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STATISTICS AND COLLECTION OF STATISTICAL DATA MCQs

Statistics, Introduction To Statistics, Collection Of Data (11th And 12th Grade)

Total Questions : 105 | Page 2 of 11 pages
Question 11. A market survey was conducted to study the effectiveness of a new feature in a smart phone. For this purpose, a sample of 1000 people was chosen. However, only 947 people actually attended the survey. This is a type of ___.
  1.    Sampling bias
  2.    Non-response error
  3.    Error in data acquisition
  4.    Sampling error
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Non-response error
:
B
Non-response erroroccurs when sampling units selected for a sample are not interviewed. The non-response may be due to unwillingness or unavailability. It is a non-sampling error.
Question 12.  If the mean of the set of number x1,x2...xn is ¯x ,then the mean of the number xi+2i,1n is 
  1.    ¯x+2n
  2.    ¯x+n+1
  3.    ¯x+2
  4.    ¯x+n
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> ¯x+n+1
:
B
¯x=ni=1xinni=1xi=n¯xni(xi+2i)n=ni=1xi+2(1+2+...+n)n=n¯x+2n(n+1)2n=¯x+(n+1)
Question 13. If the mean of 3, 4, x, 7, 10 is 6, then the value of x is
  1.    4
  2.    5
  3.    6
  4.    7
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> 6
:
C
6=3+4+x+7+105
30=24+x
x=6
Question 14. If the S.D of a set of observations is 4 and if each observation is divided by 4, the S.D of the new set of observations will be
  1.    4
  2.    3
  3.    2
  4.    1
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> 1
:
D
We know that if we multiply all numbers of a set by a constant "k" then the mean of these numbers will also be a multiple of the old mean.
And the variance of these numbers will be multiple of "k2".
Since standard deviation is nothing but the square root of variance, s.d will be multiple of "k" of the old standard deviation.
We are given the s.d was 4.
So after multiplying each observation by (1/4), the s.d will also be multiplied by (1/4), thus giving the value = 4×14 = 1
Question 15. If the coefficient of variation of data pertaining to goals scored by two teams A and B in a football season are 2.5 and 7.2 respectively, then which of the following statements i strue?
  1.    Team B is more consistent than team A.
  2.    Two teams are equally consistent.
  3.    Team A is more consistent than team B.
  4.     The s.ds. of team A and team B are 125,172.
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Team A is more consistent than team B.
:
C
We know that, lesser is the coefficient of variation, the data is more consistent.
Since C.V. of the team A is 2.5, which is less than the C.V. of team B, we can conclude that team A is more Consistent.
Question 16. The mean of n items is ¯¯¯x. If the first term is increased by 1 second by 2 and so on, then new mean is
  1.    None of the above
  2.    ¯¯¯x+n2
  3.    ¯¯¯x+n+12
  4.    ¯¯¯x+n
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> ¯¯¯x+n+12
:
C
Let, x1,x2.......xn be n items.
Then, ¯¯¯x=1nxi
Lety1=x1+1,y2=x2+2,y3=x3+3,.....,yn=xn+n
Then the mean of the new series is
1nyi=1nni=1(xi+i)
=1nni=1xi+1n(1+2+3+......+n)
=¯¯¯x+1n.n(n+1)2=¯¯¯x+n+12
Question 17. The median of a set of 9 distinct observations is 20.5. If each of the largest 4 observations in the set is
 increased by 2, then the median of the new set
  1.    s increased by 2               
  2.    is decreased by 2
  3.    is two times the original median               
  4.    remains the same as that of the original set
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> remains the same as that of the original set
:
D
We know that median is found when we arrange the observations in ascending or descending order. And if the number of observations are odd then it is the n+12th term.
Since on arranging 9 observations 5th will be the median.
On changing 4 of any side won't affect the median and it'll remain same.
Question 18. If the range of discrete data of n observations is zero, then
  1.    all values of data are zero            
  2.    all values of data are equal to standard deviation
  3.    all values of data are equal
  4.    the extreme values of data are different
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> all values of data are equal
:
C
Let m be the least value of the discrete data and M be the maximum value of the discrete data.
Then range = M – m = 0 (hypothesis)
M = m
m each data item M = m
each data item = m or M i.e, all values of the data are equal.
Question 19. The coefficient of  variation of  a distribution is
  1.    100×s.dmean
  2.    100×means.d
  3.    100×variancemean
  4.    s.dmean
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> 100×s.dmean
:
A
C.V.isdefinedbyC.V=100×s.dmean
Question 20. The means of five observations is 4 and their variance is 5.2. If three of these observations are 1, 2, and 6, then the other two are:
  1.    2 and 9
  2.    3 and 8
  3.    4 and 7
  4.    5 and 6
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> 4 and 7
:
C
¯x=4,N=5and(x¯x2)N=5.2(x¯x)2=(5.2)5(x¯x)2=26(14)2+(24)2+(64)2+(α4)2+(β4)2=26(α4)2+(β4)2=9Also,1+2+6+α+β5=4α+β=209=11Clearly 4, 7 only satisfy the above equation inα,β.Hence required numbers are 4, 7.

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