AOC DESCRIPTIVES STATISTICS

1. The most frequently occurring value of a data set is called the (a) range (b) mode (c) mean (d)
median
2. In a sample of 800 students in a university, 160, or 20%, are Business majors. Based on the above
information, the school's paper reported that "20% of all the students at the university are Business
majors." This report is an example of (a) sample (b) a population (c) statistical inference (d)
descriptive statistics
3. A statistics professor asked students in a class their ages. On the basis of this information, the
professor states that the average age of all the students in the university is 21 years. This is an
example of (a) a census (b) descriptive statistics (c) an experiment (d) statistical inference
4. A tabular summary of a set of data showing the fraction of the total number of items in several
classes is a (a) frequency distribution (b) relative frequency distribution (c) frequency (d)
cumulative frequency distribution
5. In computing descriptive statistics from grouped data, (a) data values are treated as if they occur at
the midpoint of a class (b) the grouped data result is more accurate than the ungrouped result (c)
the grouped data computations are used only when a population is being analyzed (d) All of the
above answers are correct.
6. In ___________ sampling technique, all the units are given equal chance of being selected into the
sample (a) Probability (b) Non probability (c) Quota (d) All of the above
7. In non-probability sampling, all the units are not given equal chance of being selected into the
sample. Example is (a) Systematic sampling (b) Quota sampling (c) Cluster sampling (d) All of the
above.
8. Statistics is a scientific method of (a) collecting data (b) summarizing data (c) analyzing data (d) All
of the above

9. The branch of Statistics that deals with drawing conclusion on population using a sample is (a)
Descriptive (b) Inferential (c) Narrative (d) None of the above.
10. One of the following is not an inferential statistics method (a) Estimation (b) Hypothesis testing (c)
Measure of central tendency (d) None of the above.
11. One of the following is a type of data by source of collection (a) Nominal (b) Secondary (c) Ordinal
(d) Ratio.

12. Statistics can be defined as (a) a mathematical science that deals with human population (b) data
analysis tool for a single data point (c) the process of collecting sample data from a population,
analyze the data and making inference about the population (d) Counting and studying all the
units in a population.

Using the following linear regression model yi = a + bxi to answer Question 13 to 16

13. The yi stand for (a) predictor (b)dependent variable (c) descriptive (d)Parameter
14. The xi stand for (a) Independent variable (b) dependent variable (c) inference (d) modelling
15. The a in the linear regression model stand for (a) constant (b) Variable (c) Change (d) gradient
16. The b in the linear regression model stand for (a)constant (b) slope (c) change (d) parameter
17. What type of correlation is r =1 (a) positive perfect correlation (b) positive correlation (c) zero
correlation (d) both a and b
18. what type of correlation is 0˂r˂1 (a) positive correlation (b) negative correlation (c) zero correlation
(d) perfect correlation
19. , find b if yi = a + bxi , (a) 0.8857 (b) – 0.0857
(c) – 0.8570 (d) – 0.8857
20. Given that , if x = 5, estimate y (a) 1.9 (b) 1.472 (c) – 1.5 (d) – 0.428
21. Given that E(X2) = 25, E(X) = 5, find the variance of X (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 0 (d) 2.
22. One of the following is not a measure of central tendency (a) Variance (b) Mean (c) Median (d)
Mode
23. The measure of peakedness of a data set is (a) Kurtosis (b) Skewness (c) Standard deviation (d)
Coefficient of determination.
24. Histogram, Time plot, Lonrenz curve, Ogive are examples of (a) graphs (b) charts (c) diagram (4)
picture
25. As data is to information is (a) cocoa to chocolate (b) flour to bread (c) cement to block (d) None of
the above
26. One of the following is not an average (a) Mean (b) Median (c) Mode (d) Range
27. The arithmetic mean of 1, 5, 4, 10 is (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 2
28. The mean of 2 5 3 5 5 using assumed mean of 4 is (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
29. Measure of central tendency is a topic in (a) Inferential Statistics (b) Descriptive Statistics (c)
Decision Theory (d) None of the above
30. One of the following measures of central tendency is affected by extreme values (a) Mean (b)
Median (c) Mode (d) Standard deviation.
31. The branches of Statistics are (a) Descriptive and Explorative (b) Descriptive and Inferential (c)
Narrative and Inferential (d) None of the above.
32. One of the following is an inferential statistics method (a) Measure of variation (b) Hypothesis
testing (c) Measure of central tendency (d) Charts.
33. One of the following is not a type of data by measurement scale (a) Nominal (b) Secondary (c)
Ordinal (d) Ratio.
34. Measures of partition include all except (a) Percentile (b) Octile (c) Decile (d) Skewness
35. All the statements are correct except (a) Data is a raw fact (b) Data is processed into information
(c) Data can be quantitative or qualitative (d) None of the statements is correct.
36. One of the following is not a graph (a) Bar Chart (b) Histogram (c) Scatter plot (d) Ogive
37. The weight of students is (a) Discrete (b) Continuous (c) Count (d) Ordinal
38. The process of arranging data into rows and columns is called (a) Chart (b) Table (c) Graph (d) No
enough information
39.  If a data set has an even number of observations, the median (a) cannot be determined (b) is the
average value of the two middle items (c) must be equal to the mean (d) is the average value of the
two middle items when all items are arranged in ascending order