Descriptive Statistics MCQs
Descriptive Statistics MCQs
Answer these Descriptive Statistics MCQs and assess your grip on the subject of Descriptive Statistics .
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1: The ________ of a distribution of scores can be described by the mode and by the mean, median, or mode for quantitative variables .
A. Central tendency
B. Percentile Rank
C. Missing Values
D. Central Tendency
2: A set of scores has variation if any of the individual X scores differ from the mean is known as _______ .
A. Median
B. Robust
C. Variation
D. None of these
3: Median is a measure of central tendency that is obtained by ranking the scores in a sample from lowest to ________ .
A. Highest
B. Identifying
C. Both a & b
D. None of these
4: A statistic is considered robust if problems with the data do not make the statistic a poor estimate is known as _______ .
A. Median
B. Robust
C. Variation
D. None of these
5: A distribution of scores is skewed if its shape (such as length of tail) differs for the lower and upper ends is known as ________ .
A. Median
B. Robust
C. Variation
D. Skewed
6: Variability is a set of scores that has variability if any individual X scores differ from the mean.
A. True
B. False
7: The sum of squared deviations of scores relative to a mean; this term provides information about variability is known as _______ .
A. Sum of Squares
B. Degrees of Freedom
C. Range Rule
D. None of these
8: SS stands for (in Applied statistics) _______ .
A. Social Security
B. Sunset
C. Stainless Steel
D. Sum of Squares
9: The number of independent pieces of information that a statistic is based on is known as _______ .
A. Social Security
B. Degrees of Freedom
C. Stainless Steel
D. Sum of Squares
10: Range Rule is when data are approximately normally distributed, the range is approximately 4 times the standard deviation .
A. True
B. False
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