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B. Ed (1.5 Year)
Course Code 8614
Units 1–9

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COURSE EDUCATIONAL STATISTICS
Course Code 8614
Units 1–9

1. Median of the data 10. 12. 14. 18. 20 is.

a. 12
b. 14
c. 15
d. 18
2.of a dataset is the middle value when the dataset is arranged in
ascending or descending order.
a. Mean
b. Median
c. Standard deviation
d. Variance
3. A population about which some information is desired is called:
a. Sampled population.
b. Target population
c. Hypothetical population
d. Infinite population
4. What are the two types of variance which can occur in your data?
a. Repeated and extraneous
b. Independent and confounding
c. Experimenter and participant
d. Between group and within groups
5. Which one is considered the best measure of dispersion in Social Sciences?
a. Standard deviation
b. Quartile deviation
c. Range
d. Mean deviation
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6. A distribution skewed to the right is said to be.

a. Negatively skewed.
b. Positively skewed.
c. Normal distribution
d. Bimodal distribution
7. Which Measure of dispersion considers only extreme values?
a. Standard Deviation.
b. Mean Deviation.
c. Range.
d. Quartile Deviation
8. Statistics is the pillar of which of the following discipline?
a. Economics
b. Mathematics
c. Research
d. Computer
9. The value we would predict for the dependent variable when the independent
variables are all equal to zero is called:
a. Slope
b. Sum of residual
c. Intercept
d. Difficult to tell.
10. As the sample size increases the shape of the distribution approaches to.
a. t-distribution
b. Normal- distribution
c. Chi-Square distribution
d. F-distribution
11. A variable that is used to explain the relationship between variables:
a. Binary variable
b. Independent variable
c. Random variable
d. Intervening variable
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12. The ---------- sum of squares measures the variability of the observed values
around their respective treatment means is called:
a. Between
b. Error
c. Interaction
d. Total
13.is calculated by taking into account each and every value in a dataset.
a. Mean
b. Median
c. Mode
d. Range
14. When the inferential statistics deals with more than two variables then it is
called.
a. Bivariate analysis
b. Mono variate analysis
c. Multi variate analysis
d. None of these
15. When a researcher rejects a null hypothesis what is actually true is called,
a. Type-I error.
b. Type-ll error
c. Power test
d. All of these
16. There are 55% students having black eye colour in a class of 40, thus they are in
total.
a. 28
b. 22
c. 11
d. 05
17. Which of the followings similar to the bar chart,
a. Pie chart
b. Histogram
c. Pictogram
d. Histogram
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18. Range in a set of data is calculated by?

a. Adding the bigger and smallest numbers
b. Placing the number in order from least to greatest
c. Subtracting Maximum and Minimum values
d. Finding the average
19. The formula for computing the mean is:
𝛴𝑋
a. 𝑥
𝛴𝑋
b. 𝛴𝑋
𝛴𝑋
c. 𝑛
𝛴𝑋
d.
𝑧
20. Descriptive Statistics is measures of ............. and measures of dispersion.
a. Standard Deviation
b. Central Tendency
c. Variation
d. Range
21. What are the two types of variance which can occur in your data?
a. Independent and confounding
b. Repeated and extraneous
c. Between group and within groups
d. Experimenter and participant
22. There are ------------ branches of statistical inference.
a. 2
b. 3
c. 4
d. 5
23. Which of the following statements is true for correlation analysis?
a. It is a univariate analysis.
b. It is a multivariate analysis.
c. It is a bivariate analysis.
d. Both B and C
24. Data collected by NADRA to issue computerized identity cards is .............
a. Qualitative data
b. Organized data
c. Secondary data
d. Primary data
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25. A pie chart displays the data in the form of:

