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1.

Which of the following test must be two-sided ?

A. Sign test
B. Wilcoxon Signed Rank
C. Kruskal-Wallis
D. Runs test
Answer» B. Wilcoxon Signed Rank
2.

Which of the following test is most likely assessing this null hypothesis: Ho The number of violations per apartment in the population of all city apartments is binomially distributed with a probability of success in any one trial of P=0.3 dd ?

A. The Mann-Whitney test
B. The Kruskal-Wallis test
C. The Wilcoxon Signed Rank test
D. The Kolmogorove-Simirnor test
Answer» E.
3.

Which of the following test use Rank Sums____________?

A. Kruskal-Wallis and Wilcoxon tests
B. Runs test
C. Chi-Square and sign test
D. F test
Answer» B. Runs test
4.

Wilcoxon Rank-Sum test can be of_______________?

A. Lower tailed
B. Upper tailed
C. Either of the above
D. None of the above
Answer» D. None of the above
5.

x=40 is estimator of _________________?

A. (U)
B. 6
C. Ux
D. 6/√n
Answer» B. 6
6.

Which of the following is simple hypothesis___________________?

A. u = 20
B. u ≠ 20
C. u 20
Answer» B. u ≠ 20
7.

Which of the following is an assumption underlying the use of the t-distribution ?

A. The sample are drawn from a normally distributed population.
B. The variance of the population is known
C. All above
D. s (sample standard deviation) is an unbiased estimate of the population variance.
Answer» B. The variance of the population is known
8.

Which of the following is a true statement for comparing the t distribution with standard normal ?

A. Greater the degree of freedom, the more the t-distribution resembles the standard normal distribution
B. The Normal Curve is symmetrical whereas the t-distribution are slightly skewed.
C. The proportion of area beyond a specific value of “t” is less than the proportion of normal curve
D. Non of these
Answer» B. The Normal Curve is symmetrical whereas the t-distribution are slightly skewed.
9.

Which of the following cannot be Ho_________________?

A. Q ≤ Qo
B. Q ≥ Qo
C. Q = Qo
D. Q ≠ Qo
Answer» E.
10.

When using the sign test, if two scores are tied, then_____________?

A. We count them
B. We discard them
C. We depends upon the scores
D. non of these
Answer» C. We depends upon the scores
11.

When testing for randomness, we can use_____________?

A. Sign test
B. None of these
C. Runs test
D. D Mann-Whitney U test
Answer» D. D Mann-Whitney U test
12.

what is the probability of a type II error when α=0.05 ?

A. 0.025
B. 0.95
C. 0.05
D. Cannot be determined without more information
Answer» E.
13.

Type II error is committed when the null hypothesis is _________________?

A. Rejected when it is true
B. Rejected when it is false
C. Accepted when it is true
D. Accepted when it is false
Answer» E.
14.

To perform a Runs test for randomness the data must be_______________?

A. Divided into at least two classifications
B. Divided into exactly two classifications
C. Quantitative
D. Qualitative
Answer» C. Quantitative
15.

Three brands of coffee are rated for tasted on a scale of 1 to 10. Six persons are asked to rate each brand so that there is a total of 18 observations.The appropriate test to tasted equally good is_____________?

A. One way analysis of variance (ANOVA)
B. Spearman Rank difference
C. Wilcoxon Rank-Sum test
D. Kruskal-Wallis test
Answer» E.
16.

The Wilcoxon, Rank-Sum test used to compares_______________?

A. Any number of populations
B. A sample mean to the population mean
C. Two populations
D. Three populations
Answer» D. Three populations
17.

The values that separate the region of rejection and acceptance region are called _______________?

A. Critical value
B. Confidence limits
C. Confidence boundaries
D. None of these
Answer» B. Confidence limits
18.

The t distribution are_____________?

A. Symmetrical
B. None of these
C. Same as Normal Curve
D. Skewed
Answer» B. None of these
19.

The Spearman Rank-Correlation test requires that the______________?

A. Data must be measured on the same scale
B. Data should be of ordinal scale at least
C. Data must be distribution at least approximately as a t-distribution
D. Data must be from two independent samples
Answer» C. Data must be distribution at least approximately as a t-distribution
20.

The sign test assumes that the_______________?

A. Samples are independent
B. Samples have same mean
C. Sample are dependent
D. The Wilcoxon Signed Rank test is used
Answer» D. The Wilcoxon Signed Rank test is used
21.

The Runs test results in rejecting the null hypothesis of randomness when______________?

A. There is an unusually large number of runs
B. There is an unusually small number of runs
C. None of these
D. Either of the above
Answer» E.
22.

The non parametric equivalent of an unpaired samples t-test____________?

A. Kruskal Wallis Test
B. Mann-Whitney U test
C. Wilcoxon signed rank test
D. Sign test
Answer» C. Wilcoxon signed rank test
23.

The minimum variance unbiased estimator of the population mean is _______________?

A. 6/√n
B. S/√n
C. S2/n
D. 6x/√n
Answer» D. 6x/√n
24.

The Mann-Whitney U test is preferred to a t-test when____________?

A. Sample are dependent
B. The assumption of normality is not met
C. Sample sizes are small
D. Data are paired
Answer» C. Sample sizes are small
25.

The level of significance is denoted by _________________?

A. 1 – ∞
B. β
C.
D. 1 – β
Answer» D. 1 – β
26.

The hypothesis which is being tested is called ___________________?

