MCQ SAS Part I – Statistics & Sampling (Paper V)
Sl. Question
No.
Option A
Option B
Option C
1 Which of the following is correct regarding Aggregate of facts
Statistics?
Numerically
expressed
Affected
multiplicity
causes
2 In singular sense, statistics means ………
Statistics science
Statistical law
Both (a) and (b)
None of these
C
3 The aggregate of data is called ………..
Statistics
Editing of data
Analysis of data
Collection of data
A
Presentation of data
Analysis of data
All of these
D
4 Which of the following indicates a stage of Collection of data
statistical study?
Option D
by All of these
of
Ans
D
5 In plural sense, which of the following is not Aggregate of data
a characteristic of Statistics?
6 In inferential statistics, we study……….
Only expressed in Affected
by Collected in a B
words
multiplicity of systematic manner
causes
The methods to take How
to
make How a sample is None of the above A
decisions
about decisions
about obtained from
population
based mean, median or population
sample results
mode
7 Data collected for the first time from the Primary Data
source of origin is called……….
Secondary Data
8 Which of the following is a source of Govt. publication
secondary data?
Private publication
9 Which of the following is a method of Direct
personal Indirect
primary data collection?
investigation
investigation
Internal data
None of these
Report
All of these
published by the
State Bank of
oral India
Collection
of All of these
information
through
questionnaire
A
D
D
10 Reports on quality control, production and External secondary Internal secondary External
financial accounts issued by companies are data sources
data sources
primary
considered as ……….
sources
11 Govt. and non-Govt.
considered as………..
12 Standard error is due to:
publications
Internal primary B
data data sources
are External secondary Internal secondary External
Internal primary A
data sources
data sources
primary
data data sources
sources
Observer error
Instrumental error
Sampling error
Conceptual error
C
13 If the sample size is multiplied by 100, then Multiplied by 100
standard error of the sample mean is:
Divided by 100
Divided by 10
14 The standard error of prediction is a kind of:
Median
Standard
None of these
C
deviation
Same and not Not same and not B
known
known
Mean
15 In random sampling, chance of being Not same and not Same and known
selected is:
known
16 Which of the followings is not true about Simple
Random Sampling?
Biased
Stratified
Every fixed unit is All units have
taken for selection
equal chance to
be selected
Stratified Random Systematic
Sampling
Random
Sampling
Involves the use of A natural group
Random Numbers
is
taken
as
sampling unit
Random Systematic Sampling Stratified
Random
Sampling
Unaffected
Systematic
C
B
17 Which of the followings is not true about Technique provides
Simple Random Sampling?
less
number
of
possible samples
18 For a survey, a village is divided into 5 lanes Simple
Random
and then each lane is sampled randomly. It is Sampling
example of:
19 Which is true for cluster sampling?
Every nth case is
chosen for study
Only
selected C
units have right to
be selected
Multi
stage B
sampling
20 A selection of every unit from a normal Simple
distribution population is utilising….
Sampling
Complete
enumeration
Stratification of C
population is done
D
21 As sample size increases, standard deviation Decrease
of sample means:
Increase
Remains
same
22 The term used to define the smallest element Sample frame
in sample selection is:
Statistical unit
Population unit
Sampling unit
D
23 Which of the following is a probability based Accidental sampling
sample selection method?
Multistage stratified
Convenience
sampling
Judgmental
sampling
B
24 Interviewing hockey players as they exit the Quota
arena is an example of what type of
sampling?
25 Which of the following is not true about The
number
probability sampling?
elements
to
included
in
sample set can
pre-specified
Convenience
Simple random
Cluster
B
of
be
the
be
Estimates
statistically
projectable to
population
the Approaches
infinity
are It is possible to
specify
the
the probability
of
selecting
any
particular
sample of a
given size
26 A sample frame is :
A summary of the An outline view of
various
stages all the main clusters
involved
in of units in a sample
designing a survey
27 The sample mean is:
Always equal to the Never equal to the A statistics
population mean
population mean
28 Which of the following is a non-sampling Selecting
Take a very small
error?
inappropriate audit sample
due
to
procedure to achieve resource constraints
audit objectives
A list of all the
units in the
population from
which a sample
will be selected.
to A
The results will D
always be more
accurate than nonprobability
sampling.
A wooden frame C
used to display
tables of random
numbers
A parameter
Considering
Both ‘a’ and ‘c’
inappropriate
population while
selecting sample
C
D
29 In probability proportional to size (PPS) Not same and not Same and known
sampling, chance of being selected is:
known
Same and not Not same
known
known
30 Which of the following is an advantage of Census results are Non-sampling errors The quality of All of these
sampling?
verified by sampling are likely to be less
information is
maintained
31 Which of the following are examples of Probability
Monetary
Unit Sequential
None of these
Attribute Sampling?
