MCQ Bank
How are the observations within each class typically treated when calculating the approximate mean in grouped data?
- A) They are ignored due to the loss of identity in grouped data
- B) They are assumed to be equal to the upper limit of the class interval
- C) They are assumed to be identical to the midpoint of the class interval
- D) They are assumed to be equal to the lower limit of the class interval
The component bar chart is also known as the _______________ bar chart.
- A) simple
- B) horizontal
- C) subdivided
- D) multiple
Statistics is a numerical quantity which is calculated from ........
- A) sample
- B) observation
- C) population
- D) data
The __________ is used when we cannot give equal weight to each value.
- A) harmonic mean
- B) arithmetic mean
- C) median
- D) weighted mean
In ......bar chart,the basis of comparison is one dimensional.
- A) all of these
- B) simple
- C) Component
- D) multiple
If we have available to us information regarding totals and their components then the ______________ bar chart should be used.
- A) line
- B) simple
- C) component
- D) multiple
The performance of players is rated as excellent, good, fair or poor is an example of the __________ scale.
- A) interval
- B) nominal
- C) ratio
- D) ordinal
In a pie chart, the slices (sectors) of the pie represent portions of the ______________.
- A) whole
- B) three quarters
- C) quarter
- D) half
What characterizes a bi-modal frequency distribution?
- A) It has a one mode
- B) It has a symmetric shape
- C) It has two modes
- D) It has no distinct mode
${\text{In}}\,{\text{the}}\,{\text{given}}\,{\text{formula}}\,{\text{ }}\hat X = l + \frac{{{f_m} - {f_1}}}{{({f_m} - {f_1}) + ({f_m} - {f_2})}} \times h,{\text{ }}{f_m} = \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_.$
- A) frequency of the modal class
- B) frequency of the class following the modal class
- C) frequency of the class preceding the modal class
- D) cumulative frequency
What term is used to refer to the midpoint of each class in a frequency distribution?
- A) Class interval
- B) Class boundary
- C) Class mark
- D) Class median
If for a given problem, the domain of a variable contains only one value, then the variable is referred to as a __________.
- A) continuous
- B) constant
- C) qualitative
- D) ordinal
How is the arithmetic mean calculated?
- A) By finding the value with the highest frequency
- B) By finding the difference between the highest and lowest values
- C) By adding up all values and dividing by the total count
- D) By finding the middle value in a sorted dataset
If no. of students from category A=719 and from category B=481 and total no. of students is 1200 then percentage of students of Category A =……
- A) (719+1200)/100
- B) (719-1200)/100
- C) (481/1200)*100
- D) (719/1200)*100
The mode of the data 2.7, 3.5, 4.9, 5.1, 8.3 is....
- A) 5.1
- B) 3.5
- C) there is no mode for this data
- D) 4.9
The given set of all possible values from which a variable take on a value is called its........
- A) Data
- B) None of these
- C) Range
- D) Domain
A simple bar graph consists of _____________ bars of equal width and lengths proportional to values they represent.
- A) (III) slant
- B) (IV) Both (I) or (II).
- C) (I) horizontal
- D) (II) vertical
The most frequent value in the data is called………..
- A) midrange
- B) median
- C) mean
- D) mode
A matrix with dimension 1 \times n is known as _________.
- A) null matrix
- B) singular matrix
- C) column matrix
- D) row matrix
The matrix $A = \left[ {\begin{array}{*{20}{c}} 1 \\ 5 \\ {10} \end{array}} \right]$ is a _________ matrix.
- A) singular
- B) column
- C) null
- D) row