Which of the following statements is false?
A. When value of correlation coefficient is one, the two regression lines coincide
B. The regression coefficients are independent of the change of origin and of scale
C. The sign of the regression coefficients are always the same
D. The square of the coefficient of correlation is called coefficient of determination
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Questionnaire should have the following number of questions.
A. 9
B. 10
C. 20
D. According to the information required
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Given the following numbers
2, 8, 6, 5, 0, 9, 7, 11
The product of their arithmetic and geometric means is
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The standard deviation of Bionomial distribution is:
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In a place, average rainfall was 6 cm during Monday to Saturday. Due to heavy rainfall on Sunday the average of the week was increased to 9 cm. The rainfall on Sunday will be:
A. 25.5 cm
B. 27 cm
C. 28.5 cm
D. None of the above
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The coefficient of correlation is independent of change of
A. Origin
B. Scale
C. Both A and B
D. None of these
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Karl Pearson's coefficient of skewness is . . . . . . . . Bowley's coefficient of skewness for any skewed distribution.
A. equal to
B. less than
C. greater than
D. not related to
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The members of a stratum are . . . . . . . . to each other and are . . . . . . . . from the members of another stratum in the characteristics that is measured.
A. similar, different
B. different, similar
C. similar, similar
D. different, different
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Which measure of dispersion is square of standard deviation?
A. Variance
B. Range
C. Quartile deviation
D. Mean deviation
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Coefficient of range can be calculated as
A. L + S/L × S
B. L + S/L - S
C. L - S/L + S
D. L × S/L + S
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You wish to make a precise estimate about the characteristics of a population of individuals. You should use:
A. Quota sampling
B. Probability sampling
C. Accidental sampling
D. None of the above
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Which of the following is more frequently used in statistical analysis of hypothesis?
1. Null hypothesis
2. Alternate hypothesis
3. Mixed hypothesis
A. Both 3 and 2
B. Both 2 and 3
C. Both 1 and 3
D. All of the above
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In which way Charlier's test is used to check the accuracy of the counting operation while finding the arithmetic mean in frequency distribution?
A. Direct method
B. Short cut method
C. Mean deviation method
D. B and C both methods
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. . . . . . . . method is used for statistical quality control.
A. Sequential sampling
B. Stratified sampling
C. Cluster sampling
D. Simple random sampling
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The degree of confidence with, which it is asserted that a particular value of the population lies within the certain limits is known as the . . . . . . . .
A. parameter
B. level of confidence
C. level of significance
D. level of standard error
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Statistics is a characteristic of a . . . . . . . . and parameter is a characteristic of a . . . . . . . .
A. sample, universe
B. universe, sample
C. population, universe
D. None of these
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Dispersions are NOT calculated about
A. Mean
B. Median
C. Mode
D. Geometric Mean
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Laspreyer's formula
A. L p 01 = ∑ P 0 q 0 ∑ P 1 q 0 × 100
B. L p 01 = ∑ P 1 q 1 ∑ P 1 q 0 × 100
C. L p 01 = ∑ P 1 q 1 ∑ P 1 q 0 × 10 D. None of these
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Regression analysis is a measure of
A. Degree and direction of relationship
B. Degree of association
C. Cause and effect relationship
D. None of these
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Which of the following statements are true? Select the correct option.
(1) The coefficient of rank correlation has the same limits as the Karl Pearson's coefficient of correlation.
(2) The coefficient of correlation is independent of the change of origin but not of scale.
(3) The covariance between X and Y is defined as where and n = number of paired observations.
(4) Bxy is called regression coefficient of X variable on Y variable.
(5) If bxy is 0.4 and byx is 1.6, coefficient of determination would be 0.8.
A. 1, 2 and 3
B. 1, 3 and 4
C. 3, 4 and 5
D. 2, 3 and 5
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