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This section includes 141 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Statistics knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
Which of the measures given here are based on every item of the series (uses all observations)? |
| A. | Range |
| B. | Standard Deviation |
| C. | Quartile Deviation |
| D. | All of them |
| Answer» C. Quartile Deviation | |
| 2. |
Which of these is a relative measure of dispersion_____________? |
| A. | Standard Deviation |
| B. | Variance |
| C. | Coefficient of Variation |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» D. None of these | |
| 3. |
Which of these represent qualitative data______________? |
| A. | Height of a student |
| B. | Liking or disliking of (500) persons of a product |
| C. | Income of a government servant in a city |
| D. | Yield from a wheat plot |
| Answer» C. Income of a government servant in a city | |
| 4. |
Which one is the not measure of dispersion? |
| A. | The Range |
| B. | 50th Percentile |
| C. | Inter-Quartile Range |
| D. | Variance |
| Answer» C. Inter-Quartile Range | |
| 5. |
Which one of the following measurement does not divide a set of observations into equal parts ? |
| A. | Quartiles |
| B. | Standard Deviations |
| C. | Percentiles |
| D. | Deciles |
| E. | Median |
| Answer» C. Percentiles | |
| 6. |
You asked five of your classmates about their height. On the basis of this information, you states the average height of all student in your university or college is 67 inches. This is an example of____________? |
| A. | Descriptive statistics |
| B. | Inferential Statistics |
| C. | Parameter |
| D. | Population |
| Answer» C. Parameter | |
| 7. |
You asked five of your classmates about their height. On the basis of this information, you stated that the average height of all students in your university or college is 67 inches. This is an example of ? |
| A. | Descriptive statistics |
| B. | Inferential Statistics |
| C. | Parameter |
| D. | Population |
| Answer» C. Parameter | |
| 8. |
Which of the following Measure of Averages is not based on all the values given in the data set? |
| A. | Arithmetic Mean |
| B. | Geometric Mean |
| C. | Median |
| D. | Mode |
| E. | Both C. and D. |
| Answer» F. | |
| 9. |
Which of the following Measure of averages is affected by extreme (very small or very largE. values in data set? |
| A. | Geometric Mean |
| B. | Median |
| C. | Arithmetic Mean |
| D. | Harmonic Mean |
| E. | Mode |
| Answer» D. Harmonic Mean | |
| 10. |
Which of the following is not based on all the observations ? |
| A. | Arithmetic Mean |
| B. | Geometric Mean |
| C. | Harmonic Mean |
| D. | Weighted Mean |
| E. | Mode |
| Answer» F. | |
| 11. |
Which of the following is not a measure of central tendency ? |
| A. | Percentile |
| B. | Quartile |
| C. | Standard deviation |
| D. | Mode |
| Answer» D. Mode | |
| 12. |
Which of the following divides a group of data into four subgroups? |
| A. | Percentiles |
| B. | Deciles |
| C. | Median |
| D. | Quartiles |
| E. | Standard Deviation |
| Answer» E. Standard Deviation | |
| 13. |
Which of the following describe the middle part of a group of numbers ? |
| A. | Measure of Variability |
| B. | Measure of Central Tendency |
| C. | Measure of Association |
| D. | Measure of Shape |
| Answer» C. Measure of Association | |
| 14. |
Which of the following cannot be less than zero (negative)? |
| A. | Median |
| B. | Geometric Mean |
| C. | Arithmetic Mean |
| D. | Harmonic Mean |
| E. | Mode |
| Answer» C. Arithmetic Mean | |
| 15. |
Which branch of statistics deals with the techniques that are used to organize, summarize, and present the data? |
| A. | Advance Statistics |
| B. | Descriptive Statistics |
| C. | Inferential Statistics |
| D. | Bayesian Statistics |
| Answer» C. Inferential Statistics | |
| 16. |
When data are collected in a statistical study for only a portion or subset of all elements of interest we are using? |
| A. | A sample |
| B. | A Parameter |
| C. | A Population |
| D. | Both b and c |
| Answer» B. A Parameter | |
| 17. |
Village Patwari collecting the data about cotton crops is the example of_____________? |
| A. | variable |
| B. | Constant |
| C. | Primary data |
| D. | Secondary data |
| Answer» D. Secondary data | |
| 18. |
Variance remains unchanged by change of________________? |
| A. | Origin |
| B. | Scale |
| C. | Both |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Scale | |
| 19. |
Variance is always calculated from___________? |
| A. | Mean |
| B. | Variance |
| C. | Geometric Mean |
| D. | Median |
| E. | Mode |
| Answer» B. Variance | |
| 20. |
Var(2X+3) is________________? |
| A. | 5 Var(X) |
| B. | 4 Var(X) |
| C. | 4 Var(X)+3 |
| D. | 5 Var(X)+3 |
| Answer» C. 4 Var(X)+3 | |
| 21. |
Usually measurements give rise to ________ data? |
| A. | Discrete |
| B. | Specific |
| C. | Continuous |
| D. | Constant |
| Answer» D. Constant | |
| 22. |
_________ used the word statistics for the first time during one of his lectures at a German university? |
| A. | Fisher |
| B. | unavoidable |
| C. | Feet |
| D. | Achenwall |
| Answer» E. | |
| 23. |
