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Question No: 1

For a particular data the value of Pearson’s coefficient of skewness is greater than zero. What will be the
shape of distribution?

1. Negatively skewed
2. J-shaped
3. Symmetrical
4. Positively skewed

Question No: 2

In measures of relative dispersion unit of measurement is:

1. Changed
2. Vanish
3. Does not changed
4. Dependent

Question No: 3

The F-distribution always ranges from:

1. 0 to 1
2. 0 to -∞
3. -∞ to +∞
4. 0 to +∞

Question No: 4

In chi-square test of independence the degrees of freedom are:

1. n-p
2. n - p-1
3. n - p- 2
4. n–2

Question No: 5

The Chi- Square distribution is continuous distribution ranging from:

1. -∞ ≤ χ2≤ ∞
2. -∞ ≤χ2 ≤1
3. -∞ ≤χ2 ≤0
4. 0 ≤ χ2≤ ∞
Question No: 6

If ŷ is the predicted value for a given x-value and b is the y-intercept then the equation of a regression
line for an independent variable x and a dependent variable y is:

1. ŷ = mx + b, where m = slope
2. x = ŷ + mb, where m = slope
3. ŷ = x/m + b, where m = slope
4. ŷ = x + mb, where m = slope

Question No: 7

The location of the critical region depends upon:

1. Null hypothesis
2. Alternative hypothesis
3. Value of alpha
4. Value of test-statistic

Question No: 8

The t-Distribution is_____________ spread out then the standard normal Distribution.

1. Less
2. More
3. Equally
4. Not

Question No: 9

To find the confidence internal for the ratio of two variances we use:

1. F-Distribution
2. Z-Distribution
3. Chi-Square Distribution
4. T-Distribution

Question No: 10

How many percent of values are less than 4th Deciles in a symmetric distribution?

1. 14
2. 24
3. 4
4. 40

Question No: 11
The combined distribution of more than two random variables is:

1. Bivariate Distribution
2. Marginal Distribution
3. Joint Distribution
4. Univar ate Distribution

Question No: 12

The degrees of freedom for a T-test with sample size 14 are:

1. 14
2. 13
3. 7
4. 0

Question No: 13

Which of the falling is true for the binomial distribution b(x: n, p):

1. Mean > Variance

2. Mean < Variance
3. Mean = Variance
4. Mean = Standard Deviation

Question No: 14

What is m f in the formula of mode?

1. first frequency
2. last frequency
3. middle frequency
4. highest frequency

Question No: 15

The parameters of the binomial distribution b(x; n, p) are:

1. x&n
2. x&p
3. n&p
4. x, n & p

Question No: 16

Which of the following is true for the Poisson distribution?

 1. mean > variance
2. mean < variance
3. mean = variance
4. mean= standard deviation

Question No: 17

If a significance level of 1% is used rather than 5%, the null hypothesis is:

1. More likely to be rejected

2. Less likely to be rejected
3. Just as likely to be rejected
4. None of the above

Question No: 18

The variance of the chi-square distribution is:

1. 2v
2. v-1
3. v -2
4. v

Question No: 19

The degrees of freedom for a t-test with sample size 10 are:

1. 5
2. 8
3. 9
4. 10

Question No: 20

The value of χ2can never is:

1. Zero–
2. Less than 1
3. Greater than 1
4. Negative

Question No: 21

ANOVA was introduced by:

1. Helmet
2. Pearson
 3. R.A Fisher
4. Francis

Question No: 22

The test statistic used in analysis of variance procedure follows the________________ distribution.

1. χ2
2. T
3. Z
4. F

Question No: 23

For testing of hypothesis about population proportion, we use:

1. Z-test
2. T-Test
3. Both Z & T-test
4. F test

Question No: 24

A die is rolled. What is the probability that the number rolled is greater than 2 and even:

1. 1/2
2. 1/3
3. 2/3 4/6 = 2/3
4. 5/6

Question No: 25

The probability of drawing a king of spade from a pack of 52 cards is:

1. 1/4
2. 1/13
3. 1/26
4. 1/52

Question No: 26

From point estimation, we always get:

1. Single value
2. Two values
3. Range of values
4. Zero
Question No: 27

When c is a constant, then E(c) is:

1. 0
2. 1
3. C
4. –c

Question No: 28

Var (4X + 5) =

1. 16 Var (X)
2. 16 Var (X) + 5
3. 4 Var (X) + 5
4. 12 Var (X)

Question No: 29

The hyper geometric random variable is a (an):

1. Continuous variable
2. Discrete variable
3. Undefined
4. Independent variable

Question No: 30

From a sample of 200 people were asked whether they like a particular product. Fifty said 'yes' and
remain said 'no', assuming ‘yes’ means a success, which of the following is correct?

