Variance, Standard Deviation, and Measures of Dispersion
Questions covering variance, standard deviation, coefficient of variation, and related statistical measures of dispersion including transformations and calculations
Questions
Standard deviation is calculated from the Harmonic Mean (HM).
- Always
- Sometimes
- Never
- None of these
Lowest value of variance can be:
- $1$
- $-1$
- $0$
- None of these
What is the standard deviation of $7,9,11,13,15$?
- $2.4$
- $2.5$
- $2.7$
- $2.8$
__________ is the positive square root of the mean of squared deviations from mean.
- Mean Deviation
- Standard Deviation
- Quartile Deviation
- None of the above
Which of the following are Methods of calculating Standard Deviation?
- Actual Mean Method
- Assumed Mean Method
- Step-Deviation Method
- All of these
Which of the following is true?
- Standard Deviation is not affected by the value of the constant from which deviations are calculated.
- The value of the constant does not figure in the standard deviation formula
- Standard Deviation is Independent of Origin.
- All of these
Calculate standard deviation of the following data.
| X | $0-10$ | $10-20$ | $20-30$ | $30-40$ | $40-50$ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| f | $10$ | $8$ | $15$ | $8$ | $4$ |
- $-12$
- $12$
- $12.36$
- $152.77$
The standard deviation of $10, 16, 10, 16, 10, 10, 16, 16$ is?
- $4$
- $6$
- $3$
- $0$
Calculate standard deviation of the following data.
| X | $10$ | $11$ | $12$ | $13$ | $14$ | $15$ | $16$ | $17$ | $18$ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| f | $2$ | $7$ | $10$ | $12$ | $15$ | $11$ | $10$ | $6$ | $3$ |
- $3.95$
- $1.99$
- $14$
- None of the above
Find the mean and standard deviation of the following observations: X $=2, 5, 7, 8, 13$.
- $7$ & $3.63$
- $3.63$ & $7$
- $7.63$ & $3$
- $3$ & $7.63$
If the standard deviation of the numbers $2,3,a$ and $11$ is $3.5,$ then which of the following is true?
- $3a^2-32a+84=0$
- $3a^2-34a+91=0$
- $3a^2-23a+44=0$
- $3a^2-26a+55=0$
The two observations $A$ & $B$ are given by $100, 101, ........149$ and $200, 201, .......,249$ with $V _{A}$ and $V _{B}$ are variances of $A$ and $B$ than $V _{A}$ is equal to :
- $V _{B}$
- $100\ V _{B}$
- $50\ V _{B}$
- $200\ V _{B}$
If the standard deviation of the values $2,4,6,8$ is $2.33$, then the standard deviation of the values $4,6,8,10$ is
- $0$
- $2.58$
- $4.66$
- None of these
The sum of squared deviations of a set of $n$ values from their mean is
- Minimum
- Least
- Maximum
- Zero
If $y=-8x-5$ and SD of $x$ is $3$, then SD of $y$ is:
- $8$
- $24$
- $3$
- None of these
Suppose for $40$ observations, the variance is $50$. If all the observations are increased by $20$, the variance of these increased observation will be
- $20$
- $50$
- $30$
- None of these
The variance of $5$ numbers is $10$. If each number is divided by $2$, then the variance of new numbers is
- $5.5$
- $2.5$
- $5$
- None of these
Find $Var(2X+3)$
- $5 Var(X)+3$
- $4 Var(X)+3$
- $4 Var(X)$
- None of these
If a, b are constants then, $Var(a+bX)$ is
- $Var(a)+Var(X)$
- $Var(a)-Var(X)$
- $b^2Var(X)$
- None of these
If the standard deviation of a population is $9$, the population variance is:
- $9$
- $3$
- $21$
- $81$
If $X, Y $ are independent then $SD(X-Y)$ is:
- $SD(X)-SD(Y)$
- $SD(X)+SD(Y)$
- $\sqrt{SD(X)+SD(Y)}$
- None of these
The variance of $20$ observations is $5$. If each observation is multiplied by $2$, then what is the new variance of the resulting observations?
- $5$
- $10$
- $20$
- $40$
The coefficient correlation between x and y is 0.8, the covariance being 20. If the standard deviation of x is 4 find the standard deviation of y___.
- 6.25
- 10
- 11.25
- 9.10
If Mean deviation is 16 then the standard deviation of the data is____.
- 18.90
- 20.0
- 19.90
- 19
The standard deviation of a frequency distribution is 3.24 find the variance:
- 9.25
- 6.25
- 9.91
- 10.49
The standard deviation of $5$ items is found to be $15$. What will be the standard deviation if the values of all the items are increased by $5$?
