Statistics: Arithmetic Mean and Standard Deviation Quiz
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What is another name for arithmetic average?

  • Mean (correct)
  • Median
  • Standard deviation
  • Mode
  • What term refers to the middle value in a distribution?

  • Median (correct)
  • Mode
  • Range
  • Mean
  • Who introduced the concept of standard deviation in 1893?

  • Karl Pearson (correct)
  • Demovire
  • None of these
  • James
  • What is the value which occurs the greatest number of times in a series called?

    <p>Mode</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In Yule’s coefficient of association, what type of association is indicated if Q = 1?

    <p>Perfect positive</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term for the number of observations falling in a particular class?

    <p>Frequency</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the median of the data 10,15,9,25,19?

    <p>15</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the algebraic sum of the deviations of all the items from their arithmetic mean equal to?

    <p>Zero</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the general formula for mean?

    <p>$\sum x$</p> Signup and view all the answers

    For finding mean by the method of step deviation, what does the symbol A denote?

    <p>Assumed mean</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the mode of the data 45,55,50,45,40,45?

    <p>45</p> Signup and view all the answers

    If for a frequency distribution, the values of median and mean are 72 and 78, what is the value of mode?

    <p>60</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the difference between the largest and the smallest observation known as?

    <p>Range</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the other name for standard deviation?

    <p>Mean error</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the formula for coefficient of correlation?

    <p>$\sum xy$</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does Coefficient of correlation lie between?

    <p>0 and 1</p> Signup and view all the answers

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