MCQ For Statistics 621 With Solutions PDF
MCQ For Statistics 621 With Solutions PDF
A. secondary data
B. disorganised data
C. Grouped data
A. correlation
A. sampling
B. descriptive statistics
C. claim
D. sample statistic
5. Which of the definitions below best explains population in business
statistics?
C. number of children
A. statistical remodelling
B. population
C. inferential statistics
D. descriptive statistics
A. independent
B. variable
C. dependant value
D. value
8. _____________ is a variable that can take different values but only in response
to a predictor variable.
A. estimator
B. independent variable
C. interval
D. dependant variable.
B. categorised data
C. continuous data
D. qualitative data
For each of the following examples of data (questions 10, 11 and 12) determine the
scale measurement type to use:
A. ordinal scale
B. discrete scale
C. interval scale
D. nominal scale.
A. qualitative
B. ratio scale
C. interval scale
D. nominal scale
12. Rating of the studying material for Business Statistics: excellent, good, fair
or poor __________.
A. ratio scale
B. ordinal scale
C. interval
13. Which notation is used to sum up all the data values in a given data set?
A. ∑ 𝑥
B. ∞
𝛿𝑦
C. 𝛿𝑥
D. α
A. frequency
B. histogram
C. ogive
15. The class _________ is halfway between the limits of the interval.
A. frequency
B. intersection
C. midpoint
D. distribution
16. __________ means one variable (one type of data example distance travelled
in kilometres: 14, 12, 11, 22, and 44).
A. univariate data
B. bivariate data
C. tripatite data
17. __________ is found by adding up all the data values and then dividing the
total by the sample size.
A. mode
B. median
C. average
D. central location.
18. Which measure of the central location is meaningful when the data is
nominal for example colour of jerseys and marital status?
B. geometric mean
C. the mode
D. A and B
19. The __________ divides an ordered set of data values into two equal halves
that is, 50 percent of the data values lie below it and the other 50 percent above
it.
A. modal class
B. value
C. average
D. median.
A. mode
B. mean
C. quartile
D. standard deviation.
21. If a distribution has more than three modes, then the distribution is
termed__________.
A. bi-modal
B. uni-modal
C. multi-modal
D. tri-modal
21. Sample A consists of 9, 3, 8, 12, 4, 9 and 8. What is the value of n for this
sample?
A. 14
B. 3
C. 8
D. 7
22. __________ is the nth root of the product of the given scores in the set of
data.
A. exponential
B. geometric mean
C. harmonic mean
A. range
B. minimal
C. outlier
D. quartile
24. Which of the following measurements divide a set of observations into equal
parts?
A. Quartiles
B. Standard deviations
C. correlation
D. variance
25. Which locational formulae is used to identify the upper quartile of a data set?
A. 0.75
B. 0.25n
C. 0.75(n+1)
D. 0.75n-100
26. The __________ is that data value that separates the top 25 percent of
ordered data values from the bottom 75 percent of the ordered data values.
A. lower quartile
B. upper quartile
C. middle quartile
A. spread
B. scatter
C. variability
A. standard deviation
B. mode
C. range
D. variance
30. Identify the major characteristics of variance below:
31. __________ is the square root of the average squared distanced from the
central value.
A. variance
B. coefficient of variability
C. standard deviation
D. interquartile range
33. Numerical methods and graphical methods are specialized procedures used
in
A. social statistics
B. business statistics
C. descriptive statistics
D. education statistics
A. 80th
B. 40th
C. 50th
D. 100th
35. Variables whose measurement is done in terms such as weight, height and length
are classified as
A. continuous variables
B. measuring variables
C. flowchart variables
D. discrete variables
38. Given the following data set, what is the value of the median? [2, 4, 3, 6, 1, 8,
9, 2, 5 and 7]
A. 2
B. 4.7
C. 4.5
D. 10
39. Given the following set of data, what is the range? [12, 23, 34, 54, 21, 8, 9 and
67]
A. 55
B. 59
C. 8
D. 56
41. Which of the following is used to represent a known value for the
population variance?
A. s
B. σ
C. σ2
D. s2
42. Which of the following is not true about the correlation coefficient?
B. is measured on a scale of 0 to 1.
C. a positive value implies that a rise in one variable accompanies a rise in the
other.