a. Lines
b. Boxes
c. Slices
d. Bars
26. Which of the following is not a form of non-random sampling?
a. Purposive sampling
b. Snowball sampling
c. Quota sampling
d. Systematic sampling
27. A sample free from bias is -----------
a. Error-free
b. None of these
c. Unbiased
d. Biased
28. If Q1= 25 and Q3=75, Coefficient of Quartile deviation equals
a. 50
b. 0.75
c. 0.50
d. 25
29. The data which have already been collected by someone are called:
a. Fictitious data
b. Secondary data
c. Primary
d. Raw data
30. The scale applied in statistics, which imparts a difference of magnitude and
proportions, is called as?
a. Interval Scale
b. Ratio scale
c. ordinal scale
d. Nominal scale
31. Data for the bar charts may be entered in.
a. Columns
b. ROWS
c. Table
d. None of these
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32. To know to the extent of increase in prices of commodities and how far the rise
in prices have affected different income groups. We need which branch of
knowledge.
a. Mathematics
b. Statistics
c. Business management
d. Economics
33. Range is difference between ------------ and ----------- observations in a set of
data.
a. Central — extreme
b. Largest - smallest
c. Q1 - Q3
d. Mean — median.
34.sample t-test is called repeated measures
a. Independent
b. Paired
c. Both a and b
d. None of these
35. Colour of hair is a
a. Continuous variable
b. Discrete variable
c. Qualitative variable
d. Quantitative variable
36. Which one is not the tool for measure of dispersion?
a. Mean
b. Mean deviation.
c. Range
d. Quartiles
37. What are the two types of variance which can occur in your data?
a. Repeated and extraneous
b. Independent and confounding
c. Experimenter and participant
d. Between group and within groups
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38. Which one of the following is not probability sampling?

a. Simple random sampling
b. Systematic sampling
c. Stratified sampling
d. Judgment sampling
39. Which of the following statements is true about the correlational analysis
between two sets or data?
a. The correlational analysis between two sets of data is known as a simple
correlation.
b. The correlational analysts between two sets of data is known as multiple
correlation.
c. The correlational analysts between two sets of data as known as partial
correlation.
d. None or the above
40. It the value or any regression coefficient is zero, then two variables are
a. Qualitative
b. correlation
c. Dependent
d. Independent
41. When accept a false null hypothesis is called.
a. Type-I error
b. Type-II error
c. descriptive Statistics
d. inferential Statistics
42. For Q1=20 and Q3=70. Quartile deviation= --------------------
a. 20
b. 25
c. 50
d. 70
43. Level of significance is the probability of
a. Type-I error
b. Type-II error.
c. Not-Committing error
d. None of these
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44. HOW many levels must there be in one independent variable for an ANOVA to
be used?
a. One
b. Two
c. Three
d. Four
45. In a study, subjects are randomly assigned to one of three groups: control,
experimental A, or experimental B. After treatment, the mean scores for the
three groups are compared. The appropriate statistical test for comparing these
means is:
a. the correlation coefficient
b. chi square
c. the t-test
d. the analysis of variance
46. A uniform distribution often means that the number of classes is too,
a. Large
b. Different
c. Same
d. Small
47. How a reader gets informed of the central message by statistics?
a. They don't inform the reader.
b. Cannot tell.
c. Summarizing and creating meaning from aggregated data
d. By saying what is false

48. Quota sampling is a type of sampling.

a. Probability
b. Non- Probability
c. Cluster
d. None of these
49. Statistical inference makes inferences about
a. Sample
b. Estimator
c. Population.
d. All of these
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50. ANOVA measures the difference in for different groups.

a. Correlation
b. Standard Deviation
c. Mean
d. Mode
51. Standard deviation is the most commonly used and the most important measure
of…….
a. Central tendency
b. Extreme values
c. variation
d. All of the above
52. Which of the following variables is calculated according to the weight, height,
and length known as?
a. Flowchart variables
b. Discrete variables
c. Continuous variables
d. Measuring variables
53. Variables that can have more than two values:
a. Polychotomous variable
b. Test variable
c. Latent variable
d. Indicator variable
54. For the wider range of numbers in the group, variance will be.
a. Low
b. High
c. Moderate
d. Zero
55. For the given numbers “ 5,7, 10,9,4” , Coefficient of Range is
a. 10
b. 6
c. 0.43
d. 2.33
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56. A t-Test is applicable in case of:

a. Small Samples
b. Large samples
c. Biased samples
d. Unbiased Samples
57. The resulting values that we count of the selected sample in chi-square statistics
are.
a. repeated frequencies
b. major frequencies
c. expected frequencies.
d. observed frequencies.
58. Data displayed in a contingency table, the expected frequencies for each cell,
are not less than
a. 20
b. 15
c. 10
d. 05
59. The Chi –square distribution are always skewed.
a. Right
b. Up
c. Left
d. Down
60. In chi-square goodness of fit test, sample data is divided into?
a. population
b. Intervals
c. Decimals
d. Different standard deviations
61. Range of t-statistics is.
a. -1 to +1
b. – infinity to + infinity
c. -∞ to+ ∞
d. 0 to + infinity
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62. divides a dataset into four equal parts.

