MCQ Bank
An intercept, whether significant or insignificant, cannot be removed from a multiple regression model. An intercept, whether significant or insignificant, cannot be removed from a multiple regression model.
- A) True
- B) False
- C)
- D)
Which of the following is the primary objective of Predictive Analytics?
- A) Future decision-making
- B) Data cleaning
- C) Record keeping
- D) Historical reporting
__________ is a mathematical term that simply refers to the angel used to draw a regression line.
- A) Coefficient
- B) Slope
- C) Variable
- D) Constant
Estimating an unknow or intermediate value by using the known data values is called __________.
- A) Classification
- B) Correlation
- C) Exertion
- D) Prediction
In __________, we study one-sided relationship among variables, in which variable A affects variable B, but variable B is not assumed to affect variable A.
- A) Co-relation Analysis
- B) Optimization Analysis
- C) Simulation Analysis
- D) Regression Analysis
A bank uses historical customer data to predict how many new accounts will open accounts next month. This process is:
- A) Forecasting
- B) Accounting
- C) Optimization
- D) Promotion
Which table in the SPSS output is used to determine the significance of the entire regression model?
- A) Coefficient table
- B) Model Summary table
- C) ANOVA table
- D) Residuals Statistics table
In social science research, an R-square value between 40% and 60% is generally interpreted as a __________ of model fit.
- A) Moderate indicator
- B) Strong indicator
- C) Weak indicator
- D) Perfect indicator
What is the main objective of optimization?
- A) To ignore limitations
- B) To find the best possible solution considering given conditions
- C) To find any solution
- D) To increase complexity
The R-square value in a multiple regression analysis shows how much variation in the dependent variable is explained by all independent variables together.
- A) False
- B) True
- C)
- D)
What is the minimum number of variables required to draw a Scatter Plot?
- A) Three
- B) One
- C) Two
- D) Four
A positively skewed histogram suggests that the value of p (probability) in the binomial distribution will likely be:
- A) Exactly 0.5
- B) Less than 0.5
- C) Greater than 0.5
- D) Close to 1
Monte Carlo simulation requires mean and variance when using the normal distribution.
- A) False
- B) True
- C)
- D)
In multiple regression analysis, the beta value shows how much the dependent variable changes when only one independent variable increases by one unit, keeping effect of other independent variables__________.
- A) Random
- B) Decreasing
- C) Constant
- D) Increasing
Mean and variance are required inputs for both binomial and normal simulations.
- A) False
- B) True
- C)
- D)
Dependent variable in Multiple Regression Analysis must be a ___________ variable.
- A) Categorical
- B) Nominal
- C) Qualitative
- D) Quantitative
In statistics, which of the following Greek symbol is used to denote the slope of regression line?
- A) Beta
- B) Delta
- C) Gamma
- D) Alpha
Separating a gender dataset into male and female categories is an example of grouping data.
- A) True
- B) False
- C)
- D)
Non-linear regression is different from linear regression because:
- A) It always has one variable only
- B) It uses only numbers less than 100
- C) It cannot be used in business
- D) The effect of X on Y is not constant
Estimating future values based on existing or historical data is called __________.
- A) Trending
- B) Budgeting
- C) Prediction
- D) Forecasting