Practice Exercise 1

Determine whether each statement is true

or false. If the statement is false, explain
why.

1. When the mean is computed for

individual data, all values in the data set
are used.
2. The mean cannot be found for grouped
data when there is an open class.
3. A single, extremely large value can
affect the median more than the mean.
4. One-half of all the data values will fall
above the mode.
5. In a data set, the mode will always be
unique.
6. The range and midrange are both
measures of variation.
7. One disadvantages of the median is that
it is not unique.
8. The mode and midrange are both
measures of variation.
9. If a person’s score on an exam
corresponds to the 75th percentile, then
that person obtained 75 correct answers
out of 100 questions.
10. Quartiles divides a distribution into four
equal parts.
Practice Exercise 2

Identify what is asked, give only the term

or the phrase that will make the statement
correct.

1. Values which divide the distribution

into ten equal parts.
2. Values that divide the distribution into
one hundred equal parts.
3. Measures of location or position which
include not only central location but
also any position based on the number
of equal divisions in a given
distribution.
4. Used to locate the position of a score in
a distribution.
5. A descriptive measure which are used to
locate the position of values or scores in
the distribution.
6. The simplest form of measuring the
variation of a distribution.
7. The average of the summation of the
absolute deviation of each observation
from the mean.
8. The ratio of the standard deviation to
the mean.
9. This refers to the difference between
one of a set of values and some fixed
value, usually the mean of the set.
10. This refers to the spread of the
values about the mean.
Practice Exercise 3
Select the best answer.
1. What is the value of the mode when all
values in the data set are different?
a. 0
b. 1
c. There is no mode
d. It cannot be determined unless the
data values are given.
2. When data are categorized as, for
example, places of residence (rural,
suburban, urban), the most appropriate
measure of central tendency is the
a. Mean
b. Median
c. Mode
d. midrange
3. P50 corresponds to
a. Q2
b. D5
c. IQR
d. midrange
4. Which is not part of the five-number
summary?
a. Q1 and Q3
b. The mean
c. The median
d. The smallest and the largest values
5. A statistic that tells the number of
standard deviations a data value is above
or below the mean is called
a. A quartile
b. A percentile
c. A coefficient of variation
d. A z-score
6. When a distribution is bell-shaped,
approximately what percentage of data
values will fall within 1 standard
deviation of the mean?
a. 50%
b. 68%
c. 95% d. 99.7%
7. A student takes 4 exams in a Statistics
class. Her grades are 89, 79, 95 and 100.
If asked of her average. Which measure
of central tendency is the student likely
to report?
a. Mean
b. Median
c. Mode
d. Range
8. Thirty people were asked of their
favorite color and their responses
were recorded. Which measure of
central tendency is most appropriate
for the recorded data?
a. Mean
b. Median
c. Mode
d. Range.
9. If we add the same constant c to
each item in a set of data, what will
happen to the mean of the new set of
data?
a. The mean remains unchanged
b. The mean of the original set is
multiplied c times
c. The mean of the original set plus
the constant c
d. The mean of the original set is
 doubled
10. Which measure of central tendency is
best use as a measure of an average if
there are extreme values.
a. mean
b. median
c. mode
d. range
11. The value that represents a set of data
will be the basis in determining whether
the group is performing better or poorer
than the other groups.
a. Measures of central tendency
b. Standard Deviation
c. Measures of Location
d. Quartile deviation
12. The results will help you determine if
the group is homogenous or not.
a. Measures of central tendency
b. Standard Deviation
c. Measures of Location
d. Quartile deviation
13. The results will also help you determine
the number of students that fall below
and above the average performance.
a. Standard Deviation
b. Quartile deviation
c. Percentile Rank
d. Mean Absolute Deviation
14. It will also tell how many of the
students fall below or above the region
of acceptance performance.
a. Standard Deviation
b. Quartile deviation
c. Percentile Rank
 d. Mean Absolute Deviation
15. Indicates the pupil’s relative position by
showing how far his raw score is above
or below average.
a. Standard Scores
b. Z-scores
c. MAD d. Percentile Rank
16. Express the pupil’s performance in
terms of standard unit from the mean.
a. Standard Scores
b. Z-scores
c. MAD d. Percentile Rank
17. Represented by the normal probability
curve or what is commonly called the
normal curve.
a. Standard Scores
b. Z-scores
c. MAD d. Percentile Rank
18. Used to have common unit to compare
raw scores from different tests.
a. Standard Scores
b. Z-scores
c. MAD d. Percentile Rank
19. Tells the percentage of examinees that
lies below one’s score.
a. Standard Scores
b. Z-scores
c. MAD d. Percentile Rank
20. Tells the numbers of SD’s equivalent to
a given raw score.
a. Standard Scores
b. Z-scores
c. MAD d. Percentile Rank
Practice Exercise 4

Complete these statements with the best

answer.
1. A measure obtained from sample data
a(n) __________.
2. Generally, Greek letters are used to
represent parameters, and Roman letters
are used to represent __________.
3. The positive square root of the variance
is called the __________.
4. The symbol for population standard
deviation is __________(in word).
5. When the sum of the lowest data value
and the highest data value is divided by
2, the measure is called __________.
6. If the mode is to the left of the median
and the mean is to the right of the
median, then the distribution is
________skewed.
7. An extremely high or extremely low data
value is called a(n) __________.
8. The quickest way to determine the
dispersion of scores because it is the
easiest measure to compute is ____
9. __________ is the most important
measure of dispersion.
10. __________ differentiates sets of scores
with equal averages.
11. The most useful measure of dispersion
is __________.
12. Often name as the mean square since we
are dividing the sum of squares by the
number of cases is __________.
13. __________ is frequently called the
semi-interquartile range. It is half the
distance between two quartile points.
14. __________ is only used when one is in
a hurry to get the measure of variability
since this is the least reliable of the
measure of variability.
15. It is used when the median is applied as
average, that is when the data depart
noticeably from normal.