Class 11 Economics — Chapter 4: Presentation of Data

What you'll learn

• ▸Forms of Data Presentation
• ▸Textual Presentation of Data
• ▸Tabular Presentation of Data
• ▸Qualitative Classification of Data
• ▸Quantitative Classification of Data
• ▸Temporal Classification of Data
• ▸Spatial Classification of Data
• ▸Parts of a Table

Chapter Summary

--- PAGE 1 --- 11098CH04 Presentation of Data CHAPTER 4 Studying this chapter should enable you to: • present data using tables; • represent data using appropriate diagrams. 1. INTRODUCTION You have already learnt in previous chapters how data are collected and organised. As data are generally voluminous, they need to be put in a compact and presentable form. This chapter deals with presentation of data precisely so that the voluminous data collected could be made usable readily and are easily comprehended. There are generally three forms of presentation of data: • Textual or Descriptive presentation • Tabular presentation • Diagrammatic presentation. 2. TEXTUAL PRESENTATION OF DATA In textual presentation, data are described within the text. When the quantity of data is not too large this form of presentation is more suitable. Look at the following cases: Case 1 In a bandh call given on 08 September 2005 protesting the hike in prices of petrol and diesel, 5 petrol pumps were fou…

Practice Questions from this Chapter

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1. Show real-world data tables. Get Solution →
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3. Create a diagram from this data. Get Solution →
4. According to the chapter, which of the following is one of the three general forms of data presentation? Get Solution →
5. What is the main drawback of textual presentation of data mentioned in the chapter? Get Solution →
6. In a tabular presentation, data arranged horizontally are known as what? Get Solution →
7. When data classification is done according to attributes like nationality or social status, it is called: Get Solution →
8. What type of classification categorizes data based on time, such as years, months, or days? Get Solution →

Did you know?

• 💡 Ancient Egyptians used tables to track crops and taxes thousands of years ago.
• 💡 The number zero was first used as a placeholder in ancient India.
• 💡 Computers store all information, even pictures, using only ones and zeros.
• 💡 The world's largest dataset is estimated to be over 100 zettabytes big.
• 💡 The first spreadsheet program, VisiCalc, helped launch the personal computer revolution.

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