Lowest value of variance can be

-1

-3

0
Question 1 Explanation:
Variance can not be negative

The standard deviation is always _________ than mean deviation

Greater

Less

Equal

None

The sum of squared deviations of a set of n values from their mean is

Zero

Maximum

Least

None

Question 4
CORRECT
The sum of squares of deviation is least if measure from

Mean

Mode

Median

Variance

Question 5
CORRECT
The variance of 5 numbers is 10. If each number is divided by 2, then the variance of new
numbers is

20

2.5

5.5

Question 6
WRONG
Which of these is a relative measure of dispersion http://itfeature.com

Standard Deviation

Variance

Coefficient of Variation

Non of these
Question 7
WRONG
Variance remains unchanged by change of

Origin

Scale

Both

None of these

Question 8
CORRECT
Variance is always calculated from

Mode

Varaince

Geometric Mean

Median

Mean

Question 9
CORRECT
If the standard deviation of the values 2, 4, 6, 8 is 2.33, then the standard deviation of the
values 4, 6, 8, 10 is

0
 2.58

4.66

2.33

Question 10
WRONG

If a and b are two constants, then Var(a+bX)Var(a+bX) is

abVar(X)abVar(X)

Var(a)Var(X)Var(a)Var(X)
bVar(X)bVar(X)
b2Var(X)b2Var(X)
(ab)Var(X)(ab)Var(X)

Question 11
WRONG
If Y=8X 5 and SD of X is 3, then SD of Y is

24

None
Question 12
WRONG
Suppose for 40 observations, the variance is 50. If all the observations are increased by 20,
the variance of these increased observation will be

50

70

50/20

50-20=30

50

Question 13
WRONG

The percentage of values lies between X2SDX2SD is

68.26%

95.45%

99.7%

65%

99%

Question 14
WRONG
Mean Deviation, Variance and Standard Deviation of the values 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 is

2
 12

Question 15
CORRECT
The variance of a constant is

zero

constant

None

Question 16
WRONG
For a symmetrical distribution approximately 68% of the cases are included between Visit
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XSXS and X+SX+S

X2SX2S and X+2SX+2S

X3SX3S and X+3SX+3S
None of these
Question 17
WRONG
Standard deviation is calculated from the Harmonic Mean (HM)

Always

Sometimes

Never

None of these

Question 18
 CORRECT
If X and Y are independent then SD (X Y) is

SD(X)SD(Y)SD(X)SD(Y)

SD(X)+SD(Y)SD(X)+SD(Y)
SD(X)+SD(Y)SD(X)+SD(Y)
Var(X)+Var(Y)Var(X)+Var(Y)
Question 19
CORRECT
If all values are same then the measure of dispersion will be

Mean

Mode

Median

Question 20
CORRECT
A measure of dispersion is always ________

zero

Positive

Negative

Infinity

Question 21
WRONG

Var(2X+3)Var(2X+3) is
 5 Var(X)

4 Var(X)

4 Var(X)+3

5 Var(X) + 3

Question 22
CORRECT
The measure of Dispersion can never be

Positive

Negative

Question 23
WRONG
The measure of dispersion is changed by a change of

Origin

Scale

Algebraic Signs

None

Question 24
WRONG
The mean deviation of the values, 18, 12, 15 is

zero
 3

2
Question 24 Explanation:
MD=ni=1|xix|n

is used to criterion of consistency i.e for consistence performance

Coefficient of Variation

Standard Deviation

Mean Deviation

Range
If right tail is longer than left tail then distribution is called

Positively Skewed

Negatively Skewed

None of these

Question 3
WRONG
The Coefficient of Skewness is always zero for --------- distribution