A. Composite hypothesis
B. Alternative hypothesis
C. Null hypothesis
D. Simple hypothesis
Answer» D. Simple hypothesis
27.

The first and starting point in test Hypothesis is ______________?

A. stating H1
B. stating Ho
C. L of significance
D. Test statistics
Answer» C. L of significance
28.

The Estimation and testing of hypothesis are main branches of ________________?

A. Sampling
B. Probability distribution
C. Regression
D. Statistical Inference
Answer» E.
29.

The critical value of a test statistic is determined from_____________?

A. The sampling distribution of the statistics assuming Null Hypothesis
B. calculations based on many actual repetitions of the same Experiment
C. The sampling distribution of the statistic assuming Alternative Hypothesis.
D. Non of these
Answer» D. Non of these
30.

Sampling Error decrease by _______ the sample size?

A. Increase
B. Decrease
C. Sampling
D. Population
Answer» E.
31.

Sample variance S2 is unbiased estimator of population variance 26 because ________________?

A. E(S2) = s2
B. E(u) = X
C. E(P) = P
D. Ux = u
Answer» D. Ux = u
32.

Sample proportion P is __________ estimator?

A. Biased
B. Parameter
C. Unbiased
D. None of these
Answer» D. None of these
33.

Power of test is denoted by _______________?

A. β
B. α
C. (1 – α )
D. (1 – β)
Answer» E.
34.

Parameter is a _________ quantity?

A. Constant
B. Variable
C. All of above
D. Non of these
Answer» B. Variable
35.

Let Z1,Z2,….Zn be independent and identically distributedrandom variable, satisfying E[ι Zt ι]

A. Independence Equation
B. Sequential Probability Likelihood Equation
C. Neyman Pearson Lemma
D. Wald’s Equation
Answer» B. Sequential Probability Likelihood Equation
36.

Let X1,X2,…Xn be a random sample from the density f(x;(θ), where θ may be vector. If the conditional distribution of X1,X2,…Xn given S=s does not depend on θ for any value of s of S, then statistic is called?

A. Minimal sufficient statistic
B. Sufficient statistic
C. Efficient
D. Minimax statistics
Answer» B. Sufficient statistic
37.

Let X1,X2,……,Xn be a random sample from a density,,,, f(x ι θ) where θ is a value of the random variable Θwith known density gΘ(θ) Then the estimator ∏(θ) with…/ respect to the prior gΘ(θ) is define as_________________E[∏(θ)ιX1,X2,…..,Xn] is called?

A. Posterior Bay’s estimator
B. Minimax estimator
C. Bay’s estimator
D. Sufficient estimator
Answer» B. Minimax estimator
38.

Let X1,X2,……,Xn be a random sample from a density,,,, f(x ι θ) where θ is a value of the random variable Θwith known density gΘ(θ) Then the estimator ∏(θ) with…/ respect to the prior gΘ(θ) is define as______________E[∏(θ)ιX1,X2,…..,Xn] is called?

A. Posterior Bay’s estimator
B. Minimax estimator
C. Bay’s estimator
D. Sufficient estimator
Answer» B. Minimax estimator
39.

__________ is the process of using sample information to reach?

A. Population
B. Biased
C. Unbiased
D. Increase
Answer» D. Increase
40.

_________ is an estimate expressed by a single value?

A. C.I.
B. Point estimator
C. Parameter
D. Point estimate
Answer» E.
41.

___________ is a value of sample statistics?

A. Estimate
B. Estimator
C. Probability
D. Numerical
Answer» B. Estimator
42.

In testing for the difference between two populations, it is possible to use____________?

A. The Wilcoxon Rank-Sum test
B. The Sign test
C. None of the above
D. Either of the above
Answer» E.
43.

In a Wilcoxon Rank-Sum test__________________?

A. Ties within one sample may affect the decision
B. Ties always affect the decision
C. Ties never affect the decision
D. Ties between the two sample may affect the decision
Answer» B. Ties always affect the decision
44.

If we reject the null hypothesis, we might be making____________?

A. Unpredictable
B. A correct Decision
C. Type-II Error
D. Type-Error
Answer» D. Type-Error
45.

if Var(T2)_______________?

A. Efficient
B. Sufficient
C. Unbiased
D. Consistent
Answer» B. Sufficient
46.

if Var(θˆ)→0 as n → 0, then θˆ is said to be______________?

A. Sufficient
B. Efficient
C. Unbiased
D. Consistent
Answer» E.
47.

If the conditional distribution of X1,X2,…..Xn given S=s, does not depends on θ, for any value of S=s the statistics S=s(X1,X2,…..Xn) is called______________?

A. Unbiased
B. Sufficient
C. Consistent
D. Efficient
Answer» C. Consistent
48.

If n = 400 and P=.69 then 90% C.I for P is _________________?

A. 652 and . 728
B. .314 and .652
C. .798 and .745
D. None of these
Answer» B. .314 and .652
49.

If Ho is stated as Q = Qo< the alternate hypothesis in general stated________________?

A. Q Qo
B. Q ≠ Qo
C. None of these
Answer» C. None of these
50.

if f(x1,x2,…xn;θ)=g(θˆ;θ)h(x1,x2,….,xn), then θˆ is____________?

A. Consistent
B. Sufficient
C. Efficient
D. Unbiased
Answer» C. Efficient