Question

Which one of the following represents statistical data?

• A. The names of all owners of shops located in a shopping complex.
• B. A list giving the names of all states of India.
• C. A list of all European countries and their respective capital cities.
• D. The volume of a rainfall in certain geographical area, recorded every month for 24 consecutive months.

Answer 1

The correct option is D The volume of a rainfall in certain geographical area, recorded every month for 24 consecutive months.

$\Rightarrow$ Statistics is a very broad subject, with applications in a vast number of different fields.

$\Rightarrow$ Statistics is the methodology which scientists and mathematicians have developed for interpreting and drawing conclusions from collected data.

$\Rightarrow$ Everything that deals even remotely with the collection, processing, interpretation and presentation of data belongs to the domain of statistics, and so does the detailed planning of that precedes all these activities.

$\Rightarrow$ Statistics consists of a body of methods for collecting and analyzing data.

$\therefore$ Option $D$ represent statistical data, since its collecting and analyzing the data.