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Multiple Choice Quiz in Statistics (With Answers) | EducatorsFiles.com Introduction to Statistics 1. Analysis of labor turnover rates, performance appraisal, training programs and planning of incentives are examples of role of a. statistics in personnel management...

Multiple Choice Quiz in Statistics (With Answers) | EducatorsFiles.com Introduction to Statistics 1. Analysis of labor turnover rates, performance appraisal, training programs and planning of incentives are examples of role of a. statistics in personnel management c. statistics in finance b. statistics in marketing d. statistics in production 2. Focus groups, individual respondents and panels of respondents are classified as a. pointed data sources c. itemized data sources b. secondary data sources d. primary data sources 3. Variables whose measurement is done in terms such as weight, height and length are classified as a. continuous variables c. measuring variables b. flowchart variables d. discrete variables 4. Technique used to analyze unemployment rate, inflation rate anticipation and capacity utilization to manufacture goods is classified as a. data supplying technique c. forecasting technique b. data importing technique d. data exporting technique 5. Numerical methods and graphical methods are specialized procedures used in a. social statistics c. business statistics b. descriptive statistics d. education statistics 6. Measure of how well is a technique, concept or process is considered as a. continuity of variables c. goodness of variables b. validity d. reliability 7. Branch of statistics which considers ratio scale and interval scale is considered as a. parametric statistics c. non-parametric statistics b. distribution statistics d. sampling statistics 8. Reports on quality control, production and financial accounts issued by companies are considered as a. external secondary data sources c. internal secondary data sources b. external primary data sources d. internal primary data sources 9. In every phenomenon, process of thought that focus on identifying, controlling and reduction of variations in data is classified as a. parallel thinking c. serial thinking b. statistical thinking d. managerial thinking 10. Scale which categorize events in collectively exhaustive manner and mutually exclusive manner is classified as a. discrete scale c. continuous scale b. valid scale d. nominal scale 11. Type of rating scale which allows respondents to choose most relevant option out of other stated options is classified as a. marking rating scale c. graphical rating scale b. itemized rating scale d. pointed rating scale 12. Government and non-government publications are considered as a. external secondary data sources c. internal secondary data sources b. external primary data sources d. internal primary data sources 13. Type of variable which can take fixed integer values is classified as a. flowchart variable c. discrete variable b. continuous variable d. measuring variables 14. Data which is generated within company such as routine business activities is classified as a. external primary data sources c. internal primary data sources b. external secondary data sources d. internal secondary data sources 15. Question which have different answers for its subparts is considered as a. double barreled questions c. single barreled questions b. multiple barreled questions d. dichotomous questions 16. Analytical study of relationship between output commodity and its price is classified as a. demand analysis c. supply analysis b. imports analysis d. export analysis 17. Process of converting inputs into outputs in presence of repeatedly same conditions is classified as a. Sampler c. parameters b. Process d. mixer 18. Branch of statistics which deals with development of particular statistical methods is classified as a. industry statistics c. economic statistics 1  b. applied statistics d. mathematical statistics 19. Type of variable which can take any numerical figure for calculation is classified as a. continuous variable c. measuring variable b. flowchart variable d. discrete variable 20. Tools such decision making by nominal groups, brain storming and term buildings are all considered as a. serial tools c. behavioral tools b. statistical tools d. parallel tools 21. One of category of statistical method is a. managerial statistics c. decision science b. inferential statistics d. industry statistics 22. Branch of statistics in which data is collected according to ordinal scale or nominal scale is classified as a. distribution statistics c. sampling statistics b. parametric statistics d. non-parametric statistics 23. Time frame to complete a transaction in bank is classified as a. Parameters c. process b. Mixer d. sampler 24. Type of rating scale which represents response of respondents by marking at appropriate point is classified as a. graphic rating scale c. responsive scale b. pointed scale d. marking scale 25. Scale which is used to determine ratios equality is considered as a. satisfactory scale c. ratio scale b. goodness scale d. exponential scale 26. Measurement scale which allows researchers and statisticians to perform certain operations on data collected from respondents is classified as a. interval scale c. flow measuring scale b. validity scale d. reliability scale 27. Type of questions included in questionnaire to record responses in which respondent can answer in any way are classified as a. multiple choices c. itemized question b. open ended questions d. close ended questions 28. Numerical or descriptive measure which is associated with variable to describe entire population of statistical phenomenon is classified as a. Mixer c. sampler b. Parameter d. process 29. Scale used in statistics which provides difference of proportions as well as magnitude of differences is considered as a. satisfactory scale c. ratio scale b. goodness scale d. exponential scale 30. Measurement