Kabadiwallah Analogy Principle
The concept of 'classification' being analogous to a kabadiwallah sorting his junk illustrates which key principle?
- Random sampling from large datasets
- Grouping items based on criteria brings order and makes retrieval easy — Correct Answer
- Primary data is always better than secondary data
- Large datasets always need Census enumeration
Explanation:
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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