43. Mu is an example of a .
A. population parameter
B. sample statistic
C. population variance
D. mode
Table 1
The following data show the number of hours worked by 200 statistics
students.
Number of Hours Frequency
0-9 40
10 - 19 50
20 - 29 70
30 - 39 40
44. Refer to Table 1. The class width for this distribution
A. is 9
B. is 10
C. is 11
D. varies from class to class
45. Refer to Table 1. The number of students working 19 hours or less
A. is 40
B. is 50
C. is 90
D. cannot be determined without the original data
46. Refer to Table 1. The relative frequency of students working 9 hours or less
A. is 0.2
B. is 0.45
C. is 40
D. None of the above answers is correct.
47. Refer to Table 1. The cumulative relative frequency for the class of 10 - 19
A. is 90
B. is 0.25
C. is 0.45
D. cannot be determined from the information given
48. Refer to Table 1. The cumulative frequency for all the classes is
A. 1
B. 4
C. 0.4
D. 200
49. Refer to Table 1. Find the middle point of the class interval 30 - 39;
A. 69
B. 34.5
C. upper limit
D. lower limit
50. Refer to Table 1. Identify the variable of interest;
A. number of students
B. frequency
C. students
D. the number of hours worked by the students
51. If a data set has an even number of observations, the median
A. cannot be determined
B. is the average value of the two middle items
C. must be equal to the mean
D. is the average value of the two middle items when all items are arranged in
ascending order.
52. In a sample of 800 students in a university, 160, or 20%, are Business majors.
Based on the above information, the school's paper reported that "20% of all the
students at the university are Business majors." This report is an example of
A. a sample
B. a population
C. statistical inference
D. descriptive statistics
53. A tabular summary of a set of data showing the fraction of the total number
of items in several classes is a
A. frequency distribution
B. relative frequency distribution
C. frequency
D. cumulative frequency distribution
54. The standard deviation of a sample of 100 observations equals 64. The
variance of the sample equals
A. 8
B. 10
C. 6,400
D. 4,096
55. The variance of a sample of 81 observations equals 64. The standard
deviation of the sample equals
A. 0
B. 4096
C. 8
D. 6,561
56. In computing descriptive statistics from grouped data,
A. data values are treated as if they occur at the midpoint of a class
B. the grouped data result is more accurate than the ungrouped result
C. the grouped data computations are used only when a population is being
analysed
D. All of the above answers are correct.
57. The sum of the percent frequencies for all classes will always equal
A. one
B. the number of classes
C. the number of items in the study
D. 100
58. The science of collecting, organizing, presenting, analysing and
interpreting data to assist in making more effective decisions is called:
A. Statistic
B. Parameter
C. Population
D. Statistics
59. When the characteristic being studied is non-numeric, it is called a:
A. Quantitative variable
B. Continuous variable
C. Discrete variable
D. Qualitative variable
60. Listings of the data in the form in which these are collected are known as:
A. Secondary data
B. Raw data
C. Arrayed data
D. Qualitative data.
61. A survey in which information is collected from each and every individual
of the population is known as:
A. Sample survey
B. Pilot survey
C. Biased survey
D. Census survey
62. A variable that assumes only some selected values [mostly integers only]
in a range is called:
