Table:
- A table that shows how many times each value occurs in the data.
- Helps in organizing data clearly.
Value Frequency (Times it Appears)

5 3

6 2

7 2

8 2

9 2

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