A. Positive
B. Zero
C. Negative
D. Equal to
✅ The correct answer is option C.
Statistics MCQs
The degree to which numerical data tend to spread about an average value called________
A. Constant
B. Flatness
C. Variation
D. Skewness
✅ The correct answer is option C.
The measures used to calculate the variation present among the observations relative to their average is called_______
A. Coefficient of kurtosis
B. Absolute measures of dispersion
C. Quartile deviation
D. Relative measures of dispersion
✅ The correct answer is option D.
The measures used to calculate the variation present among the observations in the unit of the variable is called___________
A. Relative measures of dispersion
B. Coefficient of skewness
C. Absolute measures of dispersion
D. Coefficient of variation
✅ The correct answer is option C.
The measurements of spread or scatter of the individual values around the central point is called________
A. Measures of dispersion
B. Measures of central tendency
C. Measures of skewness
D. Measures of kurtosis
✅ The correct answer is option A.
The scatter in a series of values about the average is called___________
A. Central tendency
B. Dispersion
C. Skewness
D. Symmetry
✅ The correct answer is option B.
The range of the values -5, -8, -10, 0, 6, 10 is___________
A. 0
B. 10
C. -10
D. 20
✅ The correct answer is option D.
If the difference of the third and first quartile is divided by the sum of the third and first quartile then it is known as__________
A. Quartile
B. Coefficient of mean deviation
C. Coefficient of quartile deviation
D. None of the above
✅ The correct answer is option C.
If the observations of a variable X are, -4, -20, -30, -44 and -36, then the value of the range will be_________
A. -48
B. 40
C. -40
D. 48
✅ The correct answer is option D.
The measure of dispersion which is expressed in terms of the units of the observations I called________ Absolute measure
A. Variance
B. Relative measure
C. None of the above
D. All of the Above
✅ The correct answer is option A.