Question

Zero should be used only to indicate the __________ (quantity of a variable / non- availability of data

Answer 1

Zero should be used only to indicate the non- availability of data.

Explanation:

• While writing quantities, often if a data is not present then it can be written as zero.

• However, the quantity of a variable will only be zero if the quantity is not any other number and mentioned as zero. Hence, the option 'quantity of variable' cannot fit into this blank.

• The non- availability of data is often referred to with a hyphen or zero while writing a quantitative data.