Which of the following is a criterion for a good research question?
A. Questions should be long and use complex terms
B. Questions should show where my research biases are
C. Questions should sound contemporary
D. Questions should connect with established theory and research
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Which of the following represents consistency of results when the test instrument is used repeatedly?
A. Validity
B. Reliability
C. Relativity
D. Sensitivity
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The standard deviation of six numbers 3, 3, 3, 5, 5, 5 is
A. 1
B. 4
C. 0
D. Cannot be obtained since the unit of measurement is not given
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The following terms are called the 'relative measures of dispersion' except:
A. Co-efficient of Mean deviation
B. Standard deviation
C. Co-efficient of Range
D. Co-efficient of variation
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Tally sheets are used to determine
A. Class limits
B. Frequency of each class
C. Number of classes
D. Continuous series
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To determine the height of a person when his weight is given is:
A. Correlation problem
B. Association problem
C. Regression problem
D. Qualitative problem
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In a negatively skewed distribution, which of the following statements holds to be true?
A. The value of mean is maximum
B. The value of mode is minimum
C. The excess tail is in the left hand side
D. Median value is equal to mode
E. The curve is evenly spread to both the sides
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If two entries are assigned the average of rank 5 and it's next rank 6, then the next rank after 5.5 is
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Which of the following give's the substance of the report?
A. Abstract
B. Summary
C. Preface
D. Table of contents
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Moment ratios β1 and β2 are:
A. Independent of origin and scale of measurement
B. Expressed in original unit of the data
C. Unit less quantities
D. Both A and B
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The most commonly used measure of dispersion is . . . . . . . .
A. range
B. standard deviation
C. coefficient of variation
D. quartile deviation
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Given below are two statements one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R) -
Assertion (A): Fisher's Ideal Index is geometric mean of Laspeyre's and Pasche's index.
Reason (R): Pasche Index Number adopts base year quantity.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below
A. Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is correct explanation of (A)
B. Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
C. (A) is true but (R) is false
D. (A) is false but (R) is true
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When regression line passes through the origin, then:
A. Intercept is zero
B. Regression coefficient is zero
C. Correlation is zero
D. Association is zero
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Which of the following is/are part of sampling distribution?
A. Mean absolute value
B. Range
C. Standard deviation
D. All of these
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The measure of variation that is least effected by extreme observations is
A. Range
B. Mean deviation
C. Standard deviation
D. Quartile deviation
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Which one of the following is not the characteristics of normal distribution?
A. Bell-shaped and symmetric
B. Mean, Median and Mode of the distribution are equal
C. The total area under the curve for the normal probability distribution is one
D. The two tails of the distribution in both the directions touches the horizontal axis
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Which of the following is correct formula to calculate 'width of the class'?
A. Class range ÷ Number of classes
B. Class range × Number of classes
C. Class range ÷ Total number of sample
D. None of the above
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The following figures represent the number of book issued at the counter of a commerce library in 11 different ways. Calculate the median.
96, 180, 98, 75, 270, 20, 102, 100, 94, 75, 200
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In regression analysis, if the independent variable is measured in kilograms, the dependent variable:
A. must also be in kilograms
B. must be in some unit of weight
C. cannot be in kilograms
D. can be any units
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A set of data can be distinguished from other set of data by means of:
A. Central value and dispersion
B. Central value, dispersion and skewness
C. Central value, dispersion, skewness and Kurtosis
D. None of the above
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