Statistical Inference Mcqs Final
Statistical Inference Mcqs Final
Sampling
d) Quota sampling
3. Which of the following is not an example of a non-sampling risk?
a) Failing to evaluate results properly
b) Use of an audit procedure inappropriate to achieve a given audit objective
c) Obtaining an unrepresentative sample
d) Failure to recognize an error
4. If all other factors specified in an attribute sampling plan remain constant, changing the
specified tolerable deviation rate from 6% to 10%, and changing the specified risk from
97% to 93%, would cause the required sample size to
a) Remain the same
b) Increase
c) Decrease
d) Change by 4%
5. How is stratified sampling carried out?
a) Divide the population into homogeneous groups and select equally but randomly
b) Assigning numbers to the population & selecting the numbers
c) A sample is made up of elements which are said 10th from the previous selection
d) Population divides itself into groups and we select equally but randomly from
each
6. Which of the following is NOT one of the principles of sampling listed in the text?
a) Sampling units must be identifiable and clearly defined
b) Sampling units must be representative and include males and females
c) Sampling units are not interchangeable
a) Cumulative
b) Decumulative
c) Decreasing
d) None of these
17. The unbiased point estimator of the population mean is
a) Sample proportion
b) Sample mean
c) Sample Variance
d) Sample standard deviation
e) None of these
18. The sampling Error is
a) Equal to the population mean
b) Population parameter
c) The difference between the sample statistic and the population parameter
d) Always Positive
e) Always Negative
19. A magazine conducts a survey and asks its readers to cut the questionnaire from the
magazine, fill it and send it via mail. It is a type of
a) Purposive Sampling
b) Snowball Sampling
c) Sequential Sampling
d) Convenience Samplin
20. The sampling technique in which every element of the population has an equal, non-zero
probability of being selected in a sample is called
a) Probability Sampling
b) Convenience Sampling
c) Purposive Sampling
d) Quota Sampling
e) Stratified Sampling
21. Sampling error is reduced by
a) Increasing the population
b) Decreasing the sample size
c) Increasing the sample size
d) Non-random sampling
22. In random sampling, the probability of selecting an item from the population is
a) Zero
b) One
c) Known
d) Unknown
23. In sampling without replacement, an element can be chosen
a) Only once
b) Difficult to tell
c) Will not be choosen
d) More than once
24. Sampling is also called
a) Non-probability sampling
b) Biased sampling
c) Random sampling
d) Representative sampling
25. Random Sampling is also called
a) Sampling error
b) Random error
c) Probability sampling
d) Non-Probability sampling
26. Suppose a finite population contains 4 items and 2 items are selected at random with
replacement, then how many samples will be there
a) 8
b) 4
c) 10
d)6
27.In sampling with replacement, the following is always true
a) n < N
b) All options
c) n = N
d) n > N
28. Suppose a finite population has 6 items and 2 items are selected at random without
replacement, then all possible samples will be
a) 12
b) 36
c) 15
d) 6
29. Find the number of all the possible samples from a population containing 8 items from which
2 items are selected at random without replacement
a) 56
b) 28
c) 66
d ) 38
30. A bag contains 6 balls of different colors. A student select 2 balls at random without
replacement. Find all possible combinations of the colour of the selected balls.
a) 13
b) 14
c) 15
d) 16
31. Consider a population containing N items and n are selected as a sample with replacement.
a) N
b) 𝑛𝑁
𝒄) 𝑵𝒏
e) None of above
32. Find the sampling fraction where N is population size and n is the sample size?
𝒏
a) 𝑵
b) 𝑛𝑁
c) 𝑁 𝑛
d) None of above
33. Find the standard error X in a sampling distribution with replacement. Given that
standard deviation of the population of 16 items is 8?
