Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Economics

Chapter

Organisation of data

Question:

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of raw data?

Options:

It is highly disorganised.

It is often very small but cumbersome to handle

To draw meaningful conclusions from them is a tedious task

none of the above

Correct Answer:

It is often very small but cumbersome to handle

Explanation:

The correct answer is option 2: It is often very small but cumbersome to handle.

The unclassified data or raw data are highly disorganised. They are often very large and cumbersome to handle. To draw meaningful conclusions from them is a tedious task because they do not yield to statistical methods easily. Therefore proper organisation and presentation of such data is needed before any systematic statistical analysis is undertaken. Hence after collecting data the next step is to organise and present them in a classified form.