1. A statement made about a population for testing purpose is called?

a) Statistic
b) Hypothesis
c) Level of Significance
d) Test-Statistic
Answer: b
Explanation: Hypothesis is a statement made about a population in general. It is then
tested and correspondingly accepted if True and rejected if False.
2. If the assumed hypothesis is tested for rejection considering it to be true is called?
a) Null Hypothesis
b) Statistical Hypothesis
c) Simple Hypothesis
d) Composite Hypothesis
Answer: a
Explanation: If the assumed hypothesis is tested for rejection considering it to be true is
called Null Hypothesis. It gives the value of population parameter.
3. A statement whose validity is tested on the basis of a sample is called?
a) Null Hypothesis
b) Statistical Hypothesis
c) Simple Hypothesis
d) Composite Hypothesis
Answer: b
Explanation: In testing of Hypothesis a statement whose validity is tested on the basis of a
sample is called as Statistical Hypothesis. Its validity is tested with respect to a sample.
4. A hypothesis which defines the population distribution is called?
a) Null Hypothesis
b) Statistical Hypothesis
c) Simple Hypothesis
d) Composite Hypothesis
Answer: c
Explanation: A hypothesis which defines the population distribution is called as Simple
hypothesis. It specifies all parameter values.
5. If the null hypothesis is false then which of the following is accepted?
a) Null Hypothesis
b) Positive Hypothesis
c) Negative Hypothesis
d) Alternative Hypothesis.
Answer: d
Explanation: If the null hypothesis is false then Alternative Hypothesis is accepted. It is
also called as Research Hypothesis.
6. The point where the Null Hypothesis gets rejected is called as?
a) Significant Value
b) Rejection Value
c) Acceptance Value
d) Critical Value
Answer: d
Explanation: The point where the Null Hypothesis gets rejected is called as Critical
Value. It is also called as dividing point for separation of the regions where hypothesis is
accepted and rejected.
7. The “SPSS” is a package of programs for.
a) manipulation
b) analysing
c) presenting data
d) all of these
Answer: d) all of these
8. The “SPSS” is more widely use in.
a) Social and behavioral sciences
b) aerial science
c) a and b
d) none of these
Answer: A. social and behavioral sciences
9. SPSS base provides method for.
a) data description
b) linear regression
c) simple inference
d) all of these
Answer: d) all of these

10. Abbreviation of ANOVA is

a) Analysis of variance
b) Analysis of variant
c) Analysis of variable
d) None of these
Answer: a) Analysis of variance

11. Which measure of central tendency includes the magnitude of scores?

a) Mean
b) Mode
c) Median
d) Range
Answer: a)
12. Which of the following is not a disadvantage of using mean?
a) It is affected by extreme values
b) It cannot be computed in grouped data with open-ended class intervals
c) It does not possess the desired algebraic property
d) None of the above
Answer: c)

13. To calculate the median, all the items of a series have to be arranged in a/an
________.
a) Descending order
b) Ascending order
c) Ascending or descending order
d) None of the above
Answer: c)

14. Mode refers to the value within a series that occurs ________ number of times.
a) Maximum
b) Minimum
c) Zero
d) Infinite
Answer: a)

15. The values of extreme items do not influence the average for_________.
a) Mean
b) Mode
c) Median
d) None of the above
Answer: c)

16. The sum of deviations from the _________ is always zero.

a) Median
b) Mode
c) Mean
d) None of the above
Answer: c)

17. The number of observations smaller than ________ is the same as the number of
observations larger than it.
a) Median
 b) Mode
c) Mean
d) None of the above
Answer: a)

18. What is the mean of the following numbers: 23, 45, 87, 40, 50?
a) 49
b) 34
c) 56
d) None of the above
Answer: a)

19. Which of the following is a characteristic of a mean?

a) The sum of deviations from the mean is zero
b) It minimises the sum of squared deviations
c) It is affected by extreme scores
d) All of the above
Answer: d)

20. Which of the following diagrams is used to find the value of mode graphically?

a. Pie chart
b. Bar graph
c. Histogram
d. None of the above
Answer: c)

21. If x1, x2, x3,….., xn are the observations of a given data. Then the mean of the
observations will be:

a) Sum of observations/Total number of observations

b) Total number of observations/Sum of observations

c) Sum of observations +Total number of observations

d) None of the above

Answer: a) Sum of observations/Total number of observations

22. What is the standard deviation of given data?
a) 5.12
b) 2.55
c) 4.82
d) 3.41
Answer: d) 3.41

23. A ________ is a bar graph that shows data in intervals.

a) Bar-graph

b) Pie-chart

c) Histograph

d) Line Graph

Answer: c)

24. A graph that displays data that changes continuously over periods of time is called:
a) Bar-graph
b) Pie-chart
c) Histograph
d) Line Graph

Answer: d)

25. A line graph which is a whole unbroken line is called a:

a) Linear graph

b) Pie-chart

c) Histograph

d) Bar-graph

Answer: a)

26. Which point lies only on y-axis?

a) (-2,0)
 b) (2,0)

c) (0,-2)

d) (2,-2)

Answer: c)

27. If we join (-3, 2), (-3,-3) and (-3,4), then we obtain:

a) A triangle

b) Straight-line without passing through origin

c) Straight-line passing through origin

d) None of the above

Answer: b)

28. The point (4,0) lies on which of the following?

a) X-axis

b) Y-axis

c) Origin

d) None of the above

Answer: a)

29. The point (-2,-2) is:

a) Near to x-axis

b) Near to y-axis

c) Near to origin

d) Equidistant from x-axis and y-axis.