a) 3
b) 4
c) 2
d) 5
34. Standard deviation of the sampling distribution of a statistic is called
a) Bias
b) Error
c) Standard error
d) Difference
35. Study of population is called
a) Parameter
b) Census
c) Error
d) Statistic
36. A population about which we want to get some information is called
a) Target population
b) Finite population
c) Infinite population
d) Sampled population
37. In sampling with replacement, an element can be chosen
a) Less than once
b) Difficult to tell
c) More than once
d) Only once
38. The probability distribution of a statistic is called
a) Parameter
b) Sampling distribution
c) Relative frequency
d) Sampling
39. Sample is a subset of
a) Data
b) Distribution
c) Population
d) Random sample
40. In probability sampling, the probability of selecting an item from the population is
known and is
a) Any negative value
b) Equal to zero
c) Equal to zero
d) Non-zero
41. Any calculation on the sample data is called
a) Parameter
b) Statistic
c) Error
d) Average
42. The difference between a statistic and the parameter is called
a) Bias
b) Random error
c) Sampling error
d) Error
43. If we obtain a point estimate X for a population mean μ, the difference
between X and μ is called
a) Random error
b) Standard error
c) Bias
d) Error of estimation
44. Any measure of the population is called
a) Statistic
b) Parameter
c) Error
d) Statistics
45. A distribution formed by all possible values of a statistic is called
a) Frequency distribution
b) Binomial distribution
c) Sampling distribution
d) Probability distribution
46. For making voters list in Pakistan we need
a) Sampling error
b) Standard error
c) Simple random sampling
d) Census
47. List of all the units of the population is called
a) Random sampling
b) Sampling frame
c) Probability sampling
d) Bias
48. Sampling-based upon equal probability is called
a) Probability sampling
b) Systematic sampling
c) Stratified random sampling
d) Simple random sampling
49. If 𝜎1 = 𝜎2 =𝜎 and 𝑛1 ≠ 𝑛2 then S.E (𝑋2 − 𝑋1 ) is
𝜎 𝜎
a) √𝑛1 + 𝑛2
1 2
𝜎12 𝜎22
b) √𝑛 −
1 𝑛2
𝜎12 𝜎22
c) √𝑛 +
1 𝑛2
𝟏 𝟏
d) 𝝈√𝒏! + 𝒏
𝟐
50. If E()= then bias is
a) Positive
b) Zero
c) 100%
d) Negative
51. A plan for obtaining a sample from a population is called
a) Sampling design
b) Population design
c) Sampling frame
d) Sampling distribution
52. Sum of all sample means/Total number of samples is equal to
a) Both E( 𝑿 )and μ
b) 𝜇
c) E( 𝑋 )
d) 𝑝̂
53. If 𝑝1= 𝑝2 =p and 𝑛1 ≠ 𝑛2 , then S.E (𝑝̂ 1− 𝑃̂2 ) is
𝑃1 𝑞1 𝑝2 𝑞2
a) √ 𝑛1
-√ 𝑛2
𝑝1𝑞1 𝑝2 𝑞2
b) +
𝑛1 𝑛2
𝟏 𝟏
c) √𝒑𝒒 (𝒏 + 𝒏𝟐
)
𝟏
𝑝1𝑞1 𝑝2 𝑞2
d) −
𝑛1 𝑛2
54. The mean of sampling distribution of means is equal to
a) Population mean
b) Sample mean
c) Combined mean
d) Weighted mean
55. The selection of cricket team for the world cup is called
a) Random sampling
b) Cluster sampling
c) Purposive sampling
d) Systematic sampling
