Measures of Central Tendency

MULTIPLE CHOICE: Choose the correct answer among the options.

___ 1. Measure of central tendency in which the sum of the deviation

_ about the average zero.
a. Median from below c. Median from above
b. Mode d. Arithmetic mean
___ 2. Measure of central tendency in which the sum of absolute
_ deviations about any other value is equal to greater than the average.
a. Arithmetic mean c. Geometric mean
b. Median d. Mode
___ 3. Measure of central tendency that lends itself to algebraic
_ manipulation.
a. Arithmetic mean c. Median from below
b. Mode d. Median from above
___ 4. The most reliable measure of central tendency.
_ a. Median from above c. Arithmetic mean
b. Median from below d. Mode
___ 5. Measure of central tendency in which the class is determined on the
_ highest frequency.
a. Mode c. Arithmetic mean
b. Geometric mean d. Median
___ 6. Measure of central tendency cannot be chosen if they have the
_ same frequency.
a. Harmonic mean c. Mode
b. Arithmetic mean d. Median
___ 7. Best measure of central tendency when the distribution is irregular
_ or skewed.
a. Geometric mean c. Mode
b. Median d. Arithmetic mean
___ 8. Best measure of central tendency when the distribution is regular.
_ a. Median from above c. Mode
b. Median from below d. arithmetic mean
___ 9. The mode of these scores: 55, 57, 59, 59, 59, 60, 62, 63, 65, 67, 67,
_ 70, and 70 is
a. 59 b. 70 c. 67 d. 60
___ 10. The median of Item 9 scores is
_ a. 63 b. 60 c. 62 d. 61
___ 11. The mean of Item 9 is
_ a. 62.41 b. 62.54 c. 62.53 d. 62.44
___ 12. The sum of all the scores of Item 9 is
_ a. 812 b. 813 c. 815 d. 814
___ 13. The range of Item 9 is
_ a. 14 b. 16 c. 13 d. 15
___ 14. The number of cases (N) in the distribution of Item 9 is
_ a. 13 b. 11 c. 12 d. 14
___ 15. Which of the following has the same value of the product of the
_ number of cases times mean or Nx́?
a. ΣCf <¿ b. ΣCf >¿ c. Σfx d. ΣX
Frequency Distribution

MULTIPLE CHOICE: Choose the correct answer among the options.

___ 1. The highest score is 110 and lowest score is 67. The range is
_ a. 41 b. 42 c. 44 d. 43
___ 2. If the range of Item 1 is divided by 20, the quotient is
_ a. 2.1 b. 2.2 c. 2.15 d. 2.05
___ 3. If the range of Item 1 is divided by 10, the quotient is
_ a. 4.3 b. 4.4 c. 4.1 d. 4.2
___ 4. The class interval of Item 1 range is
_ a. 4 b. 5 c. 2 d. 3
___ 5. The upper class limit of the highest class of Item 1 using class
_ interval of Item 4 is
a. 100.5 b. 111.5 c. 113.5 d. 112.5
___ 6. The lower class limit of the highest class of Item 1 using class
_ interval of item 4 is
a. 108.5 b. 107.5 c. 105.5 d. 106.5
___ 7. There are 55 students who took the test. The cumulative frequency
_ “lesser than” of class limit, 84-88, is 20, the cumulative percentage
frequency “lesser than” is
a. 35% b. 37% c. 38% d. 36%
___ 8. The meaning of Item 7 is
_ a. 37% of the cases got a score of 84 or below
b. 35% of the cases got a score of 88 or below
c. 36% of the cases got a score of 88 or below
d. 38% of the cases got a score of 84 or below
___ 9. There are 40 students who took the test. The cumulative frequency
_ “greater than” of class limit, 75-77, is 12, the cumulative percentage
frequency “greater than” is
a. 29% 30% 32% 31%
___ 10. The meaning of Item 9 is
_ a. 30% of the cases got a score of 75 or above
b. 29% of the cases got a score of 77 or above
c. 32% of the cases got a score of 75 or above
d. 31% of the cases got a score of 75 or above

Measures of Variability

MULTIPLE CHOICE: Choose the correct answer among the options.