scale in which values are categorized to represent qualitative differences and ranked in meaningful manner is classified as a. valid scale c. discrete scale b. ordinal scale d. continuous scale 31. Measurement of how well particular concept and technique measures variables is classified as a. Reliability c. validity b. continuity of variables d. goodness of variables 32. Data measurement which arises from a specific process of counting is classified as a. continuous data c. discrete data b. reliable data d. valid data 33. Characteristics that are intended to be analyzed and investigated for a given population are classified as a. Exponents c. constants b. Variables d. exponential base 34. If vertical lines are drawn at every point of straight line in frequency polygon then by this way frequency polygon is transformed into a. width diagram c. length diagram b. histogram d. dimensional bar charts 35. Discrete variables and continuous variables are two types of a. open end classification c. time series classification b. qualitative classification d. quantitative classification 36. In stem and leaf display diagrams used in exploratory analysis, stems are considered as 2  a. central digits c. trailing digits b. leading digits d. dispersed digits 37. Classification method in which upper limit of interval is same as of lower limit class interval is called a. exclusive method c. inclusive method b. mid-point method d. ratio method 38. Type of cumulative frequency distribution in which class intervals are added in top to bottom order is classified as a. variation distribution c. less than type distribution b. more than type distribution d. marginal distribution 39. Data based on workers salary is as 2500, 2700, 2600, 2800, 2200, 2100, 2000, 2900, 3000, 2800, 2200, 2500, 2700, 2800, 2600 and number of classes desired is 10 then width of class interval is a. 400 c. 300 b. 100 d. 200 40. Largest value is 60 and smallest value is 40 and number of classes desired is 5 then class interval is a. 20 c. 4 b. 25 d. 15 41. Summary and presentation of data in tabular form with several non-overlapping classes is referred as a. nominal distribution c. ordinal distribution b. Chronological distribution d. frequency distribution. 42. Type of cumulative frequency distribution in which class intervals are added in bottom to top order is classified as a. more than type distribution c. marginal distribution b. variation distribution d. less than type distribution 43. Distribution which shows cumulative figure of all observations placed below upper limit of classes in distribution is considered as a. cumulative frequency distribution c. upper limit distribution b. class distribution d. cumulative class distribution 44. Frequency distribution which is result of cross classification is called a. bivariate frequency distribution c. univariate frequency distribution b. multi-variables distribution d. close ended distribution 45. Halfway point between lower class limits and upper class limits is classified as a. nominal mid-point c. class mid-point b. interval mid-point d. ordinal mid-point 46. Largest numerical value is 85 and smallest numerical value is 65 and classes desired are 8 then width of class interval is a. 18.75 c. 14.75 b. 13.75 d. 2.5 47. Stem and leaf displaying technique is used to present data in a. descriptive data analysis c. exploratory data analysis b. nominal data analysis d. ordinal data analysis 48. If midpoints of bars on charts are marked and marked dots are joined by a straight line then this graph is classified as a. class interval polygon c. paired polygon b. marked polygon d. frequency polygon 49. Graphical diagram in which total number of observations are represented in percentages rather than absolute values is classified as a. asymmetrical diagram c. ungrouped diagram b. grouped diagram d. pie diagram Measures of Central Tendency 50. Median, mode, deciles and percentiles are all considered as measures of a. mathematical averages c. population averages b. sample averages d. averages of position 51. In two units of company, employees in unit one are 650 and monthly salary is $2750, employees in unit two are 700 and monthly salary is $2500 then combined arithmetic mean is a. $2,620 c. $2,520 b. $2,420 d. $2,320 52. If most repeated observations recorded are outliers of data then mode is considered as a. intended measure c. percentage measure b. best measure d. poor measure 3 53. Number of observations are 30 and value of arithmetic mean is 15 then sum of all values is a. 15 c. 450 b. 200 d. 45 54. Value of Σfx is 180, A= 22, and width of class interval is 5, arithmetic mean is 120 then observations are a. 59 c. 30 b. 39.5 d. 49.5 55. Value of Σfx is 300, A= 35, number of observations are 15 and width of class interval is 5 then arithmetic mean is a. 135 c. 145 b. 150 d. 235 56. Quartiles, median, percentiles and deciles are measures of central tendency classified as a. paired average c. deviation averages b. positioned averages d. central averages 57. Considering probability distribution, if mode is greater than median then distribution is classified as a. variable model c. right skewed b. left skewed d. constant model 58. Frequency distribution whose most values are dispersed to left or right of mode is classified as a. Skewed c. explored b. Bimodal d. unimodal 59. If arithmetic mean is 25 and harmonic mean is 15 then geometric mean is a. 17.36 c. 16.36 b. 15.36 d. 19.36 60. If central tendency is found by using whole population as input data then this is classified as a. sample statistic c. population statistic b. population tendency d. population parameters 61. Criteria of inferential statistics which considers sum of squared deviations is classified as. a. central squares criterion c. outliers square criterion b. multiple squares criterion d. least squares criterion 62. In a negative skewed distribution, order of mean, median and mode is as a. meanmode c. mean>median>mode b. mean