Use of Statistics in planning is ____________? |
| A. | Useless |
| B. | Various Methods |
| C. | Unavoidable |
| D. | Samples |
| Answer» D. Samples | |
| 24. |
To find the average speed of a journey which is the appropriate measure of central tendency? |
| A. | Mean |
| B. | Geometric Mean |
| C. | Harmonic Mean |
| D. | Weighted Mean |
| E. | Mode |
| Answer» D. Weighted Mean | |
| 25. |
The word statistics is defined as_____________? |
| A. | Singular Sense |
| B. | Plural Sense |
| C. | Singular as well as plural sense |
| D. | Non of these |
| Answer» D. Non of these | |
| 26. |
The word statistics is at present used in _______________? |
| A. | Two ways |
| B. | Four ways |
| C. | Six ways |
| D. | Three way |
| Answer» E. | |
| 27. |
The weights of students in a college/school is a___________? |
| A. | Discrete Variable |
| B. | Continuous Variable |
| C. | Qualitative Variable |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Qualitative Variable | |
| 28. |
The variance of a constant is_______________? |
| A. | Zero |
| B. | Constant |
| C. | a |
| D. | None |
| Answer» B. Constant | |
| 29. |
The variance of 5 numbers is 10. If each number is divided by 2, then the variance of new numbers is______________? |
| A. | 20 |
| B. | 5 |
| C. | 2.5 |
| D. | 5.5 |
| E. | 0 |
| Answer» D. 5.5 | |
| 30. |
The sum of values divided by their number is called___________? |
| A. | Median |
| B. | Harmonic Mean |
| C. | Mean |
| D. | Mode |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» D. Mode | |
| 31. |
The sum of the deviations about the mean is always______________? |
| A. | Range |
| B. | Zero |
| C. | Total Standard Deviation |
| D. | Positive |
| E. | Negative |
| Answer» C. Total Standard Deviation | |
| 32. |
The sum of squares of deviation is least if measure from__________? |
| A. | Mean |
| B. | Mode |
| C. | Median |
| D. | Variance |
| Answer» B. Mode | |
| 33. |
The sum of squared deviation is least from_________________? |
| A. | Median |
| B. | Mean |
| C. | Mode |
| D. | Standard Deviation |
| Answer» C. Mode | |
| 34. |
The sum of squared deviations of a set of n values from their mean is__________________? |
| A. | Zero |
| B. | Maximum |
| C. | Least |
| D. | None |
| Answer» D. None | |
| 35. |
The standard deviation is always _________ than mean deviation? |
| A. | Greater |
| B. | Less |
| C. | Equal |
| D. | None |
| Answer» B. Less | |
| 36. |
The Number of road accidents is the example of____________? |
| A. | variable |
| B. | Constant |
| C. | Discrete variable |
| D. | Continuous variable |
| Answer» D. Continuous variable | |
| 37. |
The number of accidents in a city during 2012 is____________? |
| A. | Discrete variable |
| B. | Continuous variable |
| C. | Qualitative variable |
| D. | Constant |
| Answer» B. Continuous variable | |
| 38. |
The most repeated (popular) value in a data set is called___________? |
| A. | Median |
| B. | Mean |
| C. | Mode |
| D. | Geometric Mean |
| E. | Harmonic Mean |
| Answer» D. Geometric Mean | |
| 39. |
The middle value of an ordered array of numbers is the____________? |
| A. | Mode |
| B. | Mean |
| C. | Median |
| D. | Mid Point |
| Answer» D. Mid Point | |
| 40. |
The measure of dispersion is changed by a change of_____________? |
| A. | Origin |
| B. | Scale |
| C. | Algebraic Signs |
| D. | None |
| Answer» C. Algebraic Signs | |
| 41. |
The measure of Dispersion can never be________________? |
| A. | Positive |
| B. | Negative |
| C. | 0 |
| D. | 1 |
| Answer» C. 0 | |
| 42. |
The mean of a distribution is 23, the median is 24, and the mode is 25.5. It is most likely that this distribution is_____________? |
| A. | Positively Skewed |
| B. | Symmetrical |
| C. | Asymptotic |
| D. | Negatively Skewed |
| Answer» E. | |
| 43. |
The mean of a distribution is 14 and the standard deviation is 5. What is the value of the coefficient of variation ? |
| A. | 60.4% |
| B. | 48.3% |
| C. | 35.7% |
| D. | 27.8% |
| Answer» D. 27.8% | |
| 44. |
The mean of a constant “b” is_________________? |
| A. | Zero |
| B. | b |
| C. | None |
| Answer» C. None | |
| 45. |
The mean of 10 numbers is 9, then sum of these numbers will be__________________? |
| A. | 9 |
| B. | 0.9 |
| C. | 70 |
| D. | 90 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 46. |
The mean deviation of the values, 18, 12, 15 is____________? |
| A. | 6 |
| B. | Zero |
| C. | 3 |
| D. | 2 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 47. |
The height of a student is 60 inches. This is an example of________________? |
| A. | Qualitative data |
| B. | Categorical data |
| C. | Continuous data |
| D. | Discrete data |
| Answer» D. Discrete data | |
| 48. |
The Harmonic Mean of any two numbers is________________? |
| A. | a+b2 |
| B. | 2aba+b |
| C. | ab−−√ |
| D. | a+b |
| Answer» C. ab−−√ | |
| 49. |
The grouped data is also called_____________? |
| A. | Raw data |
| B. | Primary data |
| C. | Secondary data |
| D. | Qualitative data |
| Answer» D. Qualitative data | |
| 50. |
The Geometric Mean of -2, 4, 03, 6, 0 will be______________? |
| A. | -3 |
| B. | 0 |
| C. | 3 |
| D. | Cannot be Computed |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» E. None of these | |