- $15$
- $20$
- $10$
- None of the above
The mean of $100$ observations is $18.4$ and sum of sqares of deviations from mean is $1444$, the Co-efficient of variation is ______.
- $30.6$
- $35.6$
- $20.6$
- $10.6$
The correct relation between variance and standard deviation (S.D) of a variable X is _______.
- S.D = Var
- $S.D =[ Var(X)^{\frac{1}{2}}]$
- $S.D = [Var(x)]^2$
- None of the above
For comparison of two different series, the best measure of dispersion is _________.
- standard deviation
- range
- mean deviation
- coefficient of variation
Which measure of dispersion ensures highest degree of reliability?
- Range
- Mean deviation
- Standard deviation
- Quartile deviation
If each observation of set is divided by $10$, the S.D of the new observations is ______.
- $10$ times of S.D of original obs.
- $\frac{1}{100}$th
- Not changed
- $\frac{1}{10}$th
Which measure of dispersion has a different unit other than the unit of measurement of values?
- Range
- Mean deviation
- Standard deviation
- Variance
A set of values is said to be relatively uniform if it has ________.
- high dispersion
- zero dispersion
- little dispersion
- negative dispersion
If each value of a set is divided by a constant 'd', the co-efficient of variation will be ________.
- more than original value
- less than original value
- same as original value
- none of the above
The C.V of a distribution is $80%$ and the mean of the distribution is $40$, the S.D of the distribution is ________.
- $33$
- $32$
- $35$
- $0.30$
If each value of a series is multiplied by a constant, the coefficient of variation as compared to original value is _______.
- increased
- unaltered
- decreased
- zero
The standard deviation of $5$ items is found to be $15$. What will be the standard deviation if the values of all the items are increased?
- $15$
- $20$
- $10$
- None of the above
The mean of $100$ observations is $18.4$ and sum of squares of deviations from mean is $1444$, the Co-efficient of variation is _______.
- $30.6$
- $35.6$
- $20.6$
- $10.6$
Which of the following statements is true of a measure of dispersion?
- Mean deviation does not follow algebraic value
- Range is crudest measure
- Coefficient of variation is a relative measure
- All the above statements
The relation between variance and standard deviation is ________.
- variance is the square root of standard Deviation
- square of the standard deviation is equal to Variance
- variance is equal to standard deviation
- standard deviation is the square of the variance
A student obtained the mean and the standard deviation of 100 observations as 40 and 5.1. It was later found that one observation was wrongly copied as 50, the correct figure being 40. Find the correct mean and the S. D.
- Mean = 38.8, S. D. = 5
- Mean = 39.9, S. D. = 5
- Mean = 39.9, S. D. = 4
- None
If the coefficient of correlation between $x,y$ is $0.7$ and covariance is $35$ find the standard deviation of $y$ if the standard deviation of $x$ is $5$____.
- $10$
- $9$
- $8$
- $11$
The standard deviation of sample of 30 observations is 1532. If the value of each item of the observation is increased by 5. The new standard deviation will be ______.
- same as original
- increased by 5
- reduced by 5
- reduced by 5 times.
If the coefficient of correlation between x,y is 0.8 and covariance is 32 find the standard deviation of X if the standard deviation of y is 4___.
- 10
- 9
- 8
- 11
For a distribution, coefficient of variation is 22.5% and mean is 7.5 find the standard deviation___.
- 1.9975
- 1.6875
- 1.243
- 1.0943
In a class of 100, the mean on a certain exam was 50, the standard deviation, 0. This means..........................
- half the class had scores less than 50
- there was a high correlation between ability and grade
- everyone had a score of exactly 50
- half the class had 0's and half had 50's
Average Marks of a group of $50$ students appeared in CA CPT exams is $134$ marks. If $10%$ students scored more than $137$ marks, find the standard deviation of marks_____.
- $1.98$
- $2.336$
- $3.05$
- $2.98$
The standard deviation $\sigma$ of the first $N$ natural numbers can be obtained using which one of the following formula?
- $\sigma =\cfrac { { N }^{ 2 }-1 }{ 12 } $
- $\sigma =\sqrt { \cfrac { { N }^{ 2 }-1 }{ 12 } } $
- $\sigma =\sqrt { \cfrac { N-1 }{ 12 } } $
- $\sigma =\sqrt { \cfrac { { N }^{ 2 }-1 }{ 6N } } $
A researcher has collected the following sample data. The mean of the sample is 5.
3 5 12 3 2
The standard deviation is...............
- 8.944
- 4.062
- 13.2
- 16.5