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Question 1

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Positively skewed distribution is ____________

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a. both
b. asymmetrical
c. symmetrical 
d. None of these
Question 2

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The best measure of central tendency is ______________.

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a. geometric mean
b. mode
c. arithmetic mean.
d. harmonic mean

Question 3
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In discrete and continuous frequency distributions N= ___

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a. maximum value
b. number of observations
c. minimum value
d. the sum of frequency
Question 4

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The ‘mean’ is

Select one:
a. a measure of dispersion
b. a specific type of graph
c. a measure of central tendency.
d. a set of something (e.g., students, stars, elephants, etc.).

Question 5
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A grouped distribution can be represented by __________

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a. Frequency polygon
b. Histogram
c. Frequency curve
d. Ogives
Question 6

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The Standard Deviation for two observations is

Select one:
a. their absolute difference
b. twice of their absolute difference
c. square of their difference.
d. half of their absolute difference

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The need for inferential statistical methods derives from the need for

Select one:
a. Association
b. Probability
c. Population
d. Sampling
Question 8

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In a frequency distribution, the mid value of a class is 10 and the width of the class is 6. The upper limit of the class is

Select one:
a. 7
b. 10
c. 13
d. 6

Question 9
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Amongst which of the following is / are the branch of statistics which deals with the development of statistical methods is classified as ___

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a. None of these
b. Industry statistics
c. Applied statistics
d. Economic statistics
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The sum of absolute deviations about median is ___________

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a. the greatest
b. equal
c. the least
d. zero

Question 11
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What is the median of the sample 5, 5, 11, 9, 8, 5, 8

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a. 8
b. 6
c. 5
d. 9
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The range of a sample gives an indication of the

Select one:
a. degree to which the mean value differs from its expected value
b. maximum variation in the sample
c. way in which the values cluster about a particular point
d. number of observations bearing the same value

Question 13
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The distribution in which the values of median, mean and mode are not equal is considered as

Select one:
a. symmetrical distribution
b. experimental distribution
c. exploratory distribution
d. asymmetrical distribution
Question 14

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A statistical measure based upon the entire population is called parameter while measure based on a sample is known as

Select one:
a. Statistic
b. Sample parameter
c. none of these
d. Inference

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In a ‘normal distribution’

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a. the mean, median, and mode have similar values
b. it is possible to draw a line down through any point, and know the percentage of scores falling on each side of the line
c. All of these
d. the portion of the distribution falling between the mean value and one standard deviation above the mean value includes roughly
one-third of all scores in the distribution.
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The standard deviation is extremely useful in judging the representativeness of the ___________

Select one:
a. mean
b. dispersion
c. kurtosis
d. skewness

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Value of [(n+1)/4]th term is the formula of

Select one:
a. 2nd quartile
b. 1st quartile
c. 3rd quartile
d. mode
Question 18

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The observation which occurs most frequently in a sample is the

Select one:
a. mean deviation
b. median
c. standard deviation
d. mode

Question 19
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If the value of three measures of central tendencies median, mean and mode is same, then the distribution is considered as

Select one:
a. triangular model
b. bimodel
c. unimodel
d. negatively skewed modal
Question 20

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A measure of dispersion indicates

Select one:
a. the amount of scores that are not of use for statistical analyses
b. The amount of scores that are either unusually big or unusually small
c. the extent to which the scores in a given set are spread on either side of the average value
d. the most typical score in a set of scores.

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