Subject: Engineering Analysis and Statistics

Topic: Covariance, Interpretation of the Covariance, Correlation

Coefficient, Interpretation of the Correlation Coefficient, Weighted
Mean, Grouped Data, Population Mean for Group Data

Sher Asif Khan Reg# 17-MS-PT-ENE-12

Mubeen Azhar Reg# 17-MS-FT-ENE-13

Submitted to: Dr Nazeer Ahmad Anjum

1) The covariance is:

a) A measure of the strength of relationship between two variables.

b) Dependent on the units of measurement of the variables.
c) An unstandardized version of the correlation coefficient.

d) All of these.

2) How much variance has been explained by a correlation of .9?

a) 18% b) 9% c) 81% d) None of these

3) A correlation of .7 was found between time spent studying and percentage on

an exam. What is the proportion of variance in exam scores that can be explained
by time spent studying?

a) .70 b) .49 c) .30 d) .7

4) If Pearson’s correlation coefficient between stress level and workload is .8, how
much variance in stress level is not accounted for by workload?

a) 20% b) 2% c) 8% d)36%
5) The strength (degree) of the correlation between a set of independent variables
X and a dependent variable Y is measured by

a) Coefficient of Correlation b) Coefficient of Determination

c) Standard error of estimate d) All of the above

6) The percent of total variation of the dependent variable Y explained by the set
of independent variables X is measured by

a) Coefficient of Correlation b) Coefficient of Skewness

c) Coefficient of Determination d) Standard Error or Estimate

e) Multicollinearity

7) A coefficient of correlation is computed to be -0.95 means that

a) The relationship between two variables is weak.

b) The relationship between two variables is strong and positive

c) The relationship between two variables is strong and but negative

d) Correlation coefficient cannot have this value

8) Let the coefficient of determination computed to be 0.39 in a problem involving

one independent variable and one dependent variable. This result means that

a) The relationship between two variables is negative

b) The correlation coefficient is 0.39 also

c) 39% of the total variation is explained by the independent variable

d) 39% of the total variation is explained by the dependent variable

9) Relationship between correlation coefficient and coefficient of determination is

that
a) Both are unrelated

b) The coefficient of determination is the coefficient of correlation squared

c) The coefficient of determination is the square root of the coefficient of correlation

d) Both are equal

10) Which of the following indicates the strongest relationship?

a) r = .5 b) r = .09 c) r2 = - .6 d) r = .2

11) Which of the following would not allow you to calculate a correlation?

a) A negative relationship between X and Y b) A positive relationship between X and Y

c) A curvilinear relationship between X and Y d) A linear relationship between X and Y

12) Which of the following is not a use for r?

a) Reliability b) Correlation c) Power analysis d) Validity

13) A student's grade in a Psychology course is comprised of tests (40%), quizzes

(20%), papers (20%), and a final project (20%). His scores for each of the categories
are 85 (tests), 100 (quizzes), 92 (papers) and 84 (final project). Calculate his overall
grade.

a) 90.25 b) 88.2 c) 89.2 d) 86.7

14) If beginning work in process equivalent units are 2500 units, work done in
current period equivalent units are 3800 units and ending work in process
equivalent units are 5000, then complete equivalent units in current period are

a) 1800 units b) 1500 units c) 1300 units d) 1500 units

15) A class of 25 students took a science test. 10 students had an average
(arithmetic mean) score of 80. The other students had an average score of 60. What
is the average score of the whole class?

a) 70 b) 80 c) 68 d) 78

16) Costing method, which calculates per equivalent unit cost of all production
related work done, till calculated date is termed as

a) Weighted average method b) Net present value method

c) Gross production method d) Net present value method

17) Which of these measures can be used to present an average for data?

a) Mean, beta and normal distribution b) Mode, alpha, range

c) Alpha, mean and mode d) Median, range, normal distribution

e) Standard deviation, range and mean f) Mean, median and mode

18) Which of the following findings is not a correlation?

a) As download prices increase sales will decrease

b) As time spent revising increase the number of fails will decrease

c) As temperature increases ice-cream sales will also increase

d) Women scored higher than men on narcissism

e) As testosterone increases so too does verbal aggression

f) None of these

19) What statistical test would be used with ordinal data obtained from one
sample?
a) Related t-test b) Spearman's c) Wilcoxon

d) Mann-Whitney e) Friedman Anova by ranks f) Kruskal-Wallis

20) Which of the following divides a group of data into four subgroups?

a) Percentiles b) Deciles c) Median

d) Quartiles e) Standard Deviation