Ch 15

Maximum Mark 40

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1) This is also known as measure of central tendency :

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Ratio

Proportion

Ratio

Statistical average

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2) Pick the odd one

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Quartiles

Median

Mode

Deciles

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3) Who said “An average value is a single value....... of central tendency or value” ?

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Clark

Schutlz

Cowden

Groxton & Cowden

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4) The most suitable average for qualitative measurement is

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Arithmetic Mean

Median

Mode

Geometric Mean

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5) Mode can be graphically located by means of

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Bar diagram

Ogive

Histogram

Pie Diagram

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6) Which of the following is the most commonly used average ?

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Arithmetic Mean

Median

Percentile

Mode

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7) Who said, “Statistics as the sciences of average” ?

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Heco

Bowley

Hall

Marshall

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8) In how many parts averages are divided ?

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Two

Three

Four

None

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9) Which of the following divides data into four equal parts

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Decile

Percentile

Quartile

None of these

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10) Mode is equal to

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2 median – 1 mean

3 median – 3mean

2 median – 3 mean

3 median – 2 mean

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11) Geometric mean is type of which means :

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Positional

Mathematical

Scientific

None

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12) ow many types of mathematical averages are there :

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Three

Four

One

None of these

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13)  Mode is :

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Mathematical average

Median

Positional average

None

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14) The algebraic sum of deviation of a set of ‘n’ values from arithmetic mean is

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n

0

1

None of these

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15) Which average is affected most by the presence of extreme items ?

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Median

Arithmetic Mean

Mode

Geometric Mean

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16) Arithmetic mean of below given data is

100, 200, 150, 250 and 300 

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350

500

200

100

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17) Who said, “The Arithmetic mean is the centre of gravity of a distribution” ?

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H.Secrists

FC. Mills

Hall

Marshall

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18) Common factor is depicted by the letter

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F

c

r

A

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19) The average value of a given variable is known as

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Arithmetic Mean

Median

S.D

None of these

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20) Median is the

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Middle value

Upper extreme value

Lower extreme value

None of the above

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21) Arithmetic Mean should be

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Rigidly defined

Based on all items

Simple

All the above

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22) The formula of Arithmetic mean is :

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som of x divided by n

N devided by sum of x

x̅ = ΣxN

None of these

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23) Q3 represents

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Median

Upper quartile

Lower quartile

None of these

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24) Which is not a positional average ?

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Arithmetic mean

Partition Value

Median

Mode

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25) Types of Arithmetic means are :

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Two

Three

Five

None of these

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26) Division of series into 100 equal parts

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Deciles

Quartiles

Percentiles

None of these

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27) Median divides series into parts :

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Two

Three

Ten

Hundred

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28) Pick the odd one.

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Arithmetic Mean

Median

Mode

Standard Deviation 

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29) N+1 divided by 10 th item is used to calculate

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Percentiles

Quartiles

Deciles

None of these

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30) Before determining median, series has to be rearranged in ascending or descending order.

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True

False

Can't say

None

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31) In how many parts statistical average is devided ?

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Two

One

Three

Four

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32) Select one, which is not the merit of Mode

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Easy to understand

No need to count all frequencies

Can find using graphical method

Ignores extreme values

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33) How many deciles does a set of data have?

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One

Nine

Ten

Ninty Nine

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34) What is the mode of the following series ?

5, 20, 22, 10, 8, 4, 3, 17 , 10, 13, 12.

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11

5

10

None of these

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35) Data represented through a histogram can help in finding graphically the

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Mean

Median

Mode

Standard Deviation

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36) How many types of mathamatical averages are there ?

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One

Two

Three 

None of these

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37) Which average would be suitable in the following case?

In case of open-ended frequency distribution.

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Mean

Median

Mode

All of the above

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38) Can there be a situation where mean, meadian and mode are equal ?

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Yes

No

Can’t say

None of these

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39) The central tendency based on all values is

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Mean

Median

Mode

Mean Deviation

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40) The average which can be determined through ogive is

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Mode

Median

Mean

None of these

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