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CA Foundation

Statistics – DISPERSION
Time: 1 Hour Marks: 50
Date: 30/09/2023

1. Which measure is based on only the central fifty percent of the observation?
a. Standard deviation
b. Quartile deviation
c. Mean deviation
d. All those measures
2. When it comes to comparing two or more distributions we consider
a. Absolute measures of dispersion
b. Relative measures of dispersion
c. Both (a) and(b)
d. Either (a) or (b)
3. Which measures of dispersions is not affected by the presence of extreme observations
a. Range
b. Mean deviation
c. Standard deviation
d. Quartile deviation
4. Which measure of dispersion is considered for finding a pooled measure of dispersion after combing several
groups?
a. Mean deviation
b. Standard deviation
c. Quartile deviation
d. Any of these
5. Most useful among all measures of dispersion is
a. S.D
b. Q.D
c. Mean deviation
d. None
6. Which one is easier to compute?
a. Relative measures of dispersion
b. Absolute measures of dispersion
c. Both (a) and (b)
d. Range
7. Which one is an absolute measure of dispersion?
a. Range
b. Mean Deviation
c. Standard Deviation
d. All these measures
8. Which measure of dispersion is most usefull?
a. Standard deviation
b. Quartile deviation
c. Mean deviation
d. Rang
9. Which measure of dispersion is considered for finding a pooled measure of dispersion aftercombining several
groups?
a. Mean deviation
b. Standard deviation
c. Quartile deviation
d. Any of these
10. A shift of origin has no impact on
a. Range
b. Mean deviation
c. Standard deviation
d. All these and quartile deviation.
11. The range of 15, 12, 10, 9, 17, 20 is
a. 5
b. 12
c. 13
d. 11.
12. The standard deviation of 10, 16, 10, 16, 10, 10, 16, 16 is
a. 4
b. 6
c. 3
d. 0.
13. For any two numbers SD is always
a. Twice the range
b. Half of the range
c. Square of the range
d. None of these.
14. If the range of x is 2, what would be the range of –3x +50 ?
a. 2
b. 6
c. –6
d. 44
15. What is the value of mean deviation about mean for the following numbers?5, 8, 6, 3, 4.
a. 5.20
b. 7.20
c. 1.44
d. 2.23
16. What is the value of mean deviation about mean for the following observations?50, 60, 50, 50, 60,
60, 60, 50, 50, 50, 60, 60, 60, 50.
a. 5
b. 7
c. 35
d. 10
17. The coefficient of mean deviation about mean for the first 9 natural numbers is
a. 200/9
b. 80
c. 400/9
d. 50
18. If quartile range is 24 then quartile deviation is
a. 48
b. 12
c. 24
d. 72
19. If mean absolute deviation of set of observations is 8.5 then value of quartile deviation is
a. 08
b. 9.08
c. 10.2
d. 11.2
20. Sum of all squared deviations is divided by total number of observations to calculate
a. population deviation
b. population variance
c. sample deviation
d. sample variance
21. Sum of all squared deviations is divided by total number of observations to calculate
a. population deviation
b. population variance
c. sample deviation
d. sample variance
22. Dispersion measures
a. The scatterness of a set of observations
b. The concentration of a set of observations
c. Both (a) and (b)
d. Neither (a) and (b)
23. In measuring dispersion it is necessary to know the amount of --------- & the degree of ---
a. Variation, variation
b. Variation, median
c. Median, variation
d. None
24. The degree of variation is designated as --------measure of dispersion
a. Relative
b. Absolute
c. Both
d. None
25. A range of value is
a. A point estimate
b. An interval estimate
c. Both
d. None of these
26. -----is extremely sensitive to the size of the sample
a. Range
