Statistics and Probability Quiz#3, MCQs



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  1. 1)

    If all the values fall on the same straight line and the line has a positive slope then what will be the value of the correlation coefficient ‘r’:


    • A) 0 ≤ r ≤ 1
    • B) r ≥ 0
    • C) r = +1
    • D) r=-1

  2. 2)

    If a curve has a longer tail to the right, it is called:


    • A) Positively skewed
    • B) Negatively skewed
    • C) J-shaped
    • D) Symmetric

  3. 3)

    Which one of the following is not included in measures of central


    • A) Quartile deviation
    • B) Harmonic mean
    • C) Geometric mean
    • D) Arithmetic mean

  4. 4)

    Which of the following is not based on all the observations?


    • A) Arithmetic Mean
    • B) Geometric Mean
    • C) Geometric Mean
    • D) Mode

  5. 5)

    What is the Standard Deviation of 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7


    • A) 49
    • B) 1
    • C) 0
    • D) 7

  6. 6)

    In measures of relative dispersion unit of measurement is:


    • A) Changed
    • B) Vanish
    • C) Does not changed
    • D) Dependent

  7. 7)

    The F-distribution always ranges from:


    • A) 0 to 1
    • B) 0 to -∞
    • C) -∞ to +∞
    • D) 0 to +∞

  8. 8)

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


    • A) n - p
    • B) n - p-1
    • C) n - p- 2
    • D) n – 2

  9. 9)

    The Chi- Square distribution is continuous distribution ranging from:


    • A) -∞ ≤ χ2≤ ∞
    • B) -∞ ≤χ2 ≤1
    • C) -∞ ≤χ2 ≤0
    • D) 0 ≤ χ2≤ ∞

  10. 10)

    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:


    • A) ŷ = mx + b, where m = slope
    • B) x = ŷ + mb, where m = slope
    • C) ŷ = x/m + b, where m = slope
    • D) ŷ = x + mb, where m = slope