Proportional to Size Sampling (MUS)
Sampling
(PPS) sampling
32 The sampling method in which a unit is not Sampling
with Sampling
without There is no such None of these
returned to the population before selecting replacement
replacement
sampling
the next unit is called:
method
but D
D
C
B
33 Which of the following is an example of non Sequential sampling
statistical sampling?
Cluster sampling
Haphazard
sampling
Simple
random C
sampling
with
replacement
34 Which of the following statement is correct For large population,
concerning statistical sampling of attributes? population size has
little or no effect on
determining
the
sample size.
As the population
size doubles, the
sample size should
also be doubled
The
likely
population error
rate has no
effect on the
sample size
The tolerable error A
is not required in
this
kind
of
sampling
35 An
important
difference
between No judgment is Efficiency is better
Judgemental and Statistical sampling is that required as formula
in Statistical sampling……..
are available for
everything
Population
All of these
estimate
with
reliability
of
estimate can be
obtained
C
36 In a series, the number of times an item Number
occurs is known as ………….
Frequency
C
Class frequency
Cumulative
frequency
37 The class mid point is equal to:
The average of The product of upper The ratio of
upper lass limit and lass limit and the upper lass limit
the lower class limit lower class limit
and the lower
class limit
38 Under inclusive method:
The upper class limit Both the upper and The lower class
of
a
class
is lower class limits of limit of a class
excluded in the class a class are excluded is excluded in
interval
in the class interval
the
class
interval.
39 Type of cumulative frequency distribution in Variation
Less
than
type More than type
which frequency are added from top to distribution
distribution
distribution
bottom order is called as:
None of these
A
None of these
D
Marginal
distribution
B
Less
than
distribution
type More than type Marginal
distribution
distribution
C
Cumulative
distribution
class Cumulative
frequency
distribution
Upper
distribution
limit C
margin Relative
variable Relative
distribution
frequency
distribution
Cumulative
frequency
distribution
C
40 Type of cumulative frequency distribution in Variation
which frequency are added from bottom to distribution
top order is called as:
41 ‘Less than type distribution’ and ‘more than Class distribution
type distribution’ are types of …………
42 Class frequency is divided by total number of Relative
observation in frequency distribution to distribution
convert it into:
43 Total of frequency upto an upper class limit Average frequency
or boundary is known as:
Cumulative
frequency
Frequency
distribution
Frequency
polygon
B
44 Table which shows frequency of each score Cumulative
is called a……….
frequency table
Pi table
Histogram
Frequency
distribution table
D
45 Number of times each value appears in a Range
frequency table is called ……… of the value.
Mode
Frequency
Standard deviation C
46 The relative frequency of a class is computed Dividing
the dividing the
by……….
midpoint of the lass frequency of the
by the sample size
class by the
midpoint
dividing the
sample size by
the frequency of
the class
dividing the
frequency of the
class by the
sample size
47 In constructing a frequency distribution, as Decreases
the number of classes are decreased, the class
width……..
48 The difference between the lower class limits Number of classes
of adjacent classes provides the ………
Increases
Remains
unchanged
Class limits
Class midpoint
Can increase or B
decrease
depending on the
data values
Class
width
D
49 In a cumulative frequency distribution, the One
last class will always have a cumulative
frequency equal to ……..
100%
50 Which of these are the component (s) of a
table:
Table number
Title
The
total Question
number
of incorrect
elements in the
data set
Head note
All of these
51 The process of systematic arrangement of
data into rows and columns is called:
Bar chart
Classification
Tabulation
None of these
C
52 The process of presentation of data in the
form of a table is called:
Organisation of Data
Classification of
Data
Tabulation of
Data
None of these
C
53 Which of the following are the titles of the
rows of a table:
Title
Stub
Caption
None of these
B
54 Which of the following are the titles of the Title
columns of a table:
Stub
Caption
None of these
C
55 Bar diagram is a …………..
Two-dimensional
diagram
Diagram with
no dimension
None of the above
A
One-dimensional
diagram
D
is C
D
56 A Histogram is a graphical presentation of a
frequency distribution of a :
Individual series
Discrete series
Continuous
series
None of these
C
57 In the first quadrant, the values of X and Y
are:
+ve , +ve
-ve, -ve
X is +ve, Y is – None of these
ve
A
58 If the values in a series are very large and the Original
difference between the smallest value and
zero is high, then we use -------- base line
False
True
None of these
B
59 A graph of cumulative frequency distribution
is called ________
Frequency Polygon
Ogive
None of these
C
60 In a Pie chart we calculate the angles for each Sector angle =
sectors by the formula…………..
(Class frequency
/Total frequency) *
100
Sector angle =
(Class frequency/
Total frequency )*
180
Sector angle =
(Total
frequency/ Class
frequency) *
360
Sector angle =
(Class frequency
/Total frequency)
* 360
D
61 A circle in which sectors represents various Histogram
quantities is called ………
Frequency Polygon
Pie Chart
Component Bar
chart
C
62 A Histogram contains a set of …….
63 In a histogram the area of each rectangle is
proportional to …………..
