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Collection and classification of data

Descriptive statistics · Mathematics

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Q: A school surveys 50 students' favourite sport: 20 cricket, 15 football, 10 badminton, 5 other. Classify this data. This is primary data (collected firsthand by the school). Classification by attribute (sport type): categorical data. We can present it as: Cricket 20 (40%), Football 15 (30%), Badminton 10 (20%), Other 5 (10%).

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