A. Continuous variable
B. Quantitative variable
C. Discrete variable
D. Qualitative variable
63. A variable that assumes any value within a range is called:
A. Discrete variable
B. Continuous variable
C. Independent variable
D. Dependent variable
64. A variable that provides the basis for estimation is called:
A. Dependent variable
B. Independent variable
C. Continuous variable
D. Qualitative variable
65. The correlation coefficient is used to determine:
A. A specific value of the y variable given a specific value of the x variable
B. A specific value of the x variable given a specific value of the y variable
C. The strength of the relationship between the x and y variables
D. None of these
66. If there is a very strong correlation between two variables then the
correlation coefficient must be
A. any value larger than 1
B. be closer or equal to 1, if the correlation is positive
C. much larger than 0, regardless of whether the correlation is negative or positive
D. None of these alternatives is correct
67. In regression analysis, the variable that is being predicted is the
A .response, or dependent, variable
B. independent variable
C. intervening variable
D. is usually x
68. The coefficient of correlation
A. is the square of the coefficient of determination
B. is the square root of the coefficient of determination
C. is the same as r-square
D. can never be negative
69. In a regression and correlation analysis if r = 1, then
A. coefficient of determination is 2.
B. coefficient of determination = 1
C. coefficient of determination is 0
D. none of the above.
70. If the correlation coefficient is 0.8, the percentage of variation in the
response variable explained by the variation in the explanatory variable is
A. 0.80%
B. 80%
C. 0.64%
D. 64%
71. If the coefficient of determination is 0.81, the correlation coefficient
A. is 0.6561
B. could be either + 0.9 or -0.9
C. must be positive
D. must be negative
72. The other name for Spearman’s rho is
A. ranked coefficient
B. difference
C. R
D. none of the above.
73. Which of the following is NOT a possible value of the correlation
coefficient?
A. negative 0.9
B. zero
C. positive 0.15
D. positive 1.5
74. Regression analysis is a statistical procedure for developing a
mathematical equation that best describes how
A. One independent and one dependent variables are related.
B. Several independent and one dependent variables are related
C. One dependent and more independent variables are related
D. None of the above answers is correct
75. The coefficient of correlation is computed to be -0.95 means that
A. the relationship is weak
B. average relationship
C. the relationship is strong but negative
D. the relationship is moderate.
76. An indication of no linear relationship between two variables would be:
A. coefficient of determination equal to 1.
B. a coefficient of determination equal to -1.
C. a coefficient of correlation of 0.
D. a coefficient of correlation equal to -1.
77. The variable plotted on the horizontal or X-axis in a scatter diagram is
called the:
A. scatter variable
B. independent variable
C. dependent variable
D. correlation variable
78. Which of the following is a stronger correlation than -0.54?
A. 0
B. -0.2
C. -0.45
D. -0.87
79. A regression equation is used to:
A. Measure the association between two variables
B. Estimate the value of the dependent variable based on the independent variable
C. Estimate the value of the independent variable based on the dependent variable
D. Estimate the coefficient of determination
80. A regression equation was computed to be Y = 35 + 6X.
The value of 35 indicates:
A. y-intercept where the regression line cuts the y-axis
B. the slope
C. The coefficient of determination
D. none of the above
81. What does a coefficient of determination of 0.70 mean?
A. Almost no correlation because 0.70 is close to 1.0
B. 70% of the variation in dependent variable is explained by the independent
variable
C. Coefficient of determination is 0.49
D. Coefficient of non-determination is 0.30
82. Sample statistics are denoted by the
A. upper case Greek letter
B. associated roman alphabets
C. roman letters
D. lower case Greek letter
83. Scale used in statistics which provides difference of proportions as well as
magnitude of differences is considered as
A. satisfactory scale
B. ratio scale
C. goodness scale
D. exponential scale.
84. Largest value is 60 and smallest value is 40 and number of classes desired
is 5, then class interval is
A .20
B. 4
C. 25
D. 15
85. Summary and presentation of data in tabular form with several non-
overlapping classes is referred as
A. nominal distribution
B. ordinal distribution
C. chronological distribution
D. frequency distribution
86. Discrete variables and continuous variables are two types of
A. open end classification
B. time series classification
C. regression
D. quantitative classification
Table 2
50, 60, 40, 30,70,90 and 80
87. Refer to table 2, which of the following is the lower quartile of the data set
A. 40
B. 80
C. 2
D. none of the above.
88. Refer to table 2, the interquartile range of the data set is
A. 80
B. 40
C. 30
D. 60
89. Refer to table 2, find the semi-interquartile range of the data set
A. 50
B. 25
C. 40
D. 20
90. Using Table 2, find the 50th percentile of the data set
A. 50
B. 25
C. 40
D. none of the above is correct.
91. Students divided into different groups according to their intelligence and
gender will generate:
A. Quantitative data
B. Qualitative data
C. Continuous data
D. Constant
92. Measurement techniques used to measure extent of skewness in data set
values are called
A. measure of distribution width
B. measure of median tail
C. measure of tail distribution
D. measure of skewness
93. Frequency distribution is considered as negatively skewed if all values of
distribution moves to
A. lower tail
B. median tail
C. variance tail
D. upper tail