1. Sample proportion p=0.33

2. Sample proportion p=0.25
3. Population proportion p= 0.33
4. Population proportion p=0.25

Question No: 31

In any data set, what percent of values fall in the interval Median ± Q.D?

1. 50 per cent
2. 68.5 per cent
3. 95.4 per cent
4. 99 per cent

Question No: 32
The height of a student is 60 inches. This is an example of ?

1. Continuous data
2. Qualitative data
3. Categorical data
4. Discrete data

Question No: 33

In Statistics, we have MSE which is abbreviation of……

1. Mean square error

2. Measured square error
3. Medical screening exam
4. Major sampling error

Question No: 34

The deviation of a distribution from symmetry is called:

1. Kurtosis
2. Skewness
3. Dispersion
4. Flatness

Question No: 35

If E is an impossible event, then P (E) is:

1. 1
2. 2
3. 0
4. 0.5

Question No: 36

If a data set has the even number of observations, the median:

1. Is the average value of the two middle items?

2. Cannot be determined
3. Must be equal to the mean
4. Is the average value of the two middle items when all items are arranged in ascending order?

Question No: 37

In testing of hypothesis, we always begin it with assuming that:

 1. Null hypothesis is true
2. Alternative hypothesis is true
3. Sample size is large
4. Population is normal

Question No: 38

When each outcome of a sample space has equal chance to occur as any other, the outcomes are called:

1. Mutually exclusive
2. Equally likely
3. Not mutually exclusive
4. Exhaustive

Question No: 39

The LSD test is applied only if the null hypothesis is:

1. Rejected
2. Accepted
3. No conclusion
4. Acknowledged

Question No: 40

Analysis of variance is a procedure that enables us to test the equality of several:

1. Variances
2. Means
3. Proportions
4. Groups

Question No: 41

If a random variable X denotes the number of heads when three distinct coins are tossed, the X assumed
the values:

1. 0,1,2,3
2. 1,3,3,1
3. 1, 2, 3
4. 3, 2

Question No: 42

If X and Y are independent variables, then E (XY) is:

1. E(XX)
 2. E(X).E(Y)
3. X.E(Y)
4. Y.E(X)

Question No: 43

If P (E) is the probability that an event will occur, which of the following must be false:

1. P(E)= - 1
2. P(E)=1
3. P(E)=1/2
4. P(E)=1/3

Question No: 44

The analysis of variance technique is a method for:

1. Comparing F distributions
2. Comparing three or more means
3. Measuring sampling error
4. Comparing variances

Question No: 45

The continuity correction factor is used when:

1. The sample size is at least 5

2. Both nP and n (1-P) are at least 30
3. A continuous distribution is used to approximate a discrete distribution
4. The standard normal distribution is applied

Question No: 46

Stem and leaf is more informative when data is:

1. Equal to 100
2. Greater Than 100
3. Less than 100 click here for detail
4. In all situations

Question No: 47

The branch of Statistics that is concerned with the procedures and methodology for obtaining valid
conclusions is called:
 1. Descriptive Statistics
2. Advance Statistics
3. Inferential Statistics
4. Sampled Statistics

Question No: 48

Which of the following is a systematic arrangement of data into rows and columns?

1. Classification
2. Tabulation
3. Bar chart
4. Component bar chart

Question No: 49

If you connect the mid-points of rectangles in a histogram by a series of lines that also touches the x-axis
from both ends, what will you get?

1. Ogive
2. Frequency polygon
3. Frequency curve
4. Historigram

Question No: 50

Which one of the following statements is true regarding a population?

1. It must be a large number of values

2. It must refer to people
3. It is a collection of individuals, objects, or measurements
4. It is small part of whole

Question No: 51

In a simple linear regression model, if it is assumed that the intercept parameter is equal to zero, then:

1. The regression line will pass through the origin

2. The regression line will pass through the point (0, 10).
3. The regression line will pass through the point (0,-10).
4. The slope of the line will also be equal to 0.

Question No: 52

A failing student is passed by an examiner is an example of:

1. Type I error
 2. Type II error
3. Correct decision
4. No information regarding student exams

Question No: 53

When the random variable X and Y are independent, its co-variance is:

1. One
2. Negative
3. Zero
4. Positive

Question No: 54

Which dispersion is calculated from all the observations?

1. Standard deviation
2. Quartile deviation
3. Range
4. Coefficient of Range

Question No: 55

Standard deviation of the data 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7 is

1. 49
2. Sqrt (7)
3. 0
4. 7

Question No: 56

Which one is the poor measure of dispersion in open-end distribution?

