This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Ugc Net > Paper 1 > Data Interpretation > Statistics – Quiz 12 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Statistics Quiz 12 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Find the interquartile range using the following.Minimum:1Q1:3Median:5Q3:7Maximum:9 A) 10. B) 5. C) 4. D) 8. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 4. 2. Types of Statistics are: A) Marketing and accounting. B) Descriptive and inferential statistic. C) Primary and secondary. D) Quantitative and qualitative. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Descriptive and inferential statistic. 3. Distrust of Statistics is due to: A) Scope of statistics is limited. B) Limitations of statistics. C) Insufficient statistical methods. D) Misuse of statistics. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Misuse of statistics. 4. The correct definition for a sample is: A) A set of data taken from only part of a population. B) The amount surveyed. C) When a sample favours a certain outcome. D) A survey which is conducted on the entire population. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A set of data taken from only part of a population. 5. The shelf life of a particular dairy product is normally distributed with a mean of 12 days and a standard deviation of 3 days. About what percent of the products last between 12 and 15 days? A) 16%. B) 34%. C) 68%. D) 2.5%. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 34%. 6. What is the median of the following data set:1, 3, 4, 5, 5, 6, 7 A) 4. B) 1. C) 5. D) 7. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 5. 7. ..... statistics consists of the collection, organization, summarization and presentation of data. A) Descriptive. B) Inferential. C) Mathematical. D) Population. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Descriptive. 8. "Our brand has 1/3 fewer calories" , does not compare to anything, let alone another brand is an example of which misuse? A) Detached Statistics. B) Misleading Graphs. C) Ambiguous Averages. D) Changing the Subject. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Detached Statistics. 9. It is a numerical description of a population characteristic. A) Data. B) People. C) Statistics. D) Parameter. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Parameter. 10. What measure represents the value in the center? A) Mode. B) Median. C) Mean. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Median. 11. A sample refers to ..... of a population. A) A subset. B) A collection. C) A list. D) A description. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A subset. 12. What is a statistical question A) A question that can be answered by collecting data w/ variability. B) ZZzZ. C) Huh?. D) A question that can be answered by collecting data w/o variability. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A question that can be answered by collecting data w/ variability. 13. When one examines the entire population instead of a subgroup of the population, this is called a ..... A) Sampling. B) Census. C) Bias. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Census. 14. What graph misleading is used in this statement? "using green for losses, and red for profits" A) Going Against Conventions. B) Manipulating the Y-Axis. C) Cherry Picking Data. D) Omitting the baseline. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Going Against Conventions. 15. What is the branch of statistics that involves drawing conclusions about a population based on information contained in a sample taken from that population? A) Inferential statistics. B) Sports statistics. C) Health statistics. D) Descriptive statistics. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Inferential statistics. 16. What shape is a normal distribution curve? A) Half curve. B) Square curve. C) Round curve. D) Bell curve. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bell curve. 17. Income of a family is an example of A) Quantitative data. B) Qualitative data. C) Saving. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Quantitative data. 18. The most common graphical presentation of quantitative data is a A) Histogram. B) Bar chart. C) Stem and leaf display. D) Pie chart. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Histogram. 19. Find the MEDIAN 77, 83, 83, 85, 87, 90, 90, 93, 94, 99, 99 A) 90. B) 87. C) 77. D) 99. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 90. 20. Facts, figures, and other evidence gathered through observation. A) Range. B) Data. C) Statistics. D) Information. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Data. 21. Jamal said that 41 was the number in a data set that was listed the most. Which term would define Jamal's number? A) Median. B) Mode. C) Range. D) Mean. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mode. 22. A mathematical expression or formula usedin computing the estimate A) Estimate. B) Estimation. C) Estimator. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Estimator. 23. In a standard normal curve, what is the z value that corresponds to the proportion 0.3413? A) 1.0. B) 1.5. C) 2.5. D) 2.0. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1.0. 24. On a plate of wings, there are mild and hot wings. In a sample of 10 chicken wings, 4 are hot wings. If there are 50 wings on the platter, estimate how many are hot. A) 25/50. B) 20/50. C) 16/50. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 20/50. 25. Area outside the boundaries of the confidence interval estimate; area distributed in both tails of the standard normal distribution curve A) Alpha. B) Critical Values. C) Z values. D) Condifence Level. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alpha. 26. A Statistics student did a research on the time spent by Grade 12 students playing video game. He selected the subjects by using the Table of Random Numbers. What technique is used? A) Simple Random Sampling. B) Stratified Random Sampling. C) Systematic Random Sampling. D) Cluster Random Sampling. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simple Random Sampling. 27. Which of the following is a way to collect information from a group? A) Survey. B) Large. C) Population. D) Random. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Survey. 28. The whole from which the sample was taken. A) Survey. B) Range. C) Population. D) Variability. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Population. 29. Suppose the P-value for a hypothesis test is 0.0304. Using a = 0.05, what is the appropriate conclusion? A) Fail to reject the null hypothesis. B) Reject the alternative hypothesis. C) Reject the null hypothesis. D) Fail to reject the alternative hypothesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Reject the null hypothesis. 30. The class mark of the class 5.5-20.5 is A) 20.5. B) 15.5. C) 18. D) 5. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 18. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesPaper 1 QuizzesUgc Net QuizzesStatistics Quiz 1Statistics Quiz 2Statistics Quiz 3Statistics Quiz 4Statistics Quiz 5Statistics Quiz 6Statistics Quiz 7Statistics Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books