Histogram
Adjacent rectangles
the class mark of the
corresponding class
interval
64 Which of the following can be easily Mean
determined from an Ogive?
A
Non Adjacent
Rectangles
Adjacent
squares
Adjacent triangles
the class size of the
corresponding class
interval
frequency of the
corresponding
class interval
cumulative
frequency of the
corresponding
class interval
C
Median
Mode
None of the above
B
65 All the following are measures of central Mean
tendency, except:
Median
Mean deviation
Geometric mean
C
66 Central value of a set of data is termed as:
Median
Mode
Geometric mean
B
67 The median of a set of numbers 4, 5, 8, 6, 3, 3
4, 8, 10, 8 is:
6
4.5
28
B
68 The median of a set of numbers 5, 5, 12, 15, 4
18, 11, 7, 9 is:
33/2
41
10
D
69 Median is equivalent to:
100th percentile
75th percentile
25th percentile
A
70 The most frequently occurring value in a data Mean
is:
Median
Mode
Geometric mean
C
71 The mode value of the set 3, 5, 7, 9 and 11 is:
0
11
5
A
72 The mode value(s) in the set 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 5, 12
9, 10, 11, 10, 12, 10 is:
3
10
3 and 10
D
73 The highest point of a frequency curve is Mean
most closely associated with:
Median
Mode
Geometric mean
C
74 Median is preferred to mean when:
Low variance is seen Skewed
distribution is
seen
Median
Mode
None of the above
C
All of these
A
Median
All of these
C
Mean
50th percentile
No mode
Population is large
enough
75 If the top most score in a distribution is Mean
tripled which measure will change?
76 Which measure of central tendency can take Mean
two values for a given distribution?
Mode
77 Cumulative frequency is most closely Mean
associated with:
78 Which of the following is crude formula for Mode = 3 Meanmode?
Median
Median
Mode
Mode = 3 Mean-2
Median
Mode = 2( Mean Mode = 3 Median
+ Median)
- 2 Mean
D
79 If mean and median of a grouped data are 16 18
and 30 respectively then mode value is:
80 The measures of dispersion based on every
range
item of the series is:
58
0
92
B
standard deviation
quartile
deviation
None of these
B
81 One of the measures of dispersion which is
range
more useful in case of open-end distributions:
Mean deviation
standard
deviation
quartile deviation
D
82 Standard deviation is always computed from:
Median
Mode
Geometric mean
A
83 Which of the following measures is least range
affected by extreme items:
quartile deviation
Mean deviation
standard deviation
B
84 Mean deviation is:
more than Standard
Deviation
Mean
less than Standard
Deviation.
Standard deviation B
85 Which one of the following measurement
Quartiles
does not divide a set of observations into
equal parts?
86 In a statistical analysis, dispersion of data is Geometric Mean
measured by:
Standard Deviations
Not related to Equal to Standard A
Standard
Deviation
Deviation
Percentiles
Deciles
B
Arithmetic Mean
Mode
Range
D
87 Which of the following is the most Mean deviation
commonly used as measure of dispersion?
standard deviation
range
quartile deviation
B
88 Which measure is not dependent on the value
of each score?
Mean
variance
standard
deviation
range
D
89 All are measures of dispersion except:
Mean deviation
Median
standard
deviation
range
B
90 Which of the following is an example of a Variance
relative measure of dispersion?
Mean Deviation
Standard
deviation
Coefficient of
Variation
D
91 20 babies are born in a hospital on the same 1
day. Each weighs 2.5 kg, the standard
deviation is:
0
2.5
5
B
92
B
Dispersion of a group of data can be
graphically represented by:
Normal curve
Lorenz curve
Curvilinear
curve
Cumulative
frequency curve
93 The semi- interquartile range is most closely Mean
related to the:
Median
Mode
Geometric mean
B
94 The properties of the standard deviation are Mean
most closely related to those of the :
Median
Mode
Range
A
95 If one score in distribution is changed to The range has
another value, it is certain that:
changed
The standard
deviation has
changed
The semiinterquartile
range has
changed
The Question does B
not make sense
96 Which among the following is the benefit of The results are
using simple random sampling?
always
representative
Interviewers can
choose respondents
freely
Informants can
refuse to
participate.
We can calculate
the accuracy of
the results
D
97 Increasing the sample size has the following It increases the
effect upon the sampling error?
sampling error
It reduces the
sampling error
It has no effect
on the sampling
error
All of the above
B
98 The difference between a statistic and the Non-random
parameter is called:
Probability
Sampling error
Random
C
Stratified random
sampling
Strata
Systematic
sampling
Sampling error
Probability
sampling
Mean
A
99 Among these, which sampling is based on Simple random
equal probability?
sampling
100 Homogeneous subsets in the sampling are Probability
called
B