a. Mean
b. Median
c. Standard deviation
d. Quartile
63. As compared to normal distribution, The t-distribution is,
a. Flatter
b. More peaked
c. Symmetric
d. Negatively skewed.
64. All data points falling along a straight line is called:
a. Linear relationship
b. Non-linear relationship
c. Residual
d. Scatter diagram
65. A scatter plot is used to plot the data in,
a. XY- plane
b. YY-plane
c. XX-Plane
d. None of the above
66. A statistical method that uses sample data to accept or reject a hypothesis about
a parameter is called.
a. Statistical hypothesis
b. interval estimation
c. hypothesis testing
d. type-I error.
67. If the individuals of groups perform differently while they were treated in the
same conditions, then this variance is called .
a. Among-treatment
b. Besides-treatment
c. Overall-treatment
d. Within-treatment
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68. A population that consists of unlimited number of elements is called:

a. Finite Population
b. Infinite population
c. Both (A) and (B)
d. None of these
69. Which one is NOT correct about property of Standard deviation
a. it is rigidly defined.
b. It requires only extreme values.
c. It depends on all the values of the variable.
d. It is based on deviations from the arithmetic mean.
70. After 1998 census, Government came to know that 48% of population is of men
while others are women. This conclusion was on the basis of ……………….
branch of knowledge
a. Anthropology
b. Sociology
c. Social work
d. Statistics
71. A thermometer measures in centigrade scale; It is of which type of the
following.
a. Nominal Scale
b. Ordinal Scale
c. Interval Scale
d. Ratio Scale
72. For the given numbers “ 5,7,10,9,4” , Range is
a. 10
b. 8
c. 7
d. 6
73. Each symbol in pictogram may represents,
a. 1 unit of the data
b. 2 units of the data
c. 1 or more units of the data
d. None of these
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74. For the values, 11, 12, 14 , 20 22 ; Variance is 25, what would be Standard
Deviation?
a. 14
b. 9
c. 5
d. 0
75. When two dice are rolled the Sum of dots can be:
a. A discrete variable
b. A continuous variable
c. Both A and B
d. Neither A nor B
76. If the random sample of n=30 individuals to be distributed in three
categories(A,B,C. then best strategy is to predict that in B category the
percentage of individuals would be
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c. 25%
d. 10%
77. Standard deviation shows the spread of scores around:
a. Quartile
b. Mean
c. Mode
d. Variance
78. hypothesis states that there is no effect:
a. Null
b. Alternative
c. simple
d. Composite
79. Review of performance appraisal, labour turnover rates, planning of incentives,
and training programs are relevant to which of the following?
a. Management
b. Sociology
c. Statistics
d. Law
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80. A random distribution often means there are,

a. No classes
b. No data
c. No Value
d. Too many classes
81. Which of the following is true for the coefficient of correlation?
a. The coefficient of correlation is not dependent on the change of scale
b. The coefficient of correlation is not dependent on the change of origin
c. The coefficient of correlation is not dependent on both the change of
scale and change of origin
d. None of the above
82. If the values of two variables move in the same direction
a. The correlation is said to be non-linear.
b. The correlation is said to be linear.
c. The correlation is said to be negative.
d. The correlation is said to be positive.
83. What must you include when reporting an ANOVA?
a. Means
b. P value
c. F statistic
d. Degrees of freedom
e. All Are Right
84. A sample free from bias is :
a. Unbiased
b. Error-free
c. Biased
d. None of these
85. If the true means of the k populations are equal, then MSTR/MSE should be:
a. more than 1.00
b. close to 1.00 aaa
c. close to 0.00
d. close to -1.00
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86. If there are small discrepancies between the fo and fe values then we
a. conclude and reject H0
b. neither accept, nor reject H0
c. fail to reject H0
d. conclude not good fit in the data and the hypothesis.
87. If one-way ANOVA provides a statistically significant result, then
hypothesis is accepted.
a. Alternate
b. Null
c. Directional
d. Non-directional
88. is a process by which the unknown value of a parameter is obtained
from the sample observation.
a. Descriptive statistic
b. Inferential statistics
c. Statistical estimation
d. None of these
89. For the given observations, the positive square-root of the mean of Squared
deviations from their mean is
1. Standard deviation
2. Quartile deviation
3. Mean deviation
4. Variance
90. To make the chi-square approximation valid, there is requirement of sufficient
1. Sample
2. Population
3. Data
4. Literature
91. Whether a test is one sided or two sided depends on.
1. Simple hypothesis
2. Composite hypothesis
3. Null hypothesis
4. Alternative hypothesis
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92. What divides the data in the two equal halves:

