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Activity 1 Measures of Dispersion

This document is a 10 question quiz about measures of dispersion, which describe how spread out or clustered the values in a data set are. It covers topics like the difference between variance and standard deviation, properties of the range and standard deviation, and theorems like Chebyshev's Theorem regarding how many observations fall within a certain number of standard deviations of the mean.

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Activity 1 Measures of Dispersion

This document is a 10 question quiz about measures of dispersion, which describe how spread out or clustered the values in a data set are. It covers topics like the difference between variance and standard deviation, properties of the range and standard deviation, and theorems like Chebyshev's Theorem regarding how many observations fall within a certain number of standard deviations of the mean.

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NAME :

CLASS :
Measures of Dispersion
DATE :
10 Questions

1. Which of the following is not a measure of dispersion?

A variance B standard deviation

C mode D range

2. Which of the measures of location is used in computing for the variance of a


distribution?

A median B mean

C midrange D mode

3. It is defined as the square root of the variance.

A midrange B coefficient of variation

C standard deviation D kurtosis

4. If the dispersion is small, then the values in the distribution is close to the median.

A false B true

5. Which of the measures of dispersion only uses two values in the distribution?

A mean deviation B variance

C standard deviation D range

6. The Empirical Rule says that 95% of the observations in a distribution will lie within
plus and minus two standard deviations of the mean.

A true B false

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7. If two data sets have the same mean, then these sets also have the same
standard deviations.

A true B false

8. Which of the following is a characteristic of the range? Check all that apply.

A It is influenced by extreme values. B It is easy to compute and to understand.

All values in the distribution are used in


C D It is dependent on the mean.
the calculation.

9. Which of the following is a property of the standard deviation? Check all that apply.

A B All the values in the distribution are


It is in the same units as the original
data used in computing for the standard
deviation.

It is the most widely reported measure


C D It can be negative.
of dispersion.

10. Chebyshev's Theorem states that regardless the shape of the distribution, at least
1
1− of the observations will be within k standard deviations of the mean, where k
is k2
greater than 1.

A false B true

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Answer Key

1.c 2.b 3.c 4.a

5.d 6.a 7.b 8.

9. 10.b

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