56. In sampling with replacement, standard error of the sample proportion 𝑝̂ is equal to
𝒑 ( 𝟏−𝒑)
a) √
𝒏
𝑝+𝑞
b) √ 2
𝑝 (1−𝑝)
c)
𝑝
𝑝 (1−𝑝) 𝑁−𝑛
d) √ × √
𝑛 𝑁−1
57. The standard deviation of any sampling distribution is called
a) Covariance
b) Coefficient of variation
c) Standard error
d) Type-I error
58. A sample which is free from bias is called
a) Negatively biased
b) Biased
c) Unbiased
d) Positively biased
59. If a survey is conducted by a sampling design is called
a) Population survey
b) Sample survey
c) Observational study
d) Systematic survey
60. The difference between the expected value of a statistic and the value of the
parameter being estimated is called a ___________
a) Sampling error
b) Bias
c) Error
d) Standard error
61. The mean of sampling distribution of means is equal to
a) 𝑋
b) μ
c) p
d) 𝜇𝑑
62. A complete list of all the sampling units is called:
a) Sampling frame
b) Cluster
c) Population frame
d) Sampling design
63. The standard error increases when sample size is _____
a) Decreased
b) Increased
c) Fixed
d) More than 30
64. Suppose a population has N items and n items are selected with replacement. Number of
all possible samples will be
a) n
b) N
𝑁
c) ( )
𝑛
d) 𝑵𝒏
65. Sampling error is reduced by
a) Increasing the population
b) Decreasing the sample size
c) Increasing the sample size
d) Non-random sampling
66. Suppose a finite population contains 7 items and 3 items are selected at random without
replacement, then all possible samples will be
a) 7
b) 35
c) 21
d) 14
67. In random sampling, the probability of selecting an item from the population is
a) Zero
b) One
c) Known
d) Unknown
68. In sampling without replacement, an element can be chosen
a) Only once
b) Difficult to tell
c) Will not be chosen
d) More than once
69. Non-random sampling is also called
a) Non-probability sampling
b) Biased sampling
c) Random sampling
d) Representative sampling
70. Random Sampling is also called
a) Sampling error
b) Random error
c) Probability sampling
d) Non-Probability sampling
71. Suppose a finite population contains 4 items and 2 items are selected at random with
replacement, then how many samples will be there
a) 8
b) 4
c) 10
d) 6
72. A population contains 2 items and 4 items are selected at random with replacement, then
all possible samples will be
a) 8
𝟒
b) ( )
𝟐
c) 4
d) 16
73. In sampling with replacement, the following is always true
a) n < N
b) All options
c) n = N
d) n > N
74. In sampling with replacement, the standard error of X is equal to
𝜎 𝑛
a)
√𝑛 √𝑁
𝜎2
b)
𝑛
𝜎 𝑁−𝑛
c) √
√𝑛 𝑁−1
𝝈
d)
√𝒏
75. The finite population correction factor is
𝑁+𝑛
a) √ 𝑁+1
𝑵−𝒏
b) √𝑵−𝟏
𝑁−1
c) √𝑁−𝑛
𝑁+1
d) √𝑁+𝑛
76. A population contains N items and all possible samples of size n are selected without
replacement. The possible number of samples will be
a) (𝑁 𝑛 )
b) N
c) 𝑛𝑁
𝑵
d) ( )
𝒏
77. If N is the size of the population and n is the sample size, then sampling fraction is
