INDIAN SCHOOL MUSCAT

SENIOR SECTION
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND HUMANITIES
CLASS XI
CHAPTER -3: ORGANISATION OF DATA
WORKSHEET - 3
Short Answer Questions (1 Mark Each)
1. What is meant by classification of data?
2. What is raw data?
3. Name the different types of data classifications.
4. What are attributes and variables?
5. What do you mean by qualitative classification?
6. Name the series, which have Class Intervals.
7. What type of error is fatal to statistical results?
8. For what does l1 and l2 in a continuous series mean stand for?
9. How is mid value calculated?
10. What is range?
11. Explain briefly the Exclusive and Inclusive method of continuous series.
12. How does loss of information take place in a frequency distribution?
13. What is a ‘Bivariate frequency distribution’?
Short Answer Questions ( 3 / 4 Marks Each)
1. What are the advantages of classification of data?
2. What are the different ways of classification of data?
3. What are ‘discrete’ and ‘continuous’ variables? Differentiate the two variables.
4. In a city 45 families were surveyed for the number of domestic appliances they used. Prepare
a frequency array based on their replies as recorded below.
1 3 2 2 2 2 1 2 1 2 2 3 3 3 3
3 3 2 3 2 2 6 1 6 2 1 5 1 5 3
2 4 2 7 4 2 4 3 4 2 0 3 1 4 3
5. Prepare a discrete series table from the following marks secured by 40 students in a test of 10
marks in statistics.
4 8 6 4 3 2 1 10 9 10
5 4 1 2 5 4 3 2 2 5
8 1 2 5 6 7 6 5 4 5
10 3 3 6 7 9 3 5 7 8
6. The weights in grams of 20 apples picked from 5 boxes are as under. Construct an inclusive
type frequency distribution with a class interval of 5
90 95 91 103 101 105 109 97 109 110
92 107 94 106 105 110 92 100 93 91
7. prepare a from the data given below, prepare a frequency distribution table with class
intervals of 0 – 10
64 58 62 50 52 63 9 38 42 5
33 55 40 51 48 35 42 41 60 19
76 25 61 48 46 26 11 45 64 28
30 45 53 82 40 18 17 65 55 13
20 40 36 64 50 58 7 15 47 55
70 33 60 48 55 54 15 65 50 60

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 8. Following are the marks obtained by 20 students in an English test. Prepare a frequency
distribution taking class interval of 10 using exclusive and inclusive method.
5 16 17 17 20 21 22 22 22 25
25 26 26 30 31 31 34 35 42 48

Long Answer Questions ( 6 Marks Each)

1. What are the steps involved in the preparation of a frequency distribution? Explain.

NCERT text book questions

1. Which of the following alternatives is correct?

(i) The class midpoint is equal to:
a) The average of the upper class limit and the lower class limit.
b) The product of upper class limit and the lower class limit.
c) The ratio of the upper class limit and the lower class limit.
d) None of the above.
(ii) The frequency distribution of two variables is known as
a) Univariate Distribution
b) Bivariate Distribution
c) Multivariate Distribution
d) None of the above
2. Use the data of Q.8 that relate to test marks by 20 students in an English test. Answer the
following:
a) Obtain the range of marks.
b) Divide the range into appropriate number of class intervals and obtain the frequency
distribution of marks
c) Find the number of students whose marks in the test are:
(i) Less than 20
(ii) More than 25

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