MCQ Bank
Which process involves detecting the presence of null or unrecorded entries within a dataset?
- A) Data Visualization
- B) Data Coding
- C) Missing Value Analysis
- D) Data Sorting
When the numerical value of kurtosis is zero, the distribution is called:
- A) Skewed
- B) Mesokurtic
- C) Leptokurtic
- D) Platykurtic
A qualitative variable is usually expressed in alphabetical form; however, when it is coded into numerical form using numbers, it becomes a __________.
- A) Quantitative variables
- B) Qualitative variables
- C) Categorical variables
- D) Dependent variable
The process of applying steps to make data normal is called:
- A) Data formatting
- B) Data cleaning
- C) Data collection
- D) Data preparation
If the maximum value in a dataset is 40 and the minimum value is 12, what will be the Range?
- A) 52
- B) 28
- C) 40
- D) 12
When the numerical value of kurtosis is positive, the distribution is called:
- A) Leptokurtic
- B) Mesokurtic
- C) Platykurtic
- D) Symmetric
Which of the following practical procedure is used to calculate ‘Standard Deviation’ in SPSS?
- A) Standard Deviation---> Descriptive Statistics --->Descriptive---> Select Variable---> Options---> Analyze
- B) Analyze---> Descriptive---> Descriptive Statistics --->Options---> Select Variable --->Standard Deviation
- C) Analyze---> Descriptive Statistics --->Descriptive---> Select Variable--->Options--->Standard Deviation
- D) Select Variable--->Analyze---> Descriptive Statistics --->Descriptive---> Options--->Standard Deviation
In business analytics, word clouds are mostly used for which type of data?
- A) Coded data
- B) Unstructured textual data
- C) Graphs and charts
- D) Numerical data
__________ is a primarily used to visualize a single variable and is specifically designed for quantitative data.
- A) Bar chart
- B) Pie chart
- C) Scatter plot
- D) Histogram
Histogram can be used for qualitative variables.
- A) False
- B) True
- C)
- D)
A dataset is considered normal when the value of skewness is:
- A) Equal to zero
- B) Less than zero
- C) Greater than zero
- D) Greater than one
Suppose you want to divide data set of a variable income into four parts (quartiles). Which of the following sequence will be followed in SPSS?
- A) Analyze --->Descriptive Statistics--->Frequencies--->Variable--->Statistics--->Quartile
- B) Quartile--->Analyze--->Descriptive Statistics--->Frequencies--->Variable--->Statistics
- C) Descriptive Statistics--->Analyze ---> Frequencies--->Variable--->Statistics--->Quartile
- D) Variable--->Analyze --->Descriptive Statistics--->Frequencies---> Statistics--->Quartile
If the values of skewness and kurtosis lie between +1 and −1, the data is considered:
- A) Perfectly skewed
- B) Approximately normal
- C) Highly skewed
- D) Non-normal
A scatter plot is best used to show the relationship between two __________ variables.
- A) Nominal
- B) Descriptive
- C) Quantitative
- D) Qualitative
In social science research, an R-square value above 60% is generally interpreted as a __________ of model fit.
- A) Strong indicator
- B) Weak indicator
- C) Moderate indicator
- D) Perfect indicator
To simulate weekly sales using a normal distribution, which two inputs are required in SPSS?
- A) Minimum and maximum
- B) n and p
- C) Median and mode
- D) Mean and variance
__________ is the process of analyzing past data with suitable techniques to make informed decisions about future outcomes.
- A) Prescriptive Analytics
- B) Descriptive Analytics
- C) Predictive Analytics
- D) Diagnostic Analytics
In SPSS Curve Estimation, the model with the highest R-square generally indicates:
- A) The worst-fitting model
- B) The fastest model to compute
- C) The model with the most assumptions
- D) The best-fitting model
In a binomial distribution, the variance is _____________; where n is number of possibilities and p is no of happenings.
- A) n × p × (1 − p)
- B) (n × p)²
- C) n ÷ (1 − p)
- D) p × (1 − p)
The correct order of the four analytics stages is:
- A) Predictive → Diagnostic → Prescriptive → Descriptive
- B) Descriptive → Diagnostic → Predictive → Prescriptive
- C) Descriptive → Predictive → Diagnostic → Prescriptive
- D) Diagnostic → Predictive → Descriptive → Prescriptive