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1. The document is a mid-term test for a statistics course at Sindh Agriculture University containing 20 multiple choice and true/false questions covering fundamental concepts in statistics. 2. The questions cover topics such as types of data, descriptive versus inferential statistics, populations and samples, levels of measurement, graphical and numerical descriptive statistics methods, and the importance of statistics in decision making. 3. The test assesses students' understanding of key terminology and concepts addressed in an introductory statistics course through questions with a single correct answer about data collection, organization, analysis and interpretation.

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True/False Questions

1. The document is a mid-term test for a statistics course at Sindh Agriculture University containing 20 multiple choice and true/false questions covering fundamental concepts in statistics. 2. The questions cover topics such as types of data, descriptive versus inferential statistics, populations and samples, levels of measurement, graphical and numerical descriptive statistics methods, and the importance of statistics in decision making. 3. The test assesses students' understanding of key terminology and concepts addressed in an introductory statistics course through questions with a single correct answer about data collection, organization, analysis and interpretation.

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DEPARTMENT OF STATITICS

SINDH AGRICULTURE UNIVERSITY TANDO JA


MID-TERM TEST

SUBJECT CODE: STAT-401 DATE: 03-03-2021 TIME: 30 MINIETS

1. Primary data and _____________ data are same


Grouped  Secondary data  Ungrouped  None of these
2. The data which have already been collected by someone are called
 Raw data  Array data  Secondary data  Fictitious data
3. A constant variable can take values
 Zero  Fixed  Not fixed  Nothing
4. Data collected by NADRA to issue computerized identity cards (CICs) are
 Unofficial data  Qualitative data  Secondary data  Primary data  None of these
5. Census reports used as a source of data is
 Primary source  Secondary source  Organized data  None
6. The grouped data is also called
 Raw data  Primary data  Secondary data  Qualitative data
7. In inferential statistics, we study
 The methods to make decisions about the population based on sample results
 How to make decisions about mean, median, or mode  How a sample is obtained from a population
 None of the above
8. In statistics, a population consists of:
 All People living in a country  All People living in the area under study
 All subjects or objects whose characteristics are being studied  None of the above
9. You asked five of your classmates about their height. On the basis of this information, you stated that the average height
of all students in your university or college is 67 inches. This is an example of:
 Descriptive statistics  Inferential Statistics  Parameter  Population
10. Which one of the following variables is not categorical?
a. Age of a person. b. Gender of a person: male or female.
c. Choice on a test item: true or false. d. Marital status of a person (single, married, divorced, other)
11. The variables whose calculation is done according to the weight, height and length and weight are known as:
A) Flowchart Variables B) Discrete Variables C) Continuous Variables D) Measuring Variables
12. Graphical and numerical methods are specialized processes utilized in
A) Education Statistics B) Descriptive Statistics C) Business Statistics D) Social Statistics
13. In descriptive statistics, we study
 The description of the decision-making process  The methods for organizing, displaying and describing data
 How to describe the probability distribution  None of the above

True/False Questions

14. Collection of data is not a big problem but meaningful interpretation of data requires a sound knowledge of statistics.
15. The use of various statistical software like MS Excel, Minitab, SPSS, and SAS has reduced the burden of computing
16. A researcher need not have proper knowledge of the levels of data measurement represented by numbers that are to
be analyzed.
17. A population is a collection of a few elements, under statistical investigation. 
18. A scientific procedure to make inferences about the population on the basis of sample comes under descriptive
statistics.
19. A descriptive measure computed from a sample is called a statistic. 
20. In all the functional areas of business, like accounting, finance, management, and marketing, knowledge of statistics is a
key for decision making. 

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