1 Mark Question

UNIT-5

PRICE INDEX

1) The index number is used to measure the relating

changes
2) The price index is used to measure the value of money
3) Quality index indicates the changes in the volume of
goods produced or consumed
4) Value index numbers compare the total value of
asserted period with total value of waste period
5) We denote the price of a commodity the base year P₀
6) The year with reference to which comparison or made
we select the base year
7) We denote the price of a commodity in current year as
P₁
8) A quantity of commodity of current year as Q₀
9) A quantity of a commodity in current year as Q₁
10) Formula for the laasphyere’s method
∑P₁Q₀/∑P₀Q₀×100

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 11) The formula for the paaschey’s method
∑P₁Q₁/∑P₀Q₁×100
12) We denote the weight by W
13) The condition for the time reversal test is P₀₁×P₁₀=1
14) The factor for time reversal test
P₀₁×Q₁₀=∑P₁Q₁/∑P₀Q₀
15) The base year is represented by the total ∑p₀

TIME SERIES

1) The value of variables trends to increase or decrease

over a period of time is securable trend
2) Trend that are discrete by a straight line are called
irregular variation is the least square method
3) The procedure used to identify the cyclical variation is
the least square method
4) The irregular variation acqures both the long period and
short period
5) The cyclical variation is used to remove the effect of
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 6) A time series of annual data can contains the cyclical
fluctuation
7) The up and down variation the period of prosperity
followed by recession that acquires extend period of
time is known as cyclical variation
8) The data that increase or decreased by equal percent’s
appear under the curve liner

REGRESSION ANALYSIS

1) There will be only one regression line in case of d is equal

to +1 or -1
2) When one regression co efficient is negative the other
could be negative
3) Regression co efficient is positive the other would also be
positive
4) The purpose of regression is to study the dependence
between X and Y cause and effective relationship
functional relationship between two or more variables
5) The sign of regression co efficient is same as that of
correlation co efficient

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6) When the correlation co efficient is V is equal to +1 or -
1 then two regression lines will curve side
7) If one regression co efficient is greater than unity then the
another must be less than unity
8) Given the regression co efficient we can find variations
9) The further regression line cut each other the lesser will
be the degree of correlation
10) The term regression was first used by sur.FrancisGatten
11) The geomentrical mean between two regression co
efficient is correlation “effective of correlation”
12) Correlation and regression is used in the estimation of
relationship between the dependent and one or more
independent variables

CORRELATION

1) Scatter diagram is other wise called as dopogram

2) Two or more than variables studied with the help of
correlation
3) The types of correlation’s are positive and negative
,simple parcial and multiple ,liner and non-liner

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4) Equation of the straight line method y is equal to=a+ b x ,
x is called independent variable
5) Equation of the straight line y is equal to=a + b x, b is
called slope
6) Equations of straight line y is equal to a+ b x , y is called
dependent variable
7) If the variables are uncorrelated the regression lines are
perpendicular
8) If R=1 then two regression lines are coinside
9) In statistical progress which several variables predicts the
another variable is known as multiple regression
10) Variable or known variable in the regression analysis is
called dependent
11) The general process predicting statistical mean previous
is called regression
12) A line fitted to a set of data points estimate two
variables is called regression line
13) At technic to determine the degree to which variables
are linearly related is called correlation analysis
14) If the correlation co-efficient between x and y is positive
then as variable x decreases variable y changes linearly

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 SKEWNESS
1) Which one of the following is a measure of skewness is
third movement
2) A curve while is elongated to the light state it is positivity
skewed
3) If the mean,median and mode values are co-inside the
distributionis called symmetrical distribution
4) Measures of skewness tell as the distribution
5) The skewness have a zero value when the distribution is
symmetrical
6) Karl peyerson’s co efficient of skewness was suggested by
karl peyersons
7) Karl peyerson’s co efficient of skewness value rise below
±1
8) When the distribution is symmetrical co efficient of
skewness zero
9) Bowley’s measures of skewness is based on quartiles
10) If the value of mean is greater than the mode value the
skewness will be positive value
11) In a negatively skewed distribution the value of mode is
maximum

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12) In a positive skewed distribution the value of mean is
maximum

MEASURE OF DISPERSON

1) At bowley’s states that dispersion is the measure of the

variations of the item
2) Absolute measure of dispersion are expressed in the same
statistical unit in which the original data are given
3) The values which divide the data into ten equal parts are
called percent
4) Inter quartile range is the difference between the values of
first and third quartiles
5) Standard deviation is the √ of the average of the square
deviation of the observation from the mean
6) In statistical quantity control range is used as the measure
of variation
7) Quartiles are the points which divide array into four equal
parts
8) The standard deviation concept was introduced by karl
peyerson
9) Standard deviation is an absolute measure of dispersion

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10) The sum of squares of the deviation of items from
arithmetic mean is the triple
11) Variance concept was introduced by R.A.Fishers
12) Mean deviation is also called average deviation
13) The co efficient of variation is a relative measures of
dispersion
14) Symbol for standard ddeviation is denoted by Ơ
15) Range is the difference between the highest and lowest
observe value

