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Basic tools of economic analysis: NECO Economics Past Questions and Answers

What the WAEC syllabus covers in Basic tools of economic analysis

Our summary: Presenting data in tables, graphs and charts and working out the mean, median and mode.

  • Tables, graphs and charts
  • Some basic statistical measures and representations – arithmetic mean, median, mode and their simple applications

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NECO Economics questions on Basic tools of economic analysis

  1. NECO 2009The mean of the following scores 30, 32, 34, 36, 38, 40 and 42 What is the mean deviation?
  2. NECO 2009In a given set of data, if the variance is 25, what is the standard deviation?
  3. NECO 2009Which of the following is NOT an advantage of tabular presentation of data?
  4. NECO 2009Data presented in tables are usually arranged in … and …
  5. NECO 2007The following are advantages of standard deviation EXCEPT that it
  6. NECO 2007Standard deviation can be determined by the square root of the
  7. NECO 2007Find the arithmetic mean of the following set of scores 12, 4, 2, 8, and 14
  8. NECO 2007The difference between bar charts and histograms is that the former
  9. NECO 2005The variance of a given set of numbers is defined as the
  10. NECO 2005If the population of a school is 600 and 60% are In JSS, how many students are in SSS?
  11. NECO 2005If the standard deviation of a set of numbers is 3.6, what is the variance?
  12. NECO 2005Range is NOT the best method of measuring dispersion because it considers only the
  13. NECO 2005The formular (N + 1)/2 is used to determine the
  14. NECO 2005In the equation Q = a - bp + e; Q and P are … Variables respectively.
  15. NECO 2003In calculating mean one should
  16. NECO 2003The best way of presenting data in tabular form is in
  17. NECO 2003Data presented in a circular chart is known as
  18. NECO 2002The middle value of an array figure arranged in descending order is referred to as the
  19. NECO 2002What is the median term in the distribution below ;14, 13 29 ,15 ,13,17 ,12,

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