STA 131/132 STUDY QUESTIONS BY PREMIER

For STA 132, read through all the questions because the course outlines are the same.
1. In an exclusive class interval
(A) the upper class limit is exclusive
(B) the lower class limit is exclusive
(C) the lower and upper class limits are exclusive.
(D) none of the above.
2. If the lower and upper limits of a class are 10 and 40 respectively, the mid points of
the class is?
(A) 15.0 (B) 12.5 (C) 25.0 (D) 30.0
3. Class intervals of the type 30-39,40-49,50-59 represents?
(A) Inclusive interval (B) exclusive interval (C) open-end interval (D) none
4. The class interval of the continuous grouped data is?
10-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-59
(A) 9 (B) 10 (C) 14.5 (D) 4.5
5. Raw data means
(A) primary data (B) secondary data (C) data collected for investigation (D)Well
classified data.
6. Which of the following is one dimensional diagram?
(A) Bar diagram (B) Pie diagram (C) cylinder (D) Histogram
7. Which of the following represents median?
(A) First Quartile (B) Fiftieth Percentile (C) Sixth decile (D) Third quartile
8. If the grouped data has open-end classes, one cannot calculate.
(A) Mean (B) Mode (C) Median (D) Quartile
9. Geometric mean of two numbers 1/16 and 4/25 is?
(A) 1/10 (B) 1/100 (C) 10 (D) 100
10. In a symmetric distribution
(A) mean = median = mode (B) mean = median = mode (C) mean > median > mode
(D) mean< median < mode
11. Shoe size of most of the people in India is No.7. Which measure of central value does
it represent?
(A) Mean (B) second quartile (C) eight decile (D) mode
12. The middle value of an ordered series is called?
(A) 2nd quartile (B) 5th decile (C) 50th percentile (D) all of the above
13. The variate values which divide a series (frequency distribution) into ten equal parts
are called?
(A) quartiles (B) deciles (C) octiles (D) percentiles
14. For percentiles, the total number of partition values are?
(A) 10 (B) 59 (C) 100 (D) 99
15. The first quartile divides a frequency distribution in the ratio
(A) 4: 1 (B) 1 :4 (C) 3: 1 (D) 1: 3
16. Sixth decile is same as
(A) median (B) 50th percentile (C) 60th percentile (d) first quartile
17. What percentage of values lies between 5th and 25th percentiles?
(A) 5% (B) 20% (C) 30% (D) 75%

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 18. Which of the following is a unitless measure of dispersion?
(A) Standard deviation (B) Mean deviation (C) Coefficient of variation (D) Range
19. In a distribution S.D = 6. All observation multiplied by 2 would give the result to S.D
is?
(A) 12 (B) 6 (C) 18 (D) 3
20. The mean of squared deviations about the mean is called
(A) S.D (B) Variance (C) M.D (D) None
21. Quartile deviation is equal to
(A) Inter quartile range (B) double the inter quartile range (C) Half of the inter quartile
range (D) None of the above
22. Which of the following measures is most affected by extreme values?
(A) S.D (B) Q.D (C) M.D (D) Range
23. Which measure of dispersion ensures highest degree of reliability?
(A) Range (B) Mean deviation (C) Q.D (D) S.D
24. For a negatively skewed distribution, the correct inequality is
(A) Mode < median (B) mean < median (C) mean < mode (D) None of the above
25. In case of positive skewed distribution, the extreme values lie in the
(A) Left tail (B) right tail (C) Middle (D) any where
26. Variance is 36, the standard deviation is _________
(A) 6 (B) 1296 (C) 3 (D) 16
27. If X = 50, mode = 48, = 20, the coefficient of skewness shall be _______
(A) 2.0 (B) 0.2 (C) 1.0 (D) 0.1
28. The second central moment is always a __________
(A) Mean (B) median (C) variance (D) quartile
29. In a symmetrical distribution the coefficient of skewness is _______
(A) Zero (B) one (C) three (D) none of the above
30. If 2 = 3 the distribution is called ___________
(A) Platykurtic (B) Mesokurtic (C) leptokurtic (D) positively skewed
31. If 2 < 3 the distribution is called ___________
(A) Platykurtic (B) Mesokurtic (C) leptokurtic (D) positively skewed
32. If 2 >3 the distribution is called ___________
(A) Platykurtic (B) Mesokurtic (C) leptokurtic (D) positively skewed
33. Limits for correlation coefficient is?
(A) –1 r 1 (B) 0 r 1 (C) –1 r 0 (D) 1 r 2
34. The coefficient of correlation.
(A) cannot be negative (B) cannot be positive (C) always positive (D)can either be
positive or negative
35. If cov(x,y) = 0 then
(A) x and y are correlated (B) x and y are uncorrelated (C) none (D) x and y are linearly
related
36. If r = 0 the cov (x,y) is
(A) 0 (B) -1 (C) 1 (D) 0.2
37. If cov (x,y) = x y then
(A) r = +1 (B) r = 0 (C) r = 2 (D) r = -1
38. Rank Correlation was found by
(A) Pearson (B) Spearman (C) Galton (D) Fisher