CHAPTER-1,2

1) The word statistics comes from Italy

2) The collection of any number of related observation is
called data
3) Statistics refers to quantitative aspects of things
4) The word statistic was first used by geffird achenwall
5) The first step in the statistical treatment of a problem is
collection of facts
6) The word statistics was introduced by
DR.E.A.W.Limmerman

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7) The numerical facts were utilised by the rulers in the
empirical stage
8) Statistics as “the science of counting”and “the science of
average” is said by Bowley
9) The finishing process of the statistical technique is
interpretation of facts
10) Which statistical technique is used to predict the
acceptability of a synthetic safe drink concentrate?
answer : survey of consumer taste
11) Statistical quality control is used in industry for
establishing quality standards for product
12) Who developed the theory of heredity using statistical
technique Gregormendal
13) Which statistical technique is used to minimize the risk?
overbooking
14) The method for abstracting significant facts from from
the collected mass of numerical data is called statistical
analysis
15) Which statistical technique is used by an electric lamp
manufacturer to control the average life of the product
quality control

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16) Which method is used by an investigator to adopt for his
enquiry straight forward method
17) A unit in which the ideas expressed are general and only
class differences are distinguished is called simple unit
18) An animal , a room , a man etc.. is a simple unit
19) Statistical data published regularly at short interval is
known as regular data
20) Attributes are qualitative characteristics which are not
capable of being described numerically
21) Variables are quantitative characteristics which are
numerically described
22) The objects in relation to which the values of the
variable obtained are called item
23) A series obtained by different values of a variable in a
period of time which are arranged in chronological order is
called time series
24) Height , weight , death rate etc.. are variables
25) Who is the author of the book how to lie with statistics
Darrel Hoff
26) Who popularised the use of statistics sir. John Sinclair

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27) In the modern stage , statistics is viewed as a way of
handling numerical facts rather than a more device of
collecting numerical data
28) Who states that statistics is a science of measurement of
the social organism regarded as a whole in all its
manifestation? Bowley
29) Numerical facts are the raw materials upon which the
statistician is to work
30) Periodical data are regularly published at long intervals
31) Statistical inference is otherwise called as inferential
statistics
32) Statistics refers to a subject
33) The statistical data are analysed by using statistical
method
34) The mathematical theory which is the basis of statistical
methods is called the theory of statistics
35) Statistics is useful in economics , business and sociology
36) Prof.A.L.Bowley says statistics may be called
a) Science of counting
b) Science of averages
c) Science of the measurement of social organism

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 d) All the above
37) Bodding tou states that statistics I the science of
estimates and proboblised
38) Statistics is the science of collection , presentation ,
analysis and interpretation of numerical data this idea is
given by croxton and cowden
39) Statistics is the use of data to help the decision maker
reach better decisions this was given by PhilipEnus
40) Benjamin Disraeli made the statement that there are
three kinds of lies such as lies, damned lies and statistics
41) The application of statistical methods to the theorical
economic methods which is widely used in economic
research is known as economics
42) Statistics is what a statisticians does
43) Statistical method in general are nothing but a
refinement of everyday thinking
44) By statistics we mean quantitative data affected to a
marked extent by multiplying of causes
45) Statistics are aggregate of facts
46) Statistics may be defined as a science of collection
,presentation analysis and interpretation of numerical data

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47) Statistical thinking will one day be as necessary for
efficient cetiyenship as the ability to read and write this
was given by H.G.Wills
48) The methods and techniques of statistical inference can
be used in the branch of statistics called decision theory
49) The book how to lie with statistics was written by Darrel
Haff
50) The word statistics was introduced in England by
limmerman
51) The science of statistics include which of the following
 Organising data
 Presenting data
 Interpreting data
 All the above
52) In descriptive statistics our main objective is to describe
the data we collect
53) Which of the following statements is true regarding a
population
 It must be a large number of values
 It must refer to people
 It is a collection individuals objects or measurement

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  None of the above
54) A quantitative variable is not numeric
55) A discrete variable can assume only certain clearly
separated values
56) Which of the following statement describe statistics
most appropriately?
 Statistics is the science of counting
 Statistics is the science of average
 Statistics is concerned with the collection ,
presentation and analysis of data leading to values
and conclusions
 All the above

COLLECTION OF DATA

1. Which one of the following is the non-probability sampling

method?
 Judgement sampling
 Quota sampling
 Convenience sampling
 All the above

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2. Judgement sampling is otherwise called as deliberate
sampling
3. Cluster sampling is also known as block sampling
4. Judgement sampling is otherwise called as prepositive
sampling
5. Complete enumeration survey is otherwise known as
census method
6. The values obtained from the study of sample such as
average and variance are known as statistic
7. The values obtained from the study of population such as
average and variance are known as parameter
8. Which one of the following is the non-random sampling
method?
 Systematic sampling
 Convenience sampling
 Satisfied sampling
 Multi stage sampling
9. Which one of the following is the random sampling
method
 Simple random sampling
 Quota sampling

