Question

1. Define (i) Statistics as a subject
(ii) Few fundamental characteristics of Statistics​

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

I) Statistics is the science concerned with developing and studying methods for collecting, analyzing, interpreting and presenting empirical data. ... Any measurement or data collection effort is subject to a number of sources of variation.

II) The fundamental characteristics of data (statistics) are as follows: (i) Numerical facts alone constitute data. (ii) Qualitative characteristics like intelligence and poverty, which cannot be measured numerically, do not form data. (iii) Data are aggregate of facts.

Answer 2

Statistics is the science concerned with developing and studying methods for collecting, analyzing, interpreting and presenting empirical data. ... Any measurement or data collection effort is subject to a number of sources of variation.