Answer: d)

30. The point (-2, 5) is nearer to:

 a) X-axis

b) Y-axis

c) Origin

d) None of the above

Answer: b)

31. The point (-5, 2) is nearer to:

a) X-axis

b) Y-axis

c) Origin

d) None of the above

Answer: a)

32. The point (0,0) lies at:

a) X-axis

b) Y-axis

c) Origin

d) None of the above

Answer: c)

33. Goodness of fit of a distribution is tested by

a) T-test

b) F-test

c) Chi-squre test

d) Z-test

Answer: c)
34. Which of the following are types of correlation?

a. Positive and Negative

b. Simple, Partial and Multiple
c. Linear and Nonlinear
d. All of the above
Answer: d

2. Which of the following is true for the coefficient of correlation?

a. The coefficient of correlation is not dependent on the change of scale
b. The coefficient of correlation is not dependent on the change of origin
c. The coefficient of correlation is not dependent on both the change of scale and
change of origin
d. None of the above
Answer: c

3. Which of the following statements is true for correlation analysis?

a. It is a bivariate analysis
b. It is a multivariate analysis
c. It is a univariate analysis
d. Both a and c
Answer: c

4. If the values of two variables move in the same direction, ___________

a. The correlation is said to be non-linear
b. The correlation is said to be linear
c. The correlation is said to be negative
d. The correlation is said to be positive
Answer: d

5. If the values of two variables move in the opposite direction, ___________

a. The correlation is said to be linear
b. The correlation is said to be non-linear
c. The correlation is said to be positive
d. The correlation is said to be negative
Answer: d

6. Which of the following techniques is an analysis of the relationship between two

variables to help provide the prediction mechanism?
a. Standard error
b. Correlation
 c. Regression
d. None of the above
Answer: c

7. Which of the following statements is true about the arithmetic mean of two
regression coefficients?
a. It is less than the correlation coefficient
b. It is equal to the correlation coefficient
c. It is greater than or equal to the correlation coefficient
d. It is greater than the correlation coefficient
Answer: d

8. What is the meaning of the testing of the hypothesis?

a. It is a significant estimation of the problem
b. It is a rule for acceptance or rejection of the hypothesis of the research
problem
c. It is a method of making a significant statement
d. None of the above
Answer: b

9. Which of the following statements is true about the null hypothesis?

a. Any wrong decision related to the null hypothesis results in two types of errors
b. Any wrong decision related to the null hypothesis results in one type of an
error
c. Any wrong decision related to the null hypothesis results in four types of
errors
d. Any wrong decision related to the null hypothesis results in three types of
errors
Answer: a

10. Which of the following statements is true about the type two error?
a. Type two error means to accept an incorrect hypothesis
b. Type two error means to reject an incorrect hypothesis
c. Type two error means to accept a correct hypothesis
d. Type two error means to reject a correct hypothesis
Answer: a

11. Which of the following statements is true about the level of significance?
a. In testing a hypothesis, we take the level of significance as 2% if it is not
mentioned earlier
b. In testing a hypothesis, we take the level of significance as 1% if it is not
mentioned earlier
 c. In testing a hypothesis, we take the level of significance as 10% if it is not
mentioned earlier
d. In testing a hypothesis, we take the level of significance as 5% if it is not
mentioned earlier
Answer: a

12. The independent variable is used to explain the dependent variable in ________.
a. Linear regression analysis
b. Multiple regression analysis
c. Non-linear regression analysis
d. None of the above
Answer: a

13. Which of the following statements is true about the regression line?
a. A regression line is also known as the line of the average relationship
b. A regression line is also known as the estimating equation
c. A regression line is also known as the prediction equation
d. All of the above
Answer: d

14. Which of the following statements is true about the correlational analysis
between two sets of data?
a. The correlational analysis between two sets of data is known as a simple
correlation
b. The correlational analysis between two sets of data is known as multiple
correlation
c. The correlational analysis between two sets of data is known as partial
correlation
d. None of the above
Answer: a

15. The original hypothesis is known as ______.

a. Alternate hypothesis
b. Null hypothesis
c. Both a and b are incorrect
d. Both a and b are correct
Answer: b