1. Mean
2. Median
3. Mode
4. Geometric Mean
93. The process of drawing a sample from a population is known as .
1. Sample survey
2. Census
3. Sampling
4. None of these
94. What is the meaning of the testing of the hypothesis?
a. It is a significant estimation of the problem
b. It is a rule for acceptance or rejection of the hypothesis of the research
problem
c. It is a method of making a significant statement
d. None of the above
95. In chi- square, the contingency table, where R and C stand for
a. Right and Correct
b. Relationship Coefficient
c. Ratio Calculated.
d. Rows and Columns
96. The sum of all squared deviations form mean divided by total number
observation is
a. Sample Deviation
b. Population deviation
c. Sample Variance
d. Population variance
97. A teacher is judging her students in terms such as intelligent, mediocre,
satisfactory, slow learners etc. what type of scale is it?
a. Nominal Scale
b. Ordinal Scale
c. Interval Scale
d. Ratio Scale
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98. Appropriate statistical test for determining the difference between mean scores
for three different independent groups/samples is .
a. ANOVA
b. Correlation
c. Mann-Whitney U test
d. t-test
99. According to numerical magnitude which of the following listing is correct?
a. Raw data
b. Arrayed data
c. Discrete data
d. Continuous data
100. Graph is drawn on the basis of cumulative frequencies is called,
a. Bar chart
b. Ogive
c. Pictogram
d. None of these
101. In Histogram, the height of the bars depends upon the,
a. X-axis
b. Y-axis
c. Amount of data
d. Bars
102. Chi-square goodness of fit test is used to find out how the observed value of a
given phenomena is significantly different from the
a. Calculated values
b. Table value
c. Missing value
d. expected value
103. The goal of the measure of central tendency is to condense in a single
value.
a. mean
b. mode
c. median
d. data
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104. The independent variable is used to explain the dependent variable in

a. Linear regression analysis
b. Multiple regression analysis
c. Non-linear regression analysis
d. None of the above
105. A single numerical fact is called:
a. Statistics
b. Constant
c. Data
d. Datum
106. In Chi-square test of independence, if the null hypothesis based on relationship
between gender and empathy is accepted then there would be
a. high relationship between gender and empathy
b. no relationship between gender and empathy
c. positive relationship between gender and empathy
d. small relationship between gender and empathy
107. If the values of two variables move in the opposite direction
a. The correlation is said to be linear
b. The correlation is said to be non-linear
c. The correlation is said to be positive
d. The correlation is said to be negative

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1. The formula for computing the mean is:

a) Ex/x

b) EX/EX

c) EX/n (Right Answer)

d) EX/z

2. When a researcher rejects a null hypothesis what is actually true is called, a) All

of these b) Power test

c) Type-II error

d) Type-I error (Right Answer)

3. Pictogram is also known as,

a) Pie

b) Bar

c) Row

d) Picto (Right Answer)

4. Range is difference between and observation in a set of data.

a) Central-extreme

b) Largest-smallest (Right Answer)

c) Q1-Q3

d) Mean-median
5. A pie chart displays the data in the form of,

a) Bars

b) Lines

c) Slices (Right Answer)

d) Boxes

6. How many levels must there be in one independent variable for an ANOVA to be
used?

a) One (Right Answer)

b) Two

c) Three

d) Four

7. Median of the data 10, 12, 14, 18, 20 is:

a) 12

b) 14 (Right Answer)

c) 15

d) 18

8. For the given numbers “5, 7, 10, 9, 4”, range is . a) 10 b) 8

 c) 7
d) 6 (Right Answer)

9. hypothesis states that there is no effect:

a) Null (Right Answer)

b) Alternative

c) Simple

d) Composite

10. Data displayed in a contingency table, the expected frequencies for each cell, are
not less than a) 20

b) 15

c) 10

d) 05 (Right Answer)

11. A random distribution often means there are,

a) No classes

b) No data

c) No value

d) Too many classes (Right Answer)

