Abstract
The scales of measurement could be numerical, nominal or ordinal. The
measurement of data requires measurement of its central tendency and discussion. Such
data can be presented, depending on its type & nature, in the form of tables & figures.
The different types of descriptive statistics & the suitable form of presentation are
discussed in this chapter.
Keywords: Graphs, Histogram, Mean, Mode, Median, Nominal scale, Numerical scale, Ordinal scale, Pictogram, Proportion, Range, Standard deviation.
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