1.

The difference between the largest and the smallest data values is the
a. variance
b. interquartile range
c. range
d. coefficient of variation
e. None of the above answers is correct.
2. The sum of deviations of the individual data elements from their mean is
a. always greater than zero
b. always less than zero
c. sometimes greater than and sometimes less than zero, depending on the data
elements
d. always equal to zero
e. None of the above answers is correct.
3. The standard deviation of a sample of 100 observations equals 64. The variance
of the sample equals
a. 8
b. 10
c. 6,400
d. 4,096
e. None of the above answers is correct
4. Which of the following is not a measure of dispersion?
a. the range
b. the 50th percentile
c. the standard deviation
d. the interquartile range
e. the variance
5. The measure of dispersion that is influenced most by extreme values is
a. the variance
b. the standard deviation
c. the range
d. the interquartile range
e. None of the above answers is correct.
6. For the positively skewed data, Mean, Median and mode are related as
a. Mean = Median = Mode
b. Mean > Median > Mode
c. Mean > Mode > Median
d. Mode > Median > Mean
7. If a distribution is having abnormally tall and peaked then it is called as
a. Payrokurtic
b. platykurtic
c. leptokurtic
d. messokurtic
8. From the following result of hourly wages of a sample of 130 system analysts
choose Coefficient of variation: mean = 60; range = 20; mode = 73; variance =
324; median = 74
a. 0.30%
b. 30%

c. 5.4%
d. 54%
9. Range of Correlation coefficient is
a. -100 to + 100
b. 0 to 100
c. 0 to +1
d. -1 to +1
10. Correlation coefficient is the ratio between
a. Covariance and standard deviation
b. two standard deviations
c. covariance and product of standard deviations
d. covariance and product of variations