12. First time obtained data is called .

 a) Primary data (Right Answer)

b) Secondary data

c) Raw data

d) None of these

13. In bar charts which of following may have the scale and indicates the units of
measurement? a) X-axis

b) Y-axis (Right Answer)

c) Both of these

d) None of these

14. A statistical method that uses sample data to accept or reject a hypothesis about
a parameter is called; a) Statistical hypothesis

b) Interval estimation

c) Hypothesis testing (Right Answer)

d) Type-I error

15. Which of the following similar to the bar chart,

a) Pie chart

b) Historigram

c) Pictogram

d) Histogram (Right Answer)

16. Measures of central tendency are mean, and mode.

a) Median (Right Answer)

b) Data

c) Number

d) Variance

17. Chi-square goodness of fit test is used to find out how the observed value of a
given phenomena is significantly different from the a) Calculated values b)

Table value

c) Missing value

d) Expected value (Right Answer)

18. Which of the following is not a form of non-random sampling?

a) Snowball sampling

b) Systematic sampling (Right Answer)

c) Quota sampling

d) Purposive sampling

19. For Q1 = 20 and Q3 = 70, Quartile deviation = . a) 20 b) 25 (Right

Answer)

c) 50
 d) 70

20. divides a dataset into four equal parts.

a) Mean

b) Median

c) Standard deviation

d) Quartile (Right Answer)

21. Range of t-statistics is;

a) -1 to +1

b) –infinity to +infinity

c) -00 to +00 (Right Answer)

d) 0 to + infinity

22. Quota sampling is a type of sampling.

a) Probability

b) Non- Probability (Right Answer)

c) Cluster

d) None of these

23. Which of the following displays relative numbers / proportions of multiple

categories?

a) Pictogram
 b) Pie chart

c) Bar chart (Right Answer)

d) Histogram

24. A distribution skewed to the right is said to be,

a) Negatively skewed

b) Positively skewed (Right Answer)

c) Normal distribution

d) Bimodal distribution

25. Range in a set of data is calculated by?

a) Adding the biggest and smallest numbers (Right Answer)

b) Placing the number in order form least to greatest

c) Subtracting maximum and minimum values

d) Finding the average

Data for the bar charts may be entered in:

e) Columns (Right Answer)

f) Rows

g) Table

h) None of these

26. A bimodal shape has the peaks.

a) Two (Right Answer)

 b) Three

c) Four

d) Five

27. Which one of the following is not probability sampling?

a) Simple random sampling

b) Systematic sampling

c) Stratified sampling

d) Judgment sampling (Right Answer)

28. A variable that is used to explain the relationship between variable: a) Binary
variable

b) Independent variable

c) Random variable

d) Intervening variable (Right Answer)

29. Histograms are used for the data that is.

a) At least ordinal level of measurement (Right Answer)

b) At most ordinal of measurement

c) At any level of the measurement

d) None of these
30. To make the chi-square approximation valid, there is requirement of sufficient a)

Sample (Right Answer)

b) Population

c) Data

d) Literature

32. There are 55% students having black eye colour in a class of 40, thus they are in
total a) 28

b) 22 (Right Answer)

c) 11

d) 05

33. Graph of the frequency distribution is known as,

a) Histogram (Right Answer)

b) Multiple bar chart

c) Sub-divided bar chart

d) None of these

34. Which of the following statements is true for correlation analysis? a) It is a

bivariate analysis

b) It is a multivariate analysis

c) It is a univariate analysis
 d) Both A and B (Right Answer)

35. In a study, subjects are randomly assigned to one of three groups: control,
experimental A, or experimental B, after treatment, the mean scores for the three
groups are compared. The appropriate statistical test for comparing these means
is:

a) The correlation coefficient

b) Chi square

c) The t-test

d) The analysis of variance (Right Answer)

36. The chi-square distribution are always skewed.

a) Right (Right Answer)

b) Up

c) Left

d) Down

37. Analysis of variance is a statistical method of comparing the of several

populations.

a) Standard deviations

b) Variances

c) Means (Right Answer)

d) Proportions
38. As variability due to chance decreases, the value of F will

a) Increase (Right Answer)

b) Stay the same

c) Decrease

d) Can’t tell form the given information

39. (the measure of central tendency) is affected by extreme scores in a

dataset.

