Application of statistics in geography questions | form five Geography

Summarize the significance of studying statistics in Geography.

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Describe the types and characteristics of measures of central tendency.

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(a) Differentiate the following statistical concepts:

(i) Inferential statistics and Descriptive statistics.
(ii) Dependent and Independent variable.

(b) The form five students’ scores in Geography subject at Nganza S.S were as follows:

(i) Calculate the standard deviation.
(ii) What are the disadvantages of grouped data?

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The following table shows population distribution of Tanzania’s 2012 Population Census in five year age groups.

(a) Prepare a bar graph to show the age and sex structure of the population by percentages.
(b) Briefly comment on the nature of the shape of the age and sex structure drawn in (a).

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Study carefully the data in the following table which shows the quantity (in thousands tones) of pyrethrum produced in Kenya from 1980 to 1989 and then answer the questions that follow:

(a) Present the data using divergent line graph.
(b) Comment on the trend of production.
(c) Give two merits and demerits of the divergent line graph.

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