Application of statistics questions | form three Geography

Study the following data showing the production of Irish Potatoes in a thousand (“000”) tones in three villages in Tanzania from 2000 to 2002, then answer the questions that follow:

1. Construct a compound bar graph to show the production of Irish potatoes in the three villages.
2. Give three advantages and two disadvantages of the compound bar graph.
3. Suggest any other methods which could be used to present the data provided in the table.

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Carefully study the data in the table below showing importation of motor vehicles from Europe in 2009, and answer the questions that follow:

1. Draw a divided circle to represent the data.
2. Show the disadvantages of the method you have used in (a) above.

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1. Classify the nature of geographical data.
2. The Geography teacher at Mtakuja secondary school  obtained the following scores after marking annual examination of his students:
   36, 43, 48, 68, 70, 19, 49, 30, 51, 18, 51, 58, 72, 51, 61,  43, 51, 26

1. Find the median of the scores.
2. Calculate the arithmetic mean
3. Determine the mode of the scores.

3. Show the significance of the arithmetic mean in geographical data.

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Briefly explain the following types of data:

1. Individual data
2. Grouped data
3. Discrete data
4. Continuous data

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Explain the importance of studying statistics.

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