This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Ugc Net > Paper 1 > Research Stats > Measures Of Central Tendency – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Measures Of Central Tendency Quiz 1 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the Mode?4, 8, 5, 17, 5, 4, 9, 5, 6, 82 A) 5. B) 84. C) 4. D) 9. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 5. 2. A set of data is given:3, 7, 11, 11, 16Jesse calculated a measure of central tendency and got 9.6, which measure of central tendency did he just calculate? A) Mode. B) Median. C) Range. D) Mean. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mean. 3. What is the range? A) The sum of the largest and smallest number. B) The number in the middle. C) The difference between the largest and smallest number. D) The number that appears most often. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The difference between the largest and smallest number. 4. Calulate the GPA if you take 1 credit of Math and grade is an A1 credit of ELA and grade is a B1 credit of SS and grade is a B1/2 credit of PE and grade is an A1 credit of AVID and grade is an A1 Credit of Sci and grade is a C A) 3.333. B) 3.272. C) 3.273. D) 3.636. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 3.273. 5. The number of miles that Jenna cycled each week for a 7-week period is shown:36, 42, 28, 52, 48, 36, 31 What is the median number of miles Jenna cycled? A) 36. B) 24. C) 39. D) 52. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 36. 6. Roger bowled 7 games last weekend. His scores are:155, 165, 138, 172, 127, 193, 142. What is the range of Roger's scores? A) 66. B) 193. C) 127. D) 60. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 66. 7. If my data set had an outlier that was quite a bit more than the other numbers in my data set, what would it do to my average A) Leave it the same. B) Increase the average. C) Decrease the average. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Increase the average. 8. The mode score on the 9th grade math test was 94! Which of these interpretations must be correct? A) A score of 91 was slightly below average. B) 99 was the highest score on the test. C) More students received a 94 than any other score. D) No student scored below a 50. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) More students received a 94 than any other score. 9. Participants are divided into groups, then chosen at random from those groups. Classify the sample. A) Self-selected. B) Simple random. C) Stratified. D) Systematic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stratified. 10. What is the MEDIAN of this set of data?10, 90, 80, 60, 50, 40, 70, 30, 20, 100 A) 50. B) 55. C) 60. D) 45. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 55. 11. When calculating the mean you A) Add all the numbers together and divide by the number of items. B) Scream. C) Cry. D) Pick the one that happens the most. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Add all the numbers together and divide by the number of items. 12. The height of 8 different people are:1.83m, 1.55m, 1.76m, 1.52m, 1.81m, 1.70m, 1.85m and 1.91m. The range of these heights is: A) 0.16m. B) 0.27m. C) 0.21m. D) 0.39m. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 0.39m. 13. Which of the following is NOT a measure of central tendency? A) Mean. B) Median. C) Range. D) Mode. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Range. 14. A survey was conducted by a chocolate manufacturing company, about the likes and dislikes of the flavors they marketed. Which measure of central tendency will help them most to make their choice of the most liked flavor? A) Median. B) Mode. C) Mean. D) Range. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mode. 15. The range of the numbers 34, 32, 12, 65, and 45 is ..... A) 53. B) 11. C) 32. D) 38. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 53. 16. Calculate the median for this set of data22, 32, 44, 11, 5, 28, 19, 30. A) Median=22. B) Median=24.5. C) Median=28. D) Median=25. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Median=25. 17. It is also equivalent to fiftieth percentile. A) Mean. B) Median. C) Mode. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Median. 18. Measures of central tendency which has the most number of frequency in the set of scores. A) Mean. B) Frequency. C) Median. D) Mode. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mode. 19. Measures of central tendency which is greatly affected by extremely low or high scores. A) Frequency. B) Mode. C) Median. D) Mean. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mean. 20. Find the midrange.12, 5, 9, 18, 12, 20, 5, 2 A) 20. B) 11. C) 18. D) 15. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 11. 21. It is the number that has the highest frequency. A) Mode. B) Mean. C) Median. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mode. 22. Which is a synonym for "average?" A) Mode. B) Mean. C) Range. D) Median. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mean. 23. What effect will the outlier have on the median of the data if the outlier is excluded? 2, 4, 1, 2, 8, 4, 22 A) Decreases. B) Does not change. C) Insufficient information to conclude. D) Increases. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Decreases. 24. What is the median of the data below?20, 3, 17, 1, 5 A) 17. B) 5. C) 9.2. D) 19. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 5. 25. The distribution of heights of adult American men is approximately Normal with mean 69 inches and standard deviation 2.5 inches. What percent of men are between 64 and 66.5 inches tall? A) 34%. B) 2.5%. C) 50%. D) 13.5%. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 13.5%. 26. How do you find the median of the set of numbers that are not listed in order, like 1, 2, 4, 3, 5, 3, 6, 7, 8? A) Start crossing out at each end until you come to a number in the middle. B) Pick the number that appears most often. C) Rewrite the numbers in order from lowest to highest first, then find the number in the middle. D) Pick the number you see in the middle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rewrite the numbers in order from lowest to highest first, then find the number in the middle. 27. Madison has test scores of 93, 82, 86, and 75. What must she score on her next test to have an average of 86? A) 86. B) 94. C) 88. D) 90. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 94. 28. The temperature received till Friday was 34, 38, 36, 30 and 31. If the temperature on Saturday drops to 11oC, how does the inclusion of Saturday's temperature affect the weekly mean temperature? A) Can not be determined. B) Increase. C) Decreases. D) Does not change. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Decreases. 29. On a container ship there were 30 small containers that each weighed 3 tons, 20 medium containers that each weighed 5 tons, and 10 large containers that each weighed 8 tons.Find the mean weight of the containers on this ship. A) 4 tons. B) 5 tons. C) 5.5 tons. D) 4.5 tons. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 4.5 tons. 30. Find the median, mode and range:3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 8, 3 A) Median:9 mode:3 range:8. B) Median:6 mode:3 range:7. C) Median:7 mode:3 range:8. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Median:7 mode:3 range:8. 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