b. Mean
c. Median
d. Mode
27. If each item is reduced by 10, the range is
a. Increased by 10
b. Decreased by 10
c. Unchanged
d. None
28. For the observations 4,2,6,3,9,5,11,70,10 range is--------
a. 70
b. 2
c. 68
d. 11
29. Quartile deviation of a data is defined as
a. (Q1+Q2)/2
b. (Q3-Q1)/2
c. Q3-Q1
d. None of these
30. The lower &upper quartiles are used to define
a. Standard deviation
b. Quartile deviation
c. Both
d. None
31. Which of the following measures of dispersion is independent of the units employed?
a. Coefficient of variation
b. Quartile deviation
c. Standard deviation
d. Range
32. If median =12, Q1=6,Q3=22 then the coefficient of Quartile deviation is
a. 33.33
b. 60
c. 66.67
d. 70
33. If the quartile deviation of x is 8 and 3x + 6y =20, then the quartile deviation of y is
a. -4
b. 3
c. 5
d. 4
34. A batsman scores runs in 10 innings 38,70,48,34,42,55,63,46,54 and 44, then the mean deviation is------
a. 8.8
b. 6.4
c. 10.6
d. 9.6
35. The Mean deviation about mode for the numbers 4/11,6/11,8/11,9/11,12/11,8/11 is
a. 8/11
b. 1/6
c. 6/11
d. 5/11
36. The most commonly used measure of dispersion is
a. Range
b. Standard deviation
c. Coefficient of variation
d. Quartile deviation
37. When all the values are equal then variance & Standard deviation would be
a. 2
b. -1
c. 1
d. 0
38. If the standard deviation of the 1st n natural numbers is 2, then the value of n must be
a. 2
b. 7
c. 6
d. 5
39. If x and y are related by 2x+3y+4=0 and Standard deviation of x is 6, then Standard deviation of y is
a. 22
b. 4
c. √5
d. 9.
40. 𝑋̅ =50, S D=25;the C.V. is -----
a. 200%
b. 25%
c. 50%
d. 100%
41. The quartiles of a variable are 45, 52 and 65 respectively. Its quartile deviation is
a. 10
b. 20
c. 25
d. 8.30
42. If x and y are related as 3x+4y=20 and the quartile deviation of x is 12, then the quartile deviation of y is
a. 16
b. 14
c. 10
d. 9
43. The variance of 19, 21, 23, 25 and 27 is 8. The variance of 14, 16, 18, 20 and 22 is:
a. Greater than 8
b. 8
c. Less than 8
d. 8 - 5 = 3
44. If x and y are related by y=2x+5 and the SD and AM of x are known to be 5 and 10 respectively, then the co-
efficient of variation is
a. 25
b. 30
c. 40
d. 20
45. The scatter in a series of values about the average is called:
a. Central tendency
b. Dispersion
c. Skewness
d. Symmetry
46. The measurements of spread or scatter of the individual values around the central point is called:
a. Measures of dispersion
b. Measures of central tendency
c. Measures of skewness
d. Measures of kurtosis
47. The measures used to calculate the variation present among the observations in the unit of the variable is called:
a. Relative measures of dispersion
b. Coefficient of skewness
c. Absolute measures of dispersion
d. Coefficient of variation
48. 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
49. The degree to which numerical data tend to spread about an average value called:
a. Constant
b. Flatness
c. Variation
d. Skewness
50. Which measure of dispersion can be computed in case of open-end classes?
a. Standard deviation
b. Range
c. Quartile deviation
d. Coefficient of variation
ANSWER KEY
CA Foundation
Statistics – DISPERSION
Time: 1 Hour Marks: 50
Date: 30/09/2023

1. B 18. B 35. B
2. D 19. A 36. B
3. D 20. B 37. D
4. B 21. B 38. B
5. A 22. A 39. B
6. D 23. A 40. C
7. D 24. A 41. A
8. A 25. B 42. D
9. B 26. A 43. B
10. D 27. C 44. C
11. D 28. C 45. B
12. C 29. B 46. A
13. B 30. B 47. C
14. B 31. A 48. D
15. C 32. C 49. C
16. A 33. D 50. C
17. C 34. A

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