Measures of Central Tendency

Quiz No.01 Date: November 03, 2020

& Dispersion
Paper: BMS Faculty: Sir Zeeshan Bakali

Student Name: ______________________________________________________ TSA ID: _______________

Instruction: Mark the most suitable answers

Q.1 In the quartiles, the central tendency median to be measured must lie in
A. First Quartile B. Second Quartile C. Third Quartile D. Fourth Quartile

Q.2 The arithmetic mean is 12 and the number of observations is 20, then the sum of all the values is
A. 8 B. 32 C. 240 D. 1,667

Q.3 The method used to compute average or central value of the collected data is considered as
A. Measures of Positive Variation
B. Measures of Central Tendency
C. Measures of Dispersion
D. Measures of Negative Variation

Q.4 The mean or average used to measure central tendency is called

A. Sample Mean B. Arithmetic Mean C. Negative Mean D. Population Mean

Q.5 If the mean of percentages, rates and ratios is to be calculated then the central tendency measure which must
be used in this situation is
A. Weighted Arithmetic Mean
B. Paired Arithmetic Mean
C. Non-paired Arithmetic Mean
D. Square of Arithmetic Mean

Q.6 At a grocery store, the number of per day sold processed fruits cans in 15 days are 50, 70, 60, 40, 30, 20, 5,
150, 55, 75, 65, 45, 35, 25, 52 then the outliers in observations are
A. 50, 150 B. 5, 150 C. 25, 70 D. 150

Q.7 When the data is arranged, the middle value in the set of observations is classified as
A. Median B. Mean C. Variance D. Standard Deviation

Q.8 In the measure of central tendency, the population parameter is denoted by

A. Greek Letter µ B. Roman Letter µ C. Athens Letter µ D. Roman Letter ̅

Q.9 The per day wage of 15 employees of different departments is as 620, 640, 750, 850, 650, 720, 730, 785, 630,
740, 900, 880, 780, 690, 850 then the value of ̅ is
A. 647.67 B. 947.67 C. 847.67 D. 747.67
Q.10 The type of central tendency measures which divides data set into 100 equal parts is classified as
A. Quartiles B. Deciles C. Percentiles D. Multiple pile of Data

Q.11 If the quartile range is 24 then the quartile deviation is

A. 48 B. 12 C. 24 D. 72

Q.12 If the positive square root is taken of population variance then the calculated measure is transformed into
A. Standard Root B. Standard Deviation C. Standard Variance D. Sample Variance

Q.13 If the value of first quartile is 49 and the value of third quartile is 60 then value of inter quartile range is
A. 21 B. 31 C. 11 D. 41

Q.14 The standard deviation is divided by the coefficient of variation to calculate

A. Arithmetic Mean
B. Coefficient of Arithmetic
C. Coefficient of Variance
D. Multiplier of Deviation

Q.15 The extent or the degree to which data tend to spread around __________ is called the dispersion or variation
of data.
A. Geometric Mean B. Quartiles C. Average D. Harmonic Mean

Q.16 __________ is defined as the difference between the smallest and the greatest values of items in a series.
A. First quartile B. Range C. Mean deviation D. Third quartile

Q.17 Interquartile range is the difference between _________________.

A. mean deviation and standard deviation
B. the highest value and the lowest value
C. the third quartile and the first quartile
D. median and mean

Q.18 The measures of dispersion can never be:

A.Positive B. Zero C. Negative D. Equal to 2

Q.19 Which measure of dispersion has a different unit other than the unit of measurement of values:
A. Range B. Standard deviation C. Variance D. Mean deviation

Q.20 If standard deviation of the values 2, 4, 6, 8 is 2.236, then standard deviation of the values 4, 8,12, 16 is:
A. 0 B. 4.472 C. 4.236 D. 2.236