Question

Give 5 examples of data that you can collect from day to day life and represent them in tabular form.

Answer 1

Data collection:

1. Data refers to the information that can be collected and stored.
2. There are 2 types of data, namely, primary data and secondary data. When researcher collects information on his own it is called primary data, whereas, when researcher collects information through other sources it is called secondary data.

Examples of data collection:

The five examples of data that we can collect in our day-to-day life and represent in tabular form are:

Monthly bills of a person

January	February	March	April	May	June	July	August	September	October	November	December
$5,000$	$3,000$	$3,500$	$4,000$	$6,000$	$5,000$	$5,500$	$4,500$	$2,000$	$3,000$	$2,500$	$3,000$

Number of students in a class

Class X - Sec A	Class X - Sec B	Class X - Sec C	Class X - Sec D
$50$	$52$	$45$	$48$

Number of persons liking a particular food

Pizzas	Burgers	Sandwiches
$50$	$70$	$25$

Number of warehouses in a factory complex

Complex A	Complex B
$5$	$3$

Number of hours spend on daily activities

Sleeping	Entertainment	Studying	Playing
$8hours$	$1hour$	$4hours$	$2hours$