1) Which of these measures are used to analyze the central tendency of data?

A) Mean and Normal Distribution

B) Mean, Median and Mode

C) Mode, Alpha & Range

D) Standard Deviation, Range and Mean

E) Median, Range and Normal Distribution

Solution: (B)

4) Which of the following measures of central tendency will always change if a single
value in the data changes?

A) Mean

B) Median

C) Mode

D) All of these

Solution: (A)

3. Statistical techniques that summarize and organize the data are classified as:

A. Population statistics B. Sample statistics C. Descriptive statistics D. Inferential statistics

5. Five-point Likert scales (strongly disagree, disagree, neutral, agree, strongly agree) are frequently
used to measure motivations and attitudes. A Likert scale is a: A. Discrete variable. B. Ordinal variable. C.
Categorical variable. D. All of the above options (A, B and C)

6. In a 500m speed skating race, time results would be considered an example of which level of
measurement? A. Nominal B. Ordinal C. Interval D. Ratio

8. A researchers studies the factors that determine the number of children future couples decide to
have. The variable ‘number of children’ is a : A. Discrete variable B. Continuous variable C. Categorical
variable D. Ordinal variable

9. A teacher asks students to identity their favorite reality television show. What type of measurement
scale do the different television shows make up? A. Nominal B. Ordinal C. Interval D. Ratio 10. The
median is always: A. The most frequently occurring score in a data set B. The middle score when results
are ranked in order of magnitude C. The same as the mean D. The difference between the maximum and
minimum scores. 11. The seminar rooms in the library are identified by the letters A to H. A researcher
records the number of classes held in each room during the first semester. What kind of graph would be
appropriate to present the frequency distributions of these data? A. Histogram B. Scatterplot C. Bar
chart D. Box plot
6. Data collected by NADRA to issue computerized identity cards (CICs) are

Unofficial data

Qualitative data

Secondary data

Primary data

None of these
7. The grouped data is also called

Raw data

Primary data

Secondary data

Qualitative data
9. Primary data and _____________ data are same

Grouped

Secondary data

Ungrouped

None of these
10. Which of the following is not a measure of central tendency?

Percentile

Quartile

Standard deviation

Mode
11. Which of these represent qualitative data

Height of a student

Liking or disliking of (500) persons of a product

The income of a government servant in a city

 Yield from a wheat plot
13. Which of the following divides a group of data into four subgroups?

Percentiles

Deciles

Median

Quartiles

Standard Deviation
14. The weights of students in a college/ school is a

Discrete Variable

Continuous Variable

Qualitative Variable

None of these
15. The first hand and unorganized form of data is called

Secondary data

Organized data

Primary data

None of these
16. Which of the following describe the middle part of a group of numbers?

The Measure of Variability

The Measure of Central Tendency

The Measure of Association

The Measure of Shape

5. Which branch of statistics deals with the techniques that are used to organize, summarize, and
present the data:

Advanced Statistics

Probability Statistics

Inferential Statistics
 Descriptive Statistics

Bayesian Statistics
14. In descriptive statistics, we study

The description of the decision-making process

The methods for organizing, displaying and describing data

How to describe the probability distribution

None of the above

15. You asked five of your classmates about their height. On the basis of this information, you stated
that the average height of all students in your university or college is 67 inches. This is an example
of:

Descriptive statistics

Inferential Statistics

Parameter

Population
1. Which of the following is not a correct statement about a probability

It must have a value between 0 and 1

It can be reported as a decimal or a fraction

A value near 0 means that the event is not likely to occur/happens

It is the collection of several experiments

2. The joint probability is

The likelihood of two events happening together

The likelihood of an event happening given that another event has already happened

Based on two mutually exclusive events

Also called Prior probability

6. If a card is chosen from a standard deck of cards, what is the probability of getting a diamond (♦)
or a club(♣)?

26/52=1/2

13/52
 20/52

12/52
13. If a card is chosen from a standard deck of cards, what is the probability of getting a five or a
seven?

4/52

1/26

8/52

1/169