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  Convenience sampling
 Judgement sampling
10. Random sampling is also referred to as representative
sampling
11. Which of the following is a method of selecting samples
from a population
 Judgement sampling
 Random sampling
 Probability sampling
 All the above
12. A border patrol check point that stops every passenger
van is by utilising complete enumeration
13. The central limit theorem assures us that the sampling
distribution of the mean is approaches normality as
sample sign increases
14. The proportion of the population contained in a sample
is the sampling fraction
15. Within a population groups that are similar to each
other are called clusters
16. A statistic is a characteristic of a sample
17. Parameter is a characteristic of population

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18. Use stratified sampling we divide the population into
relatively homogeneous groups called stratus
19. The values obtained from the study of sample such as
the averages and variance are known as statistics
20. The value for the population are called parameters
21. Which of the following is random sampling method?
 Quota sampling
 Convenience sampling
 Judgement sampling
 Stratified sampling
22. Conscious or unconscious bias in the selection of
random sample
23. The method of convenience sampling is also called as
chunk
24. The term error refers to the difference between the
value of a statistic and that of corresponding parameter
25. The errors arise from any bias in selection , estimation
,etc… is called biased errors
26. The errors arise due to the chance of difference
between the members of population included in the
sample and those not excluded unbiased errors

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27. Population is used to mean the totality of cases in an
investigation
28. The procedure for estimating population parameters
from only a few items is called sampling
29. The fraction or segments of population is called sample
30. When the population is heterogeneous it is first
subdivided into stratus
31. The descriptive characteristics obtained from the entire
population through census enumeration are termed as
population parameter
32. The first stage of sampling process is multi stage
sampling

CLASSIFICATION,TABULATION & DIAGRAMS

1. A curve draw for cumulative frequency distribution is ogive

2. A line graph connecting the midpoint of catch class in a
data set plotted at a height corresponding to the
frequency of the class frequency polygon
3. Maps that are used to present statistical data on a
geographical basis is the cartogram

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4. Which of the following is not an example of impressed
data?
 A frequency curve
 Frequency distribution
 Data array
 Histogram
5. Frequencies are normally used in whole number
6. Which of the following number of classes is generally used
while preparing frequency table?
 Less than 5
 Between 5 and 10
 Between 10 and 20
 None of these
7. The difference between a histogram and a bar chart is the
bar must be next to each other on a histogram and
separated in a bar chart
8. Graphs , tables and charts that display data are descriptive
statistics
9. Frequency distribution is the table that formed by the
number of times a certain value of the variables is
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10. The last figure of each class is known as upper limit
11. Discrete class are separate entitles that do not progress
from one class to the next without a break
12. Frequency is the number of times a certain value of the
variables is repeated in the given data

MEASURES OF CENRAL TENDENCY

1. Central tendency is the middle point of a distributor
2. Who said that ''average is an attempts to find one simple
figure to describe whole of figures’’? clark
3. Dispersion is the spread of the data in a distribution
4. A single number describing some features of a frequency
distribution is called descriptive statistics
5. Characteristics of a sample are called statistics
6. Population arithmetic mean is denoted by µ
7. Characteristic of a population are called parameter
8. Symbol of arithmetic mean is denoted by x̅
9. We eliminate the problem of large or inconvenient
midpoint by using coding
10. Mean is a measure that can be calculated and it is
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11. Geometric mean is used to find the growth rate
12. Median is a singlevalue from the data set that measures
the central item in the data
13. Median is also called positional average
14. The product of the value of series which remain
unchanged when the values of geometric mean is
substituted for each individual value
15. Mode is the value that is repeated most often in the
data set
16. Distribution that contain only one mode always have
been same value for the mean , median and mode
symmetrical
17. Model is the class with the most observations
18. The sum of the deviations of the logarithms of the
original observations above or below the logarithms of the
geometric mean is equal
19. Geometric mean is used to find out the average
percentage of increase in sales , production and
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21. Hormonic mean is based on the reciprocals of number
arranged
22. Which one is the best average in the construction of
index numbers ? geometric mean
23. Who defined mode as the ‘’value occurring most
frequently in a series of items and around which the other
items are distributed most density ? liyele
24. From the given information which one is the typical of
series of value? Mode
25. Geometric mean is the nᵗᵸroot of their product
26. Which of the following rotation is a parameter? M
27. When an observation in the data set is zero , then its
geometric mean is positive
28. Which of the following measure of central location is
affected most by extreme values ? mean
29. Which level of measurement is required for the median?
 Nominal
 Ordinal
 Interval
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30. Which level of measurement is required for the mode ?
nominal
31. It’s a set of observation , which measure of central
tendency reports the value that occurs most often ? mode
32. The weighted mean is a special case of the mean
33. The relationship between the geometric mean and
arithmetic mean is the geometric mean will be equal to or
less than the mean
34. Suppose you compare the mean and raw data and the
mean of the same raw data grouped into a frequency
distribution these two means will be approximately equal
35. In a set of 10 observations the mean is 20 and the
median is 15 there are 2 values that are 6 and all other
values are different , what is the mode ? 6
36. Which of the measures of central tendency is the largest
in a positively skewed distribution ? mean
37. Which one is used for averaging the rates ? hormonic
mean
38. Arithmetic mean is greater than geometric mean

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