a) Mean (Right Answer)

b) Median

c) Mode

d) Range

40. A uniform distribution often means that the number of classes is too, a) Large b)

Different

c) Same

d) Small (Right Answer)

41. T-test is used for comparing values of two data sets;

a) Mean (Right Answer)

b) Standard deviation

c) Variance
 d) None of these

42. As the sample size increases the shape of the distribution approaches to; a) T-
distribution

b) Normal-distribution (Right Answer)

c) Chi-square distribution

d) F-distribution

43. All data points falling along a straight line is called:

a) Linear relationship (Right Answer)

b) Non-linear relationship

c) Residual

d) Scatter diagram

44. In simple linear regression, the numbers of unknown constants are: a) One b)

Two (Right Answer)

c) Three

d) Four

45. The method of least squares dictates that we choose a regression line where the
sum of the square of deviations of the points from the lie is: a) Maximum

b) Minimum (Right Answer)

 c) Zero

d) Positive

46. What divides the data in the two equal halves:

a) Mean

b) Media (Right Answer)

c) Mode

d) Geometric mean

47. of a dataset is the middle value when the dataset is arranged in

ascending or descending order.

a) Mean

b) Median (Right Answer)

c) Standard deviation

d) Variance

48. If the value of any regression coefficient is zero, then two variables are: a)
Qualitative

b) Correlation

c) Dependent

d) Independent (Right Answer)

49. What do ANOVA calculate?

a) R ratios

b) F ratios (Right Answer)

c) Mann whitney

d) Z-scores

50. Which one is considered the best measure of dispersion in social

sciences?

a) Standard deviation (Right Answer)

b) Quartile deviation

c) Range

d) Mean deviation
1. Review of performance appraisal, labour turnover rates, planning of incentives, and
training programs are relevant to which of the following?

a.
Management

b.
Sociology

c.
Statistics

d.
Law
2. The sum of squares measures the variability of the observed values around their
respective treatment means is called:

a.
Between

b.
Error
c.
Interaction

d.
Total
3. The sum of all squared deviations form mean divided by total number observation is

a.
Sample Deviation

b.
Population deviation

c.
Sample Variance

d.
Population variance
4. A uniform distribution often means that the number of classes is too,

a.
Large

b.
Different

c.
Same
d.
Small
5. Which of the followings displays relative numbers / proportions of multiple categories?

a.
Pictogram

b.
Pie chart

c.
Bar chart

d.
Histogram
6. Graph of the frequency distribution is known as,

a.
Histogram

b.
Multiple bar chart

c.
Sub-divided bar chart

d.
None of these
7. A scatter plot is used to plot the data in,

a.
XY- plane

b.
YY-plane

c.
XX-Plane

d.
None of the above
8. To make the chi-square approximation valid, there is requirement of sufficient

a.
Sample

b.
Population

c.
Data

d.
Literature
9. Which of the following is true for the coefficient of correlation?
a.
The coefficient of correlation is not dependent on the change of scale

b.
The coefficient of correlation is not dependent on the change of origin

c.
The coefficient of correlation is not dependent on both the change of scale and change of
origin

d.
None of the above
10. (the Iof central tendency) is affected by extreme scores in a dataset.

a.
Mean

b.
Median

c.
Mode

d.
Range
11. Median of the data 10, 12, 14, 18, 20 is:
a.
12

b.
14

c.
15

d.
18
12. A thermometer measures in centigrade scale; It is of which type of the following

a.
Nominal Scale

b.
Ordinal Scale

c.
Interval Scale

d.
Ratio Scale
13. A sample free from bias is :

a. Unbiased
b.
Error-free

c.
Biased

d.
None of these
14. Which one of the following is not probability sampling?

a.
Simple random sampling

b.
Systematic sampling

c.
Stratified sampling

d.
Judgment sampling
15. When the inferential statistics deals with more than two variables then it is called;

a.
Bivariate analysis

b.
Mono variate analysis
c.
Multi variate analysis

d.
None of these
16. The resulting values that we count of the selected sample in chi-square statistics are

a.
repeated frequencies

b.
major frequencies

c.
expected frequencies

d.
observed frequencies

17. hypothesis states that there is no effect:

a.
Null

b.
Alternative
c.
simple

d.
Composite
18. Which of the following statements is true about the level of significance?

