Kabadiwallah Analogy Principle

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The concept of 'classification' being analogous to a kabadiwallah sorting his junk illustrates which key principle?

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The concept of 'classification' being analogous to a kabadiwallah sorting his junk illustrates which key principle?

  1. Random sampling from large datasets
  2. Grouping items based on criteria brings order and makes retrieval easy — Correct Answer
  3. Primary data is always better than secondary data
  4. Large datasets always need Census enumeration
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Correct Answer Explanation

The kabadiwallah analogy illustrates that grouping items based on criteria brings order and makes retrieval/management easy.

Kabadiwallah's Classification:
  • Newspapers → tied together
  • Glass bottles → in a sack
  • Metals → iron, copper, aluminium, brass groups
  • Classes: newspapers, plastics, glass, metals
Analogy to Statistics:
  • Raw data (junk) → difficult to manage and draw conclusions from.
  • Classified data (sorted junk) → easy to find, compare and analyse.

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