Statistics MCQs on Correlation and Regression

Question 1: The value of coecient of correlation lies between

A) 0 to 1
B) 0 to -1
C) -1 to 1
D) 1 to -10

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Question 2: If the scatter diagram is drawn the scatter points
lie on a straight line then it indicate

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a) Skewness
b) Perfect correlation
c) No correlation
d) None of the above
Question 3: In the model Y = mX + a,Y is also known as the:
A) Predictor variable
B) Independent variable fea
C) Predicted (dependent) variable
D) Explanatory variable
Question 4: The regression equation is the line with slope a
passing through
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A) The point (X, Y )
B) The point (x, y)
C) The point (y, x)
D) The point (Y , X )
Question 5: If the regression equation is equal to Y
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= 23.6 −
54.2X , then 23.6 is the  while -54.2 is the  of the regression
line.
A) Slope, intercept
B) Intercept, slope
C) Slope, regression coecient
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D) Radius, intercept
Question 6: The sample coecient of correlation
A) Has the same sign as the slope, i.e. β
B) Can range from -1.00 up to 2.00
C) Is also called Peterson's r.
D) Can range from -3.00 up to 2.00

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Question 7: If the equation of regression line is y = 5, then

what result will you take out from it?
A) The line passes through origin
B) The line passes through (5, 0)
C) The line is parallel to y-axis

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D) The line is parallel to x-axis
Question √8: Which of the following relationship holds

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A) r13.2 = √ β13.2 × β31.2
B) r13.2 = √β12.3 × β21.3
C) r13.2 = β23.1 × β32.1
D) All of the above
Question 9: In regression equation y = a + β x + e, both x
and y variables are
A) Random
B) Fixed
C) x is xed and y is random
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D) y is xed and x is random E) none of above
Question 10: If R2 is zero, that is no collinearity/
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Multicollinearity, the variance ination factor (VIF) will be
A) Zero
B) One
C) Two
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D) None of the above.

Question 11: The method of least squares nds the best t
line that  the error between observed and estimated points
on the line
A) Maximizes
B) Minimizes
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C) Reduces to zero
D) Approaches to innity
Answers:
1) C 2) B 3) C 4) A 5) B
6) A 7) C 8) A 9) C 10) A
11) B

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