___ 1. Measures of variability which is the difference between the highest

_ score and lowest score
a. Range c. Quartile deviation
b. Average deviation d. Standard deviation
___ 2. The other term for average deviation
_ a. Standard deviation c. Decile deviation
b. Quartile deviation d. Mean deviation
___ 3. Measure of variability which is least spread or scattered
_ a. Standard deviation c. Average deviation
b. Quartile deviation d. Mean deviation
___ 4. Measure of variability which has the widest spread or dispersion
_ a. Average deviation c. Standard deviation
b. Quartile deviation d. Mean deviation
___ 5. Measures of variability which is the square of variance
_ a. Quartile deviation c. Mean deviation
 b. Average deviation d. Standard deviation
___ 6. Measures of variability which is the sum of the absolute deviations
_ of the arithmetic mean divided by the number of cases
a. Average deviation c. quartile deviation
b. Standard deviation d. Variance
___ 7. Measure of variability which is also called mean square
_ a. Standard deviation c. Variance
b. Average deviation d. Range
___ 8. Measure of variability which is the most commonly used indicator of
_ the degree of dispersion
a. Average deviation c. Quartile deviation
b. Standard deviation d. Variance
___ 9. It is the most dependable measure of variability
_ a. Quartile deviation c. Average deviation
b. Variance d. Standard deviation
___ 10. Which of the following is the formula of average deviation?
_ ∑X ∑ ( x−x́ )
a. c.
N N

∑ x2 −CF ∑ ( x−x́ )2
b. d.
N−1 N−1
___ 11. Which of the following does not belong to the group?
_ a. Quartile c. Average deviation
b. Quartile deviation d. Variance
___ 12. Which of the following is a formula of variance?
_ ∑ x2 −CF c. ¿ ¿
a.
N−1
∑X ∑ ( x−x́ )
b. d.
N N
___ 13. Which of the following is a formula of correction factor?
_ ∑ ( x−x́ )2 ∑X
a. c.
N−1 N

b. ¿ ¿ ∑ ( x−x́ )
d.
N
___ 14. Which of the following is the symbol of variance?
_ a. SD c. V
b. AD d. SD2
___ 15. The range of these scores 50, 51, 52, 53, 53, 54, 55, 57, 65, and 70
_ is
a. 21 c. 20
b. 22 d. 19
___ 16. The sum of the scores of item 15 is
_ a. 561 c. 560
b. 562 d. 563
___ 17. The mean of item 15 is
_ a. 56 c. 56.1
b. 56.3 d. 56.2
___ 18. The number of cases of item 15 is
_ a. 12 c. 9
b. 11 d. 10
___ 19. The average deviation of item 15 is
_ a. 4.8 c. 4.9
b. 4.7 d. 5.0
___ 20. The standard deviation of item 15 is
_ a. 6.49 c. 6.47
b. 6.48 d. 6.46
___ 21. The variance of item 15 is
_ a. 43 c. 42
b. 44 d. 41
___ 22. The correction factor of item 15 is
_ a. 31,350 c. 31, 355
b. 31,358 d. 31,360
___ 23. The sum of absolute deviations about the mean of item is
_ a. 48 c. 49
b. 47 d. 50
___ 24. The value of one standard deviation above the mean of item 15 is
_ a. 62.3 c. 62.2
b. 62.4 d. 62.1
___ 25. The value of one standard deviation below the mean of item 15 is
_ a. 49.51 c. 49.53
b. 49.52 d. 49.54

Measures of Correlation

MULTIPLE CHOICE: Choose the correct answer among the options.

___ 1. Perfect positive correlation has correlation value of:

_ a. +0.01 c. +1.0
b. +0.11 d. +1.1
___ 2. A correlation value of 0.23 denotes
_ a. Low relationship c. Moderate correlation
b. Negligible relationship d. Marked relationship
___ 3. Perfect negative correlation has correlation value of
_ a. -0.11 c. -1.1
b. -0.1 d. -1.0
___ 4. Which of the following denotes slight relationship
_ a. 0.41 c. 0.19
b. 0.35 d. 0.44
___ 5. A correlation value of 0.78 denotes
_ a. Very high relationship c. Moderate relationship
b. High relationship d. Marked relationship
___ 6. Which of the following shows negligible correlation?
_ a. 0.22 c. 0.23
b. 0.21 d. 0.19
___ 7. A correlation value of 0.55 denotes
_ a. Marked relationship c. Slight relationship
b. High relationship d. Low relationship
___ 8. Which of the correlation value denotes low relationship?
_ a. 0.18 c. 0.39
b. 0.41 d. 0.19
___ 9. A correlation value of 0.93 denotes
_ a. High relationship c. Moderate relationship
b. Marked relationship d. Very high relationship
___ 10. Which of the following correlation value denotes marked
_ relationship?
a. 0.72 c. 0.40
b. 0.61 d. 0.71
___ 11. A correlation value of 0.75 denotes
_ a. High relationship c. Slight relationship
 b. Moderate relationship d. Low relationship
___ 12. A correlation value of 0.14 denotes
_ a. Low relationship c. Marked relationship
b. Negligible relationship d. Slight relationship
___ 13. Which of the following has high correlation?
_ a. 0.91 c. 0.92
b. 0.93 d. 0.90
___ 14. A correlation value of 0.84 denotes
_ a. Moderate relationship c. High relationship
b. Very high relationship d. Marked relationship
___ 15. Which of the following correlation value denotes marked
_ relationship?