On This Page

This set of Psychological Statistics Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Psychological Statistics Set 8

Q1 | Measure of skewness gives -------
  • Direction of skewness
  • Extent of skewness
  • Both (a) and (b)
  • None of these
Q2 | In one way ANOVA, if the calculated F value is greater than the tabled value of F,then
  • Mean difference between all pairs of groups will be significant
  • Mean difference is not significant
  • Mean difference between more than two groups in the set will be significant
  • Mean difference between atleast two groups in the set will be significant
Q3 | A line graph drawn from a histogram.
  • Ogive
  • Cumulative Frequency Graph
  • Frequency Polygon
  • Cumulative Percentage Frequency Graph
Q4 | Representation of data as portions of a circle of 3600.
  • Bar diagram
  • Pie diagram
  • Pictogram
  • None of the above
Q5 | The actual or exact lower limit of the class 40 – 45.
  • 39.5
  • 40.5
  • 39
  • 40
Q6 | Which among the following is NOT a measure of central tendency?
  • Mean
  • Standard Deviation
  • Mode
  • Median
Q7 | The arithmetic mean of the distribution 10,20,12,8,6 is.................
  • 56
  • 12
  • 28
  • 11.2
Q8 | The value that divides a series in to two halves above and below it is............
  • Mean
  • Median
  • Mode
  • SD
Q9 | The number of median a distribution can have is...........
  • One
  • Two
  • Less than one
  • More than two
Q10 | Ogive is also called .............. graph.
  • Frequency
  • Cumulative Frequency Curve
  • Cumulative Percentage Frequency Curve
  • Frequency polygon
Q11 | Which among the following cannot be manipulated algebraically?
  • Mean
  • Median
  • Mode
  • Both b and c
Q12 | Mode of the distribution 34, 48, 23, 45, 34, 54, 45, 56, 34, 76.
  • 45
  • 76
  • 34
  • 23
Q13 | The tendency of data to be scattered around the average is ..........
  • Central tendency
  • Dispersion
  • Range
  • None of the above
Q14 | Find the odd one.
  • Range
  • SD
  • QD
  • Mean
Q15 | Find range of the distribution 30, 42, 65, 26, 78, 54.
  • 52
  • 26
  • 54
  • 78
Q16 | The most stable measure of variability is ..............
  • Mean Deviation
  • Quartile Deviation
  • Standard Deviation
  • Range
Q17 | The percentage of Standard Deviation to Mean of a distribution is called
  • Variation
  • Coefficient of Variation
  • Dispersion
  • None of the above
Q18 | The median value of the distribution 30, 20, 42, 32, 12.
  • 42
  • 68
  • 32
  • 30
Q19 | The mean of a distribution is 50 and the standard deviation is 5. The coefficient ofvariation is ..............
  • 10%
  • 0.1%
  • 10
  • 0.1
Q20 | The value of standard deviation will always be a ..............number.
  • Negative
  • Positive
  • Positive or negative
  • Both a and b
Q21 | Which among the following represent mean?
  • Geometric
  • Harmonic
  • Quadratic
  • All the above
Q22 | Which among the following is an index of variation?
  • Mean
  • Median
  • SD
  • Mode
Q23 | The mean of a distribution is 36 and median is 42. Compute mode.
  • 39
  • 198
  • 24
  • 54
Q24 | ............... is also called as semi- inter quartile range.
  • Mean deviation
  • Standard deviation
  • Quartile Deviation
  • Range
Q25 | The measure that has the maximum frequency is............
  • Mean deviation
  • Mean
  • Median
  • Mode