𝑁
a) ( )
𝑛
b) 𝑁 𝑛
𝒏
c) 𝑵
d) 𝑛𝑁
78. Suppose a finite population has 6 items and 2 items are selected at random without
replacement, then all possible samples will be
a) 12
b) 36
c) 15
d) 6
79. The sample is a subset of
a) Data
b) Group
c) Population
d) Itself
e) Distribution
80. The difference between statistic and parameter is called
a) Random Error
b) Sampling Error
c) Standard Error
d) Bias
e) Error
81. In sampling with replacement, a sampling unit can be selected
a) Only once
b) More than one time
c) Less than one time
d) None of the above
82. Non Probability form of sampling is
a) Random Sampling
b) Non-Random Sampling
c) Probability Sampling
d) Quota Sampling
83. In random sampling, the probability of selecting an item from the population is
a) Unknown
b) Known
c) Undecided
d) One
e) Zero
84. Any numerical value calculated from sample data is called
a) Error
b) Statistic
c) Bias
d) Mean
85. Any numerical value computed from the population is called
a) Statistic
b) Bias
c) Sampling Error
d) Error
e) Parameter
86. Sampling in which a sampling unit can be repeated more than once is called
a) Sampling without replacement
b) Simple sampling
c) Sampling with replacement
d) None of the above
87. The list of all units in a population is called
a) Random sampling
b) Sampling Frame
c) Bias
d) Parameter
e) Statistic
88. Non-Sampling error is reduced by
a) Increasing Sample Size
b) Decreasing Sample Size
c) Reducing the Amount of Data
d) None of these
89. The standard deviation of the sampling distribution of any statistic is called
a) Sampling Error
b) Type-I Error
c) Non Sampling Error
d) Standard Deviation
e) Standard Error
90. The sampling Error is
a) Equal to the population mean
b) Population parameter
c) The difference between the sample statistic and the population parameter
d) Always Positive
e) Always Negative
91. The standard error of mean is the standard deviation of the
a) Population
b) Sample
c) Sampling Distribution of X
d) None of these
92. The unbiased point estimator of the population mean is
a) Sample proportion
b) Sample mean
c) Sample Variance
d) Sample standard deviation
93. The probability distribution of a statistic is called
a) Sampling Distribution
b) Standard Error
c) Sampling Error
d) Parameter
e) Bias
94. The sampling technique in which every element of the population has an equal, non-zero
probability of being selected in a sample is called
a) Probability Sampling
b) Convenience Sampling
c) Purposive Sampling
d) Quota Sampling
e) Stratified Sampling
Estimation
𝑆
c) 𝑋̅ ± Zα/2 𝑛
√
𝑆
d) 𝑋̅ ± tα/2
√𝑛
b) all of these
𝑠
b) 𝑋̅ ± 𝑍𝛼
2 √𝑛
𝜎
c) 𝑋̅ ± 𝑍𝛼
2 √𝑛
𝑠𝑑
d) 𝑋̅ ± 𝑡𝛼 𝑛
2 √
42. A 95% confidence interval for population proportion is 32.4% to 47.6 % the value of
the sample proportion is
a) 40%
b) 32.4%
c) 80%
d) 47.6%