a.
In testing a hypothesis, we take the level of significance as 2% if it is not mentioned
earlier

b.
In testing a hypothesis, we take the level of significance as 1% if it is not mentioned
earlier

c.
In testing a hypothesis, we take the level of significance as 10% if it is not mentioned
earlier

d.
In testing a hypothesis, we take the level of significance as 5% if it is not mentioned
earlier

19. For a data, Lower value of quartile deviation means

a.
higher dispersion

b. lower dispersion
c.
higher mean

d.
lower mean
20. The formula for computing the mean is:

a.
ƩX/n

b.
ƩX/x

c.
ƩX/z

d.
ƩX/ ƩX
21. What would you use to determine whether significant differences were observed
between all levels of your independent variable?

a.
F statistic

b.
Confidence intervals
c.
Histograms

d.
Box-plots
22. If the individuals of groups perform differently while they were treated in the same
conditions, then this variance is called .

a.
Among-treatment

b.
Besides-treatment

c.
Overall-treatment

d.
Within-treatment
23. In simple regression equation, the numbers of variables involved are:

a.
0

b.
1

c.
2

d. 3
24. Which one of the following measurement scale is used for the date where chi square
statistic is used?

a.
ratio

b.
interval

c.
decimal

d. nominal
25. What must you include when reporting an ANOVA?

a.
Means

b.
P value

c.
F statistic

d. Degrees of freedom
26. Which of the following type of population is subdivided into stratified sampling:

a.
Homogenous

b.
Heterogeneous

c.
Exogenous

d.
None of these

27. In a population, is suitable tool to measure income inequality

a.
mean

b.
median

c.
dispersion

d.
correlation
28. is a process by which the unknown value of a parameter is obtained from the
sample observation.

a.
Descriptive statistic

b.
Inferential statistics

c.
Statistical estimation

d.
None of these
29. For the given numbers “ 5,7,10, ,9,4” , Range is

a.
10

b.
8

c.
7

d.
6
30. Any numerical value which is calculated from population:

a.
Variable

b.
Statistic

c.
Constant

d. Parameter
31. As compared to normal distribution, The t-distribution is,

a.
Flatter

b.
More peaked

c.
Symmetric

d.
Negatively skewed
32. The statistics where we use non parametric test, are those in which

a.
population distribution are normal

b.
score can be added, averaged and squared

c. assumptions of parametric test are violated.

d.
population mean difference are compared.
33. Statistical inference makes inferences about

a.
Sample

b.
Estimator

c. Population.

d.
All of these
38.
In chi- square, the contingency table, where R and C stand for

a.
Right and Correct

b.
Relationship Coefficient

c.
Ratio Calculated.

d. Rows and Columns

39. Histograms are used for the data that is,

a. At least ordinal level of measurement

b.
At most ordinal level of measurement

c.
At any level of the measurement

d.
None of these
40. A t-Test is applicable in case of:

a. Small Samples

b.
Large samples

c.
Biased samples
d.
Unbiased Samples
41. A pie chart displays the data in the form of,

a.
Bars

b.
Lines

c. Slices

d.
Boxes

42. Which of the following points do not reflect statistics?

a.
It is a wide subject of study

b.
They can be descriptive

c.
It describes ways of analyzing qualitative data

d.
They can be inferential
43. A major disadvantage of standard deviation is

a.
sensitive measure of dispersion

b.
takes into account all the values in the data set

c.
used in many other statistical techniques

d. difficult to calculate manually

44. There are branches of statistical inference.

a. 2

b. 3

c. 4

d. 5
45. All data points falling along a straight line is called:

a. Linear relationship

b.
Non-linear relationship
c.
Residual

d. Scatter diagram
46. If Q1= 25 and Q3= 75, Coefficient of Quartile deviation equals

a. 25

b. 0.75

c. 50

d. 0.50
(Explaination: Q3-Q1/2 : 75-25/2= 25)
47. In bar charts which of followings may have the scale and indicates the units of
measurement?

a.
X-axis

b. Y-axis

c.
Both of these

d.
None of
48. population that consists of unlimited number of elements is called:

a.
Finite Population

b. Infinite population

c.
Both (A) and (B)

d.
None of these
49. A relationship where the flow of the data points is best represented by a curve is
called:

a.
Linear relationship

b.
Nonlinear relationship

c.
Linear positive

d.
Linear negative
50. For a set of data, if inter quartile range is 30, then quartile deviation is
a.
30

b. 15

c.
60

d. 0
51. Variance among different conditions/groups can be attributed to chance and/or
treatment in variance.

