Which of the Following Three Statements Are True? (I) Statistics

question 40

Multiple Choice

Which of the following three statements are true? (i) Statistics is defined as a body of techniques used to facilitate the collection, organization, presentation, analysis and interpretation of information for the purpose of making better decisions.
(ii. The order that runners finish in a race would be an example of continuous data.
(iii) The principal difference between the interval and ratio scale is that the ratio scale has a meaningful zero point.

• A) (i), (ii) and (iii) are all correct statements.
• B) (i) and, (ii) are correct statements but not (iii).
• C) (i) and, (iii) are correct statements but not (ii).
• D) (ii) and, (iii) are correct statements but not (i).

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