43. For a normal population with known population standard deviation(σ1) and(σ2)
the confidence interval estimate for the difference between two population
mean(𝜇1 − 𝜇2 )is
𝝈 𝝈 𝟐 𝟐
̅̅̅̅𝟏 − ̅̅̅̅
a)(𝑿 𝑿𝟐 ) ± 𝒁𝜶 √𝒏 + √ 𝒏𝟐
𝟐 𝟏 𝟐
2
̅̅̅2 ) ± 𝑍𝛼 √𝜎1 +𝜎2
̅̅̅1 − 𝑋
b)(𝑋 𝑛 +𝑛 2 1 2
2
̅̅̅2 ) ± 𝑍𝛼 √𝜎1 𝜎2
̅̅̅1 − 𝑋
c)(𝑋 𝑛 𝑛 2 1 2
2 2
̅̅̅2 ) ± 𝑍𝛼 √ 𝑠1 + 𝑠2
̅̅̅1 − 𝑋
d)(𝑋 𝑛 𝑛
2 1 2
44. Suppose the 90% confidence interval for population mean μ is -24.3 cents to 64.3
cents the sample mean is
a)-24.3
b) 20
c) 40
d) 64.3
45. In the case of paired observation (for a small sample n is less than equals to30 ) the
confidence interval estimate for the difference of two population means μ1 -μ2 =μd
𝑠𝑑
a) 𝑑̅ ± 𝑡𝛼 (𝑛1 + 𝑛2 − 1) 𝑛
2 √
𝑆
b) 𝑋̅ + 𝑍𝛼
2 √𝑛
𝑠𝑑
c) 𝑑̅ ± 𝑡𝛼 (𝑛 − 1) 𝑛
2 √
𝒔𝟐𝟏 +𝒔𝟐𝟏
̅ ± 𝒕𝜶 (𝒏 − 𝟏)
d) 𝒅
𝟐 √𝒏
46. If the population standard deviation σ is unknown and the sample size n is less than
or equals to 30 the confidence interval for the population mean μ is
𝑠
a)𝑋̅ ± 𝑡𝛼
2 √𝑛
𝝈
̅ ± 𝒛𝜶
b)𝑿
𝟐 √𝒏
𝑆
c)𝑋̅ ± 𝑍𝛼
2 √𝑛
𝑝̂𝑞̂
d) 𝑝̂ ± 𝑍𝛼 √ 𝑛
2
47. If n1 and n2 is smaller then and equals to 30 the confidence interval estimate for the
difference of two population means (μ1-μ2) when population standard deviations
σ1,σ2 are known but equal in case of pooled variats is
𝜎 𝜎 2 2
a)(𝑋̅1 − 𝑋̅2 ) ± 𝑍𝛼 √ 𝑛1 + 𝑛2
2 1 2
𝑠 𝑠 2 2
b)(𝑋̅1 − 𝑋̅2 ) ± 𝑡𝛼(𝑢) √𝑛1 + 𝑛2
2 1 2
2 2
̅̅̅2 ) ± 𝑍𝛼 √𝑆1 + 𝑆2
̅̅̅1 − 𝑋
c)(𝑋 𝑛
2 𝑛1 2
𝟏 𝟏
̅̅̅̅𝟏 − ̅̅̅̅
d)(𝑿 𝑿𝟐 ) ± 𝒕𝜶 𝑺𝒑 √𝒏 + 𝒏
𝟐 𝟏 𝟐
48. For a large sample the confidence interval estimate for the difference between two
population proportions p1-p2 is
̂𝟏 𝒒
𝒑 ̂𝟏 ̂𝟐 𝒒
𝒑 ̂𝟐
c)(𝒑 ̂ 𝟐 ) ± 𝒁𝜶 √
̂𝟏 − 𝝈 +
𝟐 𝒏𝟏 𝒏𝟐
49. If t-distribution for two independent sample n1=n2=n, then the degree of freedom
will be
a)n-1
b)2n+1
c)2n-2
d)2n-1
∑(𝑋−𝑋̅ )2
b) 𝑠 2 = 𝑛−1
∑𝑋
c)𝑋̅ = 𝑛
𝑋
d)𝑝̂ = 𝑛
51. For n paired of number of observations the degree of freedom for paired sample t-
test will be
a)𝑛1 + 𝑛2 − 1
b)𝑛1 − 𝑛2 − 2
c) n-1
d) n
b) 2.575
c) 1.645
d) 1.96
53. If the population standard deviation σ is known and the sample size (n) is less than
or equal to or more than 30, the confidence interval for the population mean μ is
𝑠
a)𝑋̅ ± 𝑡𝛼
2 √𝑛
𝝈
̅ ± 𝒁𝜶
b)𝑿
𝟐 √𝒏
𝑆
c)𝑋̅ ± 𝑍𝛼
2 √𝑛
̂
𝑝𝑞
d)𝑝̂ ± 𝑍𝛼 √ 𝑛
2
55. A set of jointly sufficient statistics is defined to be minimal sufficient if and only if
a) It is a function of every other set of sufficient statistics
b) It is not a function of every other set of sufficient statistics
c) It is a function of some other set of sufficient statistics
d) It is a function of any sufficient statistics in the set
56. Which of the following assumptions are required to show the consistency,
unbiasedness , and efficiency of the OLS estimator
I.𝐸(𝜇𝑡) = 0
III.𝑣𝑎𝑟(𝜇𝑡) = 𝜎 2
IV.𝜇𝑡 ∼ 𝑁(0, 𝜎 2 )
Which of the following procedures is appropriate to test the hypothesis of equal average fat
content in the two types of ice cream?