Question

Consider the following statements:

STATEMENT I: For the given question to be statistical, there must be variability in the collection of data.

STATEMENT II: A single valued answer to a questions falls under the category of statistical question.

STATEMENT III: The question, "How much time does Mathew spend on solving a practice paper?" falls under the category of statistical data.

Choose the correct option.

• A. Only STATEMENT II is correct.
• B. Only STATEMENT I is correct.
• C. Both STATEMENT II and STATEMENT III are correct.
• D. None of the above.

Answer 1

The correct option is B Only STATEMENT I is correct.

The question whose answer results in the collection of data along with the variability falls under the category of statistical question.

For example, the data collected for the number of pencils sold each day for $5$ consecutive days.


However, the answer to the question, "How much time does Mathew spend on solving a practice paper?", will be single valued without any variability, thus it is not a statistical question.