Guide
Guide
The computed value based on the principal amount and the total accumulated interest earned is
called __________.
a. simple interest b. compound interest c. annuity d. mutual fund e. None of these
2. The phase of statistics that only seeks to describe and analyze a given group without drawing
any conclusions or inferences on a larger group is called _________________.
a. Descriptive Statistics b. Inferential Statistics c. Population d. Inference e. None
21. Given the following frequency distribution, find the mode:
35. Which statistical metric divides a dataset into four equal parts?
A. Deciles b. Percentiles c. Quartiles d. Z-Scores ___________. E. Median
36. If the principal amount is $2500, the rate of interest is 4%, and the simple interest is $200, for
how many years was the amount invested?
A. 2 years b. 3 years c. 4 years d. 5 years e. 6 years
37. If the principal amount is $5000, the time period is 2 years, and the simple interest is $800,
what is the rate of interest?
A. 6% b. 8% c. 10% d. 12%
38. Which measure of dispersion is most affected by outliers in a dataset?
A. Range b. Interquartile range c. Variance d. Standard deviation e. 16% e. Mean absolute
deviation
16. Which of the following is the formula for calculating the mean of a raw data? A. Sum of all
values / Number of values b. (Sum of all values / Number of values) × 100 c. (Sum of all values
+ Number of values) / Number of values d. Sum of all values × Number of values e. Sum of all
values – Number of values
17. Which of the following best describes the term “variance”?
a. The average of the squared differences from the mean b. The square root of the average
distance from the mean e. Php 1, 132.83 c. The difference between the highest and lowest values
d. The difference between the first and third quartile e. All of the above
18. What does a high standard deviation indicate about a dataset?
A. The data points are close to the mean. B. The data points are spread out over a large range of
values. C. The data points are all the same. D. The data points are skewed. E. The data points are
flat.