Symmetrical

Skewed
 None of these

Question 4
WRONG
Quartile Coefficient of skewness lies between

None of these

-1 and +1

0 and 1

-1 and 0

Question 5
WRONG
For Mesokurtic curve of the distribution, 22 is

<3

Zero

>3

None of these

Question 6
CORRECT
In uni-model distribution, if mode is less than mean

Negatively Skewed

Normal

Positively Skewed

Symmetrical
Question 7
CORRECT
The first moment about means is always

Negative

None of these

Zero

Question 8
WRONG
If mean is 25 and standard deviation is 5 then C.V (Coefficient of variation) is

20%

25%

100%

None of these
Question 8 Explanation:
CV=SDX100CV=SDX100

In Mesokurtic distribution

432432

4<324<32
4=324=32
4>324>32

Lack of symmetry is called

 Absolute dispersion

Relative dispersion

Skewness

The degree of peakedness is called

Skewness

Symmetry

Dispersion

Kurtosis

-------- is used to compare the variation or dispersion in two or more sets of data even though
they are measured in different units.

Coefficient of Variation

Standard Deviation

Mean Deviation

If the third moment about mean is zero then distribution is

Negatively skewed

Symmetrical

Mesokurtic

Positively skewed
Second moment about mean is

Standard Deviation

Variance

Mean

None of these

Coefficient of Variation

If 2=m4m22<32=m4m22<3, the distribution is called

Platykurtic

Normal

Mesokurtic

Leptokurtic

The calculation of mean and variance is based on

A Large values only

All values

C Small values only

Extreme values only
D

Arithmetic Mean is ________ affected by extreme values

 Highly

Not

Less

The sum of squared deviation is least from

Mean

B Median

C Standard Deviation

D Mode

If "X" is a constant then 2i=1a=i=12a= ________________

2X

Arithmetic mean of two positive numbers "X" and "Y" is

a+b2a+b2
B ab2ab2

C 2a+b2a+b

D 2a22a2

E ab2

The sum of values divided by their number is called

A None of these

B Median
Mean

D Mode
Harmonic Mean
E
_______ is based on all observations of data

A Median

B Mode

C None of these
Mean

The mean of a constant "b" is

None

Sum of deviations will be zero if it is taken from

Mean

Mode

Standard Deviation

Median

The average of first n natural numbers is

n+1/2
Which of the following Measure of averages is affected by extreme (very small or
very large) valuesin data set.

Harmonic Mean

B Median
Arithmetic Mean

D Geometric Mean

If any of the value in data set is negative then it is impossible to compute

Median

Harmonic Mean

Arithmetic Mean

Mode

Geometric Mean

To find the average speed of a journey which is the appropriate measure of central
tendency
A Mode

B Mean
Weighted Mean

Geometric Mean

Harmonic Mean

_________ is the measure of average which can have more than one value

Geometric Mean

Mean

Harmonic Mean

Mode

Median
Which of the following Measure of Averages is not based on all the values given in the data
set.

Mode

B Geometric Mean

C Harmonic Mean

D Median
E Arithmetic Mean

Which of the following cannot be less than zero (negative)?

Mode

Geometric Mean

Median

D Harmonic Mean

E Arithmetic Mean
Question 7 Explanation:
All measure of central tendencies except Geometric Mean can be negative or more than
zero.

The Geometric Mean of -2, 4, 03, 6, 0 will be

Cannot be Computed

C3

D None of these

E -3
If any of the value in data set is zero then it is not possible (i.e. impossible) to compute

Harmonic Mean

B Mode
Geometric Mean

D Mean

2nd Quartile = 5th Decile = 50th Percentile = ?

A Mode
Geometric Mean

Median

Harmonic Mean

The Harmonic Mean of any two numbers is

2ab/a+b

If a distribution has two modes then this distribution is called

A Uni-Modal

B Multi-Modal
None of these
C
D Tri-Modal
Bi-Modal

The most repeated (popular) value in a data set is called

A Geometric Mean
Mode

C Harmonic Mean

D Median

E Mean

Data must be arranged either in ascending or descending order, if some wants to compute

Geometric Mean

Harmonic Mean

Mean

Median