1. Range
2. Standard deviation
3. Mean deviation
4. Variance

Question No: 57

Men tend to marry women who are slightly younger than themselves. Suppose that every man married
a woman who was exactly 5 years younger than themselves. Which of the following is correct?
 1. The correlation is −5
2. The correlation is 5
3. The correlation is 1
4. The correlation is 0

Question No: 58

Sum of absolute deviations of the values is least when deviations are taken from:

1. Mean
2. Median
3. Mode
4. Geometric mean

Question No: 59

Which of the following measures of central location is affected most by extreme values?

1. Geometric Mean
2. Median
3. Mean
4. Mode

Question No: 60

The difference between expected value of statistic and parameter is called:

1. Non-sampling error
2. Sampling error
3. Standard error
4. Bias

Question No: 61

The F-distribution has …… parameter.

1. One
2. No
3. Two
4. Three

Question No: 62

Evaluate: (9-4)!

1. 362880
2. 120
 3. 24
4. 6

Question No: 63

Which formula represents the probability of the complement of event A?

1. 1 + P (A)
2. 1 - P (A)
3. P (A)
4. P (A) -1

Question No: 64

Ideally the width of confidence interval should be:

1. 0
2. 1
3. 99
4. 100

Question No: 65

The probability distribution of a statistic is called the:

1. Population distribution
2. Frequency distribution
3. Sampling distribution
4. Sample distribution

Question No: 66

A discrete probability function f(x) is always:

1. Non-negative
2. Negative
3. One
4. Zero

Question No: 67

An expected value of a random variable is equal to:

1. Variance
2. Mean
3. Standard deviation
4. Covariance
Question No: 68

Which of the following is impossible in sampling?

1. Destructive tests
2. Heterogeneous
3. To make voters list
4. None of these

Question No: 69

Which one of the following statements is true regarding a sample?

1. It is a part of population
2. It must contain at least five observations
3. It refers to descriptive statistics
4. It produces True value

Question No: 70

The data for an Ogive is found in which distribution?

1. A relative frequency distribution

2. A frequency distribution
3. A joint frequency distribution
4. A cumulative frequency distribution

Question No: 71

The curve of the F- distribution depends upon:

1. Degrees of freedom
2. Sample size
3. Mean
4. Variance

Question No: 72

When a fair die is rolled, the sample space consists of:

1. 2 outcomes
2. 6 outcomes
3. 36 outcomes
4. 16 outcomes

Question No: 73
When testing for independence in a contingency table with 3 rows and 4 columns, there are _
degrees of freedom.

1. 5
2. 6
3. 7
4. 12

Question No: 74

A uniform distribution is defined by:

1. Its largest and smallest value

2. Smallest value
3. Largest value
4. Mid value

Question No: 75

Which graph is made by plotting the mid-point and frequencies?

1. Frequency polygon
2. Ogive
3. Histogram
4. Frequency curve

Question No: 76

In a set of 20 values all the values are 10, what is the value of median?

1. 2
2. 5
3. 10
4. 20

Question No: 77

For a particular data the value of Pearson’s coefficient of skewness is greater than zero. What will be the
shape of distribution?

1. Negatively skewed
2. J-shaped
3. Symmetrical
4. Positively skewed

Question No: 78
In chi-square test of independence the degrees of freedom are:

1. n-p
2. n - p-1
3. n - p- 2
4. n–2

Question No: 79

E (4X + 5) =

1. 12 E (X)
2. 4 E (X) + 5
3. 16 E (X) + 5
4. 16 E (X)

Question No: 80

In an ANOVA test there are 5 observations in each of three treatments. The degrees of freedom in the
numerator and denominator respectively are.......

1. 2, 4
2. 3, 15
3. 3, 12
4. 2, 12

Question No: 81

A set that contains all possible outcomes of a system is known as

1. Finite Set
2. Infinite Set
3. Universal Set
4. No of these

Question No: 82

A population that can be defined as the aggregate of all the conceivable ways in which a specified event
can happen is known as:

1. Infinite population
2. Finite population
3. Concrete population
4. Hypothetical population

Question No: 83
The number of telephone calls that pass through a switchboard has a Poison distribution with mean
equal to 2 per minute. The probability that no telephone calls pass through the switchboard in two
consecutive minutes is:

1. 0.2707
2. 0.0517
3. 0.0183
4. 0.0366

Question No: 84

The range of the binomial distribution is:

1. 0, 1, 2, ... , 100
2. 0, 1, 2, … , n
3. 0, 1, 2, … , x
4. 1, 2, … , n

Question No: 85

Which of the following is NOT CORRECT about a standard normal distribution?