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 39. Calculate the Mean deviation for the following set of numbers 6,7,15,10,12,18,4 and 5
(A) 3.125 (B) 4.125 (C) 4 (D) 4.5
40. Calculate the mean of the following numbers 3,4,6,7 using assumed mean method
(A) 4 (B) 6 (C) 8 (D) 5
41. The table below shows the monthly wages of twenty employee of ABC ventures
limited, calculate the mean using assumed mean method

Monthly No of
wage (#) Employees

5 4
10 7
15 3
20 5
25 1
(A) 13 (B) 15 (C) 16 (D) 14
42. Given the standard deviation of a set of data to be 4.496 and the arithmetic mean
which is 19.90. calculate the coefficient of variation of the deviation.
(A) 23 (B) -22.6 (C) 22.6 (D) 24
43. The first 4 central moment of a distribution are 0, 2.5, 0.7, 18.75 respectively.
Examine the kurtosis of the distribution
(A) 0.18 (B) 4 (C) 3 (D) 2
44. The mathematical expression for assumed mean is?
(A) X= A- ∑d/n (B) x=∑x/n (C) x= A+∑d/n (D) none of the above
45. Mean is used to calculate ……?
(A) The sum of observation (B) the sum of table (C) the sum of frequency (D) all of
the above
46. The types of interval are
(A) Qualitative and quantitave (B) inclusive and exclusive (C) A&B (D) all of the
above
47. Exclusive interval is used for?
(A) Discreet and continuous (B) discreet only (C) continuous only (D) none of the
above
48. The interval in which overlapping are avoided is ……?
(A) Continuous (B) inclusive (C) exclusive (D) inclusive and exclusive
49. Find the mean of the following number 5, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10
(A) 5 (B) 14.2 (C) 17 (D) 7.16
50. Find the median of the following data 8, 2, 5, 18, 30, 22, 12, 10
(A) 14 (B) 10 (C) 11 (D) 12
51. A quartile divides distribution into how many part:

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 (A) 2 (B) 4 (C) 6 (D) ½
52. The upper quartile is known as
(A) Q1 (B) Q4 (C) Q3 (D) Q70
53. Lower quartile can be expressed as
(A) ½ (B) 1\3 (C) 1/10 (D) ¼
54. 50th percentile is equal to?
(A) 50/100 (B) ½ (C) A&B (D) none of the above
55. Semi-interquartile range can be expressed mathematically as
(A) Q2 – Q3 (B) Q3 – Q1 (C) Q3 – Q1 (D) none of the above
2 2 4
56. Skewness lack ……?
(A) Shape (B) curve (C) symmetry (D) all of the above
57. Positive skewness can be expressed as?
(A) M0 < M < Md (B) M > Md > M0 (C) Md > M > M0 (D) M < Md < M0
58. Second moment is equivalent to ……?
(A) Variance (B) standard deviation (C) Mean deviation (D) none of the above
59. Bowley’s definition of skewness is?
(A) quartile and percentile (B) Mean and Median (C) variance (D) quartile only
60. The negative skewness has a longer tail to the
(A) Right (B) right only (C) left (D) middle
61. A student final grades in Mathematics, English, Physics and chemistry are as follows:
82, 86, 90, 20 respectively. If the respectively credit received for the courses are 3, 5,
3 and 1. Determine the appropriate average grade.
(A) 55 (B) 80.5 (C) 85 (D) 86
62. Calculate the harmonic mean for the given data: 5, 10, 17, 24 and 30
(A) 12.53 (B) 14.01 (C) 20.25 (D) 11.53
63. The mark of a student in 5 courses is 75, 68, 80, 90 and 56 respectively. Find the
mean using an assumed mean of 68.
(A) 50.2 (B) 80.5 (C) 33.2 (D) 73.8
64.
X 1 2 3 4 5 6
F 2 5 -3 6 3 2

What is the mode of the given data?

(A) 6 (B) 5 (C) 4 (D) 2
65. 3median – 2 mean is tantamount to ……?
(A) Median (B) Mode (C) variance (D) Mean
66. Find the Geometric Mean of the given data 180, 250, 490, 1400, 1050
(A) 503.6 (B) 617.5 (C) 332.3 (D) 505.7
67. The corresponding value of K in calculating the size is?
(A) 1 – 3.233log N (B) 1 + 3.233log N (C) 1 + 3.322log N (D) none of the above
68. An example of class interval where the upper limit of one class interval is the lower
limit of the next class interval is called?
(A) Open-ended (B) inclusive (C) exclusive (D) cumulative
69.

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 Class X F
interval
0 - 10 15 3

10 – 20 17 1

The class interval in the table above is an example of ……?

