MCQ Bank
A pictorial presentation of the relationship between variables is called
- A) Region
- B) Graph
- C) Straight line
- D) Equation
In a histogram, what do the heights of the bars represent?
- A) Class intervals
- B) Class frequencies
- C) Midpoints of the classes
- D) Cumulative frequencies
What are the central tendencies?
- A) Mean, median, mode and harmonic mean
- B) none of them
- C) Mean, median, mode and range
- D) Mean, median, mode and midrange
The mode of the data 2.7, 3.5, 4.9, 5.1, 8.3 is
- A) 3.5
- B) There is no mode for this data
- C) 4.9
- D) 5.1
Which of the following represents the class interval for "15 but under 25"?
- A) 15 – 24
- B) 15 – 25
- C) 16 – 25
- D) 14 – 24
Under which of the following conditions for three terms a, b, c , their all central tendencies (mean, median & mode) are equal
- A) a > b > c
- B) a > b but b < c
- C) a = b = c
- D) a < b < c
The Harmonic Mean of the data 8, 5, 3 is
- A) 5.44
- B) 4.55
- C) None of these
- D) 3.44
A data in which we study about income is called ……
- A) Qualitative
- B) Geographical
- C) Chronological
- D) Quantitative
For the class 165 – 184 the mid point will be
- A) 176.5
- B) To find mid point at least two classes are required.
- C) 172.5
- D) 174.5
How is the median calculated if a dataset has an even number of values?
- A) It cannot be determined.
- B) It is the most frequent value.
- C) It is the average of the two middle values.
- D) It is the middle value.
What type of data is most suitable for creating a histogram?
- A) Numerical data
- B) Qualitative data
- C) Categorical data
- D) Ordinal data
Bivariate categorical data can be organized as
- A) Contingency Tables
- B) Only option 2 & 3
- C) Side by Side Bar charts
- D) The Summary Table
For Symmetrical Distribution, if mean = 20, then ------------
- A) mode = 18, median = 18
- B) mode = 19, median = 18
- C) mode = 19, median = 19
- D) mode = 20, median = 20
Range of data: 4,3,2,1,0,-1,-2,-3,-4 is
- A) -4
- B) 4
- C) 8
- D) -8
If the number of terms in the data are even then the median of the data is ……..
- A) The average of 1st and 2nd quartiles
- B) The average of two middle terms
- C) The average of smallest and largest
- D) The average of 1st and 3rd quartiles
When using the MEDIAN function with an array or range, which of the following is included in the calculation?
- A) Logical values
- B) Text values
- C) Empty cells
- D) Cells with the value zero
A graphical method of representing the sample points of a multiple-step experiment is
- A) An ogive
- B) A tree diagram
- C) A frequency polygon
- D) A histogram
The formula for finding the geometric mean of the data $$(X_1 ,X_2 ,X_3 ,...,X_n )$$ is given by . . . . . . .
- A) $$\bar X = \frac{{X_1 \times X_2 \times X_3 \times ... \times X_n }}{n}$$
- B) $$\bar X = (X_1 \times X_2 \times X_3 \times ... \times X_n )^{1/n}$$
- C) $$\bar X = (X_1 + X_2 + X_3 + ... + X_n )^{1/n}$$
- D) $$\bar X = (X_1 \times X_2 \times X_3 \times ... \times X_n )^n$$
…………is used in compounding such as investments that are accumulated over a period of time
- A) Geometric mean
- B) Arithmetic mean
- C) Mid range
- D) Harmonic mean
In Qualitative data we study about the ….
- A) Weight
- B) Religion
- C) Height
- D) Income