1. P(0 ≤ Z ≤ 1.50) = .4332

2. P(Z ≥2.0) = .0228
3. P (Z ≥-2.5) = .4938
4. P (Z ≤ -1.0) = .1587

Question No: 86

The collection of all outcomes for an experiment is called:

1. A sample space
2. Joint probability simple event
3. The intersection of events
4. Random experiment

Question No: 87

If one event is unaffected by the outcome of another event the two events are said to be:

1. Dependent
2. Not Mutually Exclusive
3. Mutually Exclusive
4. Independent

Question No: 88
Probability of an impossible event is always:

1. Less than one

2. Greater than one
3. Between one and zero
4. Zero

Question No: 89

The function abbreviated to D.F. is also called the......

1. Probability density function

2. Probability distribution function
3. Commutative distribution function
4. Discrete function

Question No: 91

The total area under the normal curve is:

1. 0
2. 1
3. 0.5
4. 0.75

Question No: 92

For exhaustive events, the P (AUBUC) is equal to:

1. P(A)
2. P(S)
3. P(A) * P(B)* P(C)
4. P(B)

Question No: 93

One card is drawn from a standard 52 card deck. In describing the occurrence of two possible events, an
Ace and a King, these two events are said to be:

1. Independent
2. Randomly independent
3. Random variables
4. Mutually exclusive

Question No: 94

The number of parameters in hyper geometric distribution is (are):

 1. 1
2. 2
3. 3
4. 4

Question No: 95

If Y=bX, then variance of Y is

1. b*2 Var(x)
2. Var(x)
3. b Var(x)
4. b square root Var(x)

Question No: 96

If f(x) is a continuous probability function, then P(X = 2) is:

1. 1
2. 0
3. 1/2
4. 2

Question No: 97

In regression line Y=a+bx, Y is called:

1. Dependent variable
2. Independent variable
3. Explanatory variable
4. Regressor

Question No: 98

If A and B are mutually exclusive event with P (A) =0.25 and P (B) = 0.50, Then P (A or B) =………

1. 0.25
2. 0.75
3. 0.50
4. 1

Question No: 99

In a 52 well shuffled pack of 52 playing cards, the probability of drawing any one diamond card is
 1. 1/52
2. 4/52
3. 13/52
4. 52/52

Question No: 100

Probability of a sure event is

1. 8
2. 1
3. 0
4. 0.5

Answers:

1. Positively skewed
2. Vanish
3. 0 to +∞
4. n-p
5. 0 ≤ χ2≤ ∞
6. ŷ = mx + b, where m = slope
7. Alternative hypothesis
8. More
9. F-Distribution
10. 40
11. Joint Distribution
12. 13
13. Mean > Variance
14. highest frequency
15. n&p
16. mean = variance
17. Less likely to be rejected
18. 2v
19. 9
20. Negative
21. R.A Fisher
22. F
23. Z-test
24. 2/3 4/6 = 2/3
25. 1/52
26. Single value
27. C
28. 4 Var (X) + 5
29. Discrete variable
30. Sample proportion p=0.25
31. 50 per cent Discrete data
32. Mean square error
33. Skewness
34. 0
35. Is the average value of the two middle items when all items are arranged in ascending order
36. Null hypothesis is true
37. Equally likely
38. Rejected
39. Means
40. 0,1,2,3
41. E(X).E(Y)
42. P (E) = - 1
43. Comparing three or more means
44. A continuous distribution is used to approximate a discrete distribution
45. Less than 100
46. Inferential Statistics
47. Tabulation
48. Frequency curve
49. It must be a large number of values
50. The slope of the line will also be equal to 0.
51. Type II error
52. Zero
53. Standard deviation
54. 0
55. Range
56. The correlation is 1
57. Mean
58. Mean
59. Bias
60. Two
61. 120
62. 1 - P (A)
63. 0
64. Sampling distribution
65. One
66. Mean
67. Heterogeneous
68. It is a part of population
69. A cumulative frequency distribution
70. Degrees of freedom
71. 36 outcomes
72. 6
73. Its largest and smallest value
74. Frequency polygon
75. 10
76. Positively skewed
77. n–P
78. 4 E (X) + 5
79. 2, 12
80. Universal Set
81. Hypothetical population
82. 0.0183
83. 0, 1, 2… n
84. P (Z ≥-2.5) = .4938
85. A sample space
86. Independent
87. Zero
88. Commutative distribution function
89. 1
90. P(S)
91. Mutually exclusive
92. 3
93. b Var(x)
94. 0
95. Dependent variable
96. 0.75
97. 13/52
98. 1
99.