a.
Against-

b.
Between-

c.
For-

d. Within-
52. A statistical method that uses sample data to accept or reject a hypothesis about a
parameter is called;

a.
Statistical hypothesis

b.
interval estimation

c.
hypothesis testing

d.
type-I error
53. What are the two types of variance which can occur in your data?

a.
Repeated and extraneous

b.
Independent and confounding

c.
Experimenter and participant

d. Between group and within groups

54. For the given numbers “ 5,7, 10, ,9,4” , Coefficient of Range is

a. 10

b. 6

c. 0.43

d. 2.33
55. sample t-test is called repeated measures:

a. Independent

b. Paired

c.
Both a and b

d.
None of these
56. Probability sampling and random sampling are:

a. Different

b.
Same

c.
Opposite

d. None of these
57. If the values of two variables move in the opposite direction

a.
The correlation is said to be linear

b.
The correlation is said to be non-linear

c.
The correlation is said to be positive

d. The correlation is said to be negative

58. In pictogram we display the data by making the,

a. Pictures

b.
Bars

c.
Charts

d.
Diagram
59. Graph is drawn on the basis of cumulative frequencies is called,

a.
Bar chart

b. Ogive

c.
Pictogram
d.
None of these
60. A process by which we estimate the value of dependent variable on the basis of one
or more independent variables is called:

a.
Correlation

b. Regression

c.
Residual

d.
Slope
61. is calculated by taking into account each and every value in a
dataset.

a.
Mean

b.
Median

c.
Mode

d.
Range
62. The first hand and unorganized form of data is called

a.
Secondary data

b.
Primary data

c. Raw data

d.
Tertiary data
63. If the values of two variables move in the same direction

a.
The correlation is said to be non-linear

b.
The correlation is said to be linear

c.
The correlation is said to be negative

d. The correlation is said to be positive

64. Which one is considered the best measure of dispersion in Social Sciences?

a.
Standard deviation

b. Quartile deviation
c. Range

d. Mean deviation
65. When a researcher rejects a null hypothesis what is actually true is called,

a. Type-I error

b.
Type-II error

c.
Power test

d.
All of these
66. If the random sample of n=30 individuals to be distributed in three categories(A,B,C.
then best strategy is to predict that in B category the percentage of individuals would be
a. 50%
b. 33%
c. 25%
d. 10%
67. Measures of Central tendency are mean, and mode.

a.
Median
b.
data

c.
number

d.
variance
2. are

a.
High

b.
Negative

c.
Small

d.
Positive
69. A single numerical fact is called:

a.
Statistics

b.
Constant

c.
Data

d.
Datum
70. Degree of freedom is related to.

a.
Hypothesis under test

b.
Number of observations in a population

c.
Number of independent observation in set

d.
confidence interval
71. A population about which some information is desired is called:

a.
Sampled population

b.
Target population
c.
Hypothetical population

d.
Infinite population

72. What is the standard deviation for the given data: 5,5,5,5

a. 0

b.
5

c.
10

d. 20
73. Whether a test is one sided or two sided depends on.

a.
Simple hypothesis

b.
Composite hypothesis

c.
Null hypothesis
d. Alternative hypothesis

74. In simple linear regression, the numbers of unknown constants are:

a.
One

b. Two

c.
Three

d.
Four
75. Each symbol in pictogram may represents,

a.
1 unit of the data

b.
2 units of the data

c. 1 or more units of the data

d.
None of these

76. Data for the bar charts may be entered in:

a. Columns

b.
Rows

c.
Table

d.
None of these
77. When the k population means are truly different from each other, it is likely that the
average error deviation:

a.
is relatively large compared to the average treatment deviations

b. is relatively small compared to the average treatment deviations

c.
is about equal to the average treatment deviation

d. differ significantly between at least two of the populations

78. What divides the data in the two equal halves:

a.
Mean
b.
Media

c.
Mode

d.
Geometric Mean
79. A variable that takes numeric value is called variable:

a.
Quantitative

b.
Qualitative

c.
Categorical

d.
None of these
80. Which one of the following measurement scale is used for the date where chi square
statistic is used?

a.
ratio

b.
interval

c.
decimal

d. nominal
81. A complete list of sample unit is called :

a.
Sampling error

b.
Sample unit

c. Sample frame

d.
None of these