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Statistical Description of Data (CA - CPT)

Tests knowledge of statistical data presentation methods including tabulation, frequency distributions, graphical representations, and data collection techniques

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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following can be determined by using the Ogive curve?

  1. Median
  2. Mode
  3. Mean
  4. Quartiles
  5. Both 1 and 4
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The difference between the upper boundary and the lower boundary of a class is called

  1. mid value
  2. class limit
  3. class mark
  4. class size
  5. class frequency
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The quickest method to collect primary data is

  1. telephonic interview
  2. personal interview
  3. observation
  4. indirect interview
  5. mailed questionnaire method
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The most appropriate diagram to represent the data relating to the contributions of different sectors to the country's GDP is

  1. histogram
  2. line graph
  3. pie chart
  4. frequency polygon
  5. Ogive
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The column headings of a table are called

  1. body
  2. stub
  3. footnotes
  4. captions
  5. box head
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The ratio of class frequency to class size is called

  1. relative frequency
  2. percentage frequency
  3. frequency density
  4. cumulative frequency
  5. class mark
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

When the data is classified in respect of successive time points, it is known as

  1. chronological data
  2. geographical data
  3. cardinal data
  4. ordinal data
  5. None of these
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is a one dimensional diagram?

  1. Rectangular chart
  2. Bar diagram
  3. Cubic diagram
  4. Pie chart
  5. Square diagram
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Mode can be obtained graphically from

  1. Ogive
  2. frequency polygon
  3. histogram
  4. pie chart
  5. line graph
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In tabulation, a source is mentioned in

  1. box head
  2. stub
  3. body
  4. footnotes
  5. caption
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Mid values of a class are called

  1. upper limit
  2. lower limit
  3. class mark
  4. median
  5. class interval
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is statistical data?

  1. Length of Narmada river is 1312 km.
  2. Length of Kaveri river is 765 km and its basin area is 72,000 sq. km.
  3. Length of Krishna river is 2,525 km and that of Godavari and Krishna are 1,465 and 1,400, respectively.
  4. Nile is the longest river in the world.
  5. Length of Ganga river is more than that of Kaveri.
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The number of observations falling within a class is called

  1. class size
  2. class interval
  3. class width
  4. class mark
  5. class frequency
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

When one end of a class is not specified, the class is called

  1. empty class
  2. modal class
  3. open-ended class
  4. close-ended class
  5. class frequency
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The graphical representation of cumulative distribution is called

  1. histogram
  2. Ogive
  3. frequency polygon
  4. bar diagram
  5. line diagram
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