Long Test

Statistics and Probability

Name:__________________________ Section:_____________ Date:________
I. For each of these questions, choose the option (A, B, C or D) that is TRUE.
1. The observation which occurs most frequently in a sample is the
a. median b. mean deviation c. standard deviation d. mode
2. What is the median of the sample 5, 5, 11, 9, 8, 5, 8 ?
a. 5 b. 6 c. 8 d. 9
Items 3 - 4 refer to the information below.
The following scores were obtained by eleven footballers in a goal-shoot competition:
5 3 6 8 7 8 3 11 6 3 2
3. The modal score was
a. 3 b. 6 c. 8 d. 11
4. The median score was
a. 3 b. 6 c. 8 d. 11
5. Arithmetic mean is 12 and number of observations are 20 then sum of all values is
a. 8 b. 32 c. 240 d. 1.667
6. Method used to compute average or central value of collected data is considered as
a. measures of positive variation b. measures of central tendency
c. measures of negative skewness d. measures of negative variation
7. Mean or average used to measure central tendency is called
a. sample mean b. arithmetic mean c. negative mean d. population mean
8. Scores that differ greatly from the measures of central tendency are called:
a. Raw scores b. The best scores c. Extreme scores d. Z-scores
9. The arithmetic mean is highly affected by:
a. Moderate values b. Extremely small values c. Odd values d. Extremely large values
10. The sum of deviations taken from mean is:
a. Always equal to zero b. Some times equal to zero
c. Never equal to zero d. Less than zero
11. Ten families have an average of 2 boys. How many boys do they have together?
a. 2 b. 10 c. 12 d. 20
12. If the arithmetic mean of the two numbers X1 and X2 is 5 if X1=3, then X2 is:
a. 3 b. 5 c. 7 d. 10
13. Given X1=20 and X2= -20. The arithmetic mean will be:
a. Zero b. Infinity c. Impossible d. Difficult to tell
14. The midpoint of the values after they have been ordered from the smallest to the largest or the largest to the
smallest is called:
a. Mean b. Median c. Lower quartile d. Upper quartile
15. We must arrange the data before calculating:
a. Mean b. Median c. Mode d. Geometric mean
16. The values of the variate that divide a set of data into four equal parts after arranging the observations in
ascending order of magnitude are called:
a. Quartiles b. Deciles c. Percentiles d. Difficult to tell
17. The middle value of an ordered series is called:
a. Median b. 5 th decile c. 50th percentile d. All the above
18. If in a discrete series 50% values are less than 50, then:
a. Q2 = 50 b. D5 = 50 c. P50 = 50 d. All of the above
19. Which of the following average cannot be calculated for the observations 2, 2, 4, 4, 6, 6, 8, 8, 10, 10 ?
a. Mean b. Median c. Mode d. All of the above
20. A measurement that corresponds to largest frequency in a set of data is called:
a. Mean b. Median c. Mode d. Percentile
21. A distribution with two modes is called:
a. Unimodel b. Bimodal c. Multimodal d. Normal
22. Which of the following statements is always correct?
a. Mean = Median = Mode b. Arithmetic mean = Geometric mean = Harmonic mean
c. Median = Q2 = D5 = P50 d. Mode = 2Median - 3Mean
23. In quartiles, central tendency median to be measured must lie in
a. first quartile b. second quartile c. third quartile d. four quartile
24. In measure of central tendency, population parameter is denoted by
a. Greek letter μ b. roman letter μ c. Athens letter μ d. roman letter x‾
25. Type of central tendency measures which divides data set into 100 equal parts is classified as
a. quartiles b. deciles c. percentiles d. multiple pile of data
26. Median, mode, deciles and percentiles are all considered as measures of
a. mathematical averages b. population averages c. sample averages d. averages of position
27. According to percentiles, the median to be measured must lie in
a. 80th b. 40th c. 50th d. 100th
28. What measures of position divides the distribution into 10 equal parts?
a. quartiles b. deciles c. percentiles d. range
29. How many percent corresponds to Q3 if you will interpret it?
a. 25% b. 50% c. 75% d. 90%
30.How many percent corresponds to D6 if you will interpret it?
a. 20% b. 40% c. 60% d. 80%
31. Positive square root of the mean of the squared deviations of some observations from their arithmetic
mean is called
a. standard deviation B. variation C. median D. mode
32. If value of first quartile is 49 and value of third quartile is 60 then value of inter quartile range is
a. 21 b. 31 c. 11 d. 41
33. The scatter in a series of values about the average is called:
a. Central tendency b. Dispersion c. Skewness d. Symmetry
34. Variability which is defined as difference between third and first quartile is considered as
a. quartile range b. deciles range C. percentile range d. inter quartile range
35. 20. The range of the scores 29, 3, 143, 27, 99 is:
a. 140 b. 143 c. 146 d. 70
36. Standard deviation is always calculated from:
a. Mean b. Median c. Mode d. Lower quartile
37. Statistically, the spread or scatterness of observations in a data is called
a. Discriminant B. Dispersion C. range D. standard deviation
38. Mean of the squared deviations of some observations from their arithmetic mean is called
a. standard deviation B. variation C. median D. mode
39. Given below the four sets of observations. Which set has the minimum variation?
a. 46, 48, 50, 52, 54 b. 30, 40, 50, 60, 70
c. 40, 50, 60, 70, 80 d. 48, 49, 50, 51, 52
40. The measures used to calculate the variation present among the observations relative to their average is
called:
a. Coefficient of kurtosis b. Absolute measures of dispersion
c. Quartile deviation d. Relative measures of dispersion
41. The mean of an examination is 69, the median is 68, the mode is 67, and the standard deviation is 3. The
measures of variation for this examination is:
a. 67 b. 68 c. 69 d. 3
42. To compare the variation of two or more than two series, we use
a. Combined standard deviation b. Corrected standard deviation
c. Coefficient of variation d. Coefficient of skewness
43. Which of the following statements is correct?
a. The standard deviation of a constant is equal to unity
b. The sum of absolute deviations is minimum if these deviations are taken from the mean.
c. The second moment about origin equals variance
d. The variance is positive quantity and is expressed in square of the units of the observations

44. If arithmetic mean is multiplied to coefficient of variation, then resulting value is classified as
a. coefficient of deviation c. standard deviation
b. coefficient of mean d. variance
45. In a set of observations, amount of variation can be shown in form of figures with help of
a. absolute measures c. non-uniform measures
b. uniform measures d. exploratory measures
46. If total sum of square is 20 and sample variance is 5 then total number of observations are
a. 15 b. 25 c. 4 d. 35
47. If set of observations is 11, 13, 15, 12, 16, 18, 19, 14, 20, 17 and absolute mean deviation is 12 then
percentage of coefficient of mean absolute deviation is
a. 47.41% b. 57.41% c. 67.41% d. 77.41%
48. The average of squared deviations from mean is called:
a. Mean deviation b. Variance c. Standard deviation d. Coefficient of variation
49. The measures used to calculate the variation present among the observations in the unit of the
variable is called:
a. Relative measures of dispersion c. Coefficient of skewness
b. Absolute measures of dispersion d. Coefficient of variation
50. The measure of dispersion which uses only two observations is called:
a. Mean b. Median c. Range d. Coefficient of variation