(A) Exclusive (B) inclusive (C) open-ended (D) cumulative

Class X F
interval
0 – 10 15 3

12 – 22 17 1

70. The class interval in the table above is an example of ……?

(A) Exclusive (B) inclusive (C) open-ended (D) cumulative

ANSWER TO ALL QUESTIONS (PREMIER – 08138361397)

1. A 19. A 37. A 55. B
2. C 20. B 38. B 56. C
3. A 21. C 39. B 57. B
4. B 22. D 40. D 58. A
5. A 23. D 41. A 59. A
6. A 24. C 42. C 60. C
7. B 25. B 43. C 61. B
8. A 26. A 44. C 62. D
9. A 27. D 45. A 63. D
10. B 28. C 46. B 64. C
11. D 29. A 47. C 65. B
12. D 30. B 48. B 66. A
13. B 31. A 49. D 67. C
14. C 32. C 50. C 68. C
15. B 33. A 51. B 69. A
16. C 34. D 52. C 70. B
17. B 35. B 53. D

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 18. C 36. A 54. C

NOTE: The Questionnaire part is only for STA132

71. Consider the table below, what is the Cumulative frequency for the first data?
Age 10 – 20 20 – 30 30 – 40 40 – 50 50 – 60 60 – 70 70 -80
Freq 1 3 11 30 50 5 20

(A) 1/20 (B) 1 (C) 3 (D) 11

72. Consider the table in Question 71 above, what is the cumulative frequency for the
third data?
(A) 11 (B) 3 (C) 11/120 (D) 15
73. Using the table in the Q71 above, the type of class interval used is ……?
(A) Exclusive class interval
(B) Inclusive class interval
(C) Open-ended class interval
(D) All of the above
74. Given a mean of three numbers as 4 and the variance = 0, what are the numbers?
(A) 10, 1, 1
(B) 5, 5, 2
(C) 2, 3, 7
(D) 4, 4, 4
75. Mean, Median and Mode are measure of ……?
(A) Central tendency (B) center tendency (C) partition (D) variability
76. Skewness also means the measure of ……?
(A) Shape (B) variability (C) mean (D) all of the above
77. Find the median when these data are given, Q1 = 5.25, Q2= 6.25, Q3= 16.35
(A) 50.025 (B) 6.25 (C) 22.60 (D) 16.35
78. Given the table below, what is the class boundary of the second class?

Wages (x) frequency

72 – 74 7
75 – 77 9
78 – 80 12
81 – 83 9
84 – 86 16
(A) 75 – 77
(B) 72 – 74
(C) 9
(D) 74.5 – 77.5
79. Calculate the Coefficient of Variance when Variance is 16, total items is 20 and the
summation of the items is 160.
(A) 4.5 (B) 0.5 (C) 3.5 (D) 1/5

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 80. Second central moment is equivalent to ……?
(A) Mean (B) Mode (C) Standard Deviation (D) Variance
81. Given that a3 and 𝛽 4 are moment coefficient of skewness and Kurtosis respectively,
the distribution is symmetric if ……?
(A) a3 = 0
(B) a3 > 0
(C) 𝛽 4 = 3
(D) 𝛽 4 > 0
82. Using the empirical formula, if the Mean and Median of a moderately asymmetrical
series are 26.8 and 27.9 respectively, what would be its most probable Mode?
(A) 33.3 (B) 30.9 (C) 30.1 (D) 28
83. In a moderately asymmetrical distribution, the values of mode and mean are 32.1 and
35.4 respectively. Find the median value.
(A) 33.3 (B) 30.9 (C) 28 (D) 34.3
84. Which of these is correct in measure of central tendency
(A) HM<GM<AM (B) AM<GM<HM (C) GM<AM<HM (D) AM<HM<GM
85. Calculate the Mean deviation of the data 6, 7, 15, 10, 12, 18, 4, 5.
(A) 33 (B) 9.625 (C) 4.125 (D) 5.35
86. To determine number of classes or graphs for a data, one of the method used is ……?
(A) Karl Pearson’s rule (B) Bowley’s rule (C) Sturge’s rule (D) all of the above
87. In Open Response-Option question, the question is ……?
(A) open-ended and include specific response-option
(B) closed-ended and include specific response-option
(C) closed ended
(D) none of the above
88. …… is the type of question in which respondents are allowed to give reply in their
own word?
(A) Open response-option question
(B) Open-ended question
(C) Closed ended
(D) Questionnaire
89. The type of question in which respondents can only choose from answers given to
them is ……?
(A) Open response-option question
(B) Open-ended question
(C) Closed ended
(D) None of the above
90. These are quality of a good questionnaire except ……?
(A) Questions must be simple
(B) The question must not include technical terms unless it is directed to a
professional
(C) It should contain the most complete and accurate information
(D) The question must be long and lengthy

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 ANSWERS TO Q71 – 90
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71. B 81. A
72. D 82. C
73. A 83. D
74. D 84. A
75. A 85. C
76. A 86. C
77. B 87. A
78. D 88. B
79. B 89. C
80. D 90. D

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