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

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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Standard deviation is calculated from the Harmonic Mean (HM).

  1. Always
  2. Sometimes
  3. Never
  4. None of these
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Lowest value of variance can be:

  1. $1$
  2. $-1$
  3. $0$
  4. None of these
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the standard deviation of $7,9,11,13,15$?

  1. $2.4$
  2. $2.5$
  3. $2.7$
  4. $2.8$
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

__________ is the positive square root of the mean of squared deviations from mean. 

  1. Mean Deviation
  2. Standard Deviation
  3. Quartile Deviation
  4. None of the above
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following are Methods of calculating Standard Deviation?

  1. Actual Mean Method
  2. Assumed Mean Method
  3. Step-Deviation Method
  4. All of these
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is true?

  1. Standard Deviation is not affected by the value of the constant from which deviations are calculated.
  2. The value of the constant does not figure in the standard deviation formula
  3. Standard Deviation is Independent of Origin.
  4. All of these
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Calculate standard deviation of the following data.

X $0-10$ $10-20$ $20-30$ $30-40$ $40-50$
f $10$ $8$ $15$ $8$ $4$
  1. $-12$
  2. $12$
  3. $12.36$
  4. $152.77$
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The standard deviation of $10, 16, 10, 16, 10, 10, 16, 16$ is?

  1. $4$
  2. $6$
  3. $3$
  4. $0$
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Calculate standard deviation of the following data.

X $10$ $11$ $12$ $13$ $14$ $15$ $16$ $17$ $18$
f $2$ $7$ $10$ $12$ $15$ $11$ $10$ $6$ $3$
  1. $3.95$
  2. $1.99$
  3. $14$
  4. None of the above
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Find the mean and standard deviation of the following observations: X $=2, 5, 7, 8, 13$.

  1. $7$ & $3.63$
  2. $3.63$ & $7$
  3. $7.63$ & $3$
  4. $3$ & $7.63$
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If the standard deviation of the numbers $2,3,a$ and $11$ is $3.5,$ then which of the following is true?

  1. $3a^2-32a+84=0$
  2. $3a^2-34a+91=0$
  3. $3a^2-23a+44=0$
  4. $3a^2-26a+55=0$
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

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 :

  1. $V _{B}$
  2. $100\ V _{B}$
  3. $50\ V _{B}$
  4. $200\ V _{B}$
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

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

  1. $0$
  2. $2.58$
  3. $4.66$
  4. None of these
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The sum of squared deviations of a set of $n$ values from their mean is

  1. Minimum
  2. Least
  3. Maximum
  4. Zero
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If $y=-8x-5$ and SD of $x$ is $3$, then SD of $y$ is:

  1. $8$
  2. $24$
  3. $3$
  4. None of these
Question 16 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Suppose for $40$ observations, the variance is $50$. If all the observations are increased by $20$, the variance of these increased observation will be

  1. $20$
  2. $50$
  3. $30$
  4. None of these
Question 17 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The variance of $5$ numbers is $10$. If each number is divided by $2$, then the variance of new numbers is

  1. $5.5$
  2. $2.5$
  3. $5$
  4. None of these
Question 18 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Find $Var(2X+3)$

  1. $5 Var(X)+3$
  2. $4 Var(X)+3$
  3. $4 Var(X)$
  4. None of these
Question 19 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If a, b are constants then, $Var(a+bX)$ is

  1. $Var(a)+Var(X)$
  2. $Var(a)-Var(X)$
  3. $b^2Var(X)$
  4. None of these
Question 20 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If the standard deviation of a population is $9$, the population variance is:

  1. $9$
  2. $3$
  3. $21$
  4. $81$
Question 21 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If $X, Y $ are independent then $SD(X-Y)$ is:

  1. $SD(X)-SD(Y)$
  2. $SD(X)+SD(Y)$
  3. $\sqrt{SD(X)+SD(Y)}$
  4. None of these
Question 22 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The variance of $20$ observations is $5$. If each observation is multiplied by $2$, then what is the new variance of the resulting observations?

  1. $5$
  2. $10$
  3. $20$
  4. $40$
Question 23 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

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___.

  1. 6.25
  2. 10
  3. 11.25
  4. 9.10
Question 24 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If Mean deviation is 16 then the standard deviation of the data is____.

  1. 18.90
  2. 20.0
  3. 19.90
  4. 19
Question 25 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The standard deviation of a frequency distribution is 3.24 find the variance:

  1. 9.25
  2. 6.25
  3. 9.91
  4. 10.49
Question 26 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

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 $5$?

  1. $15$
  2. $20$
  3. $10$
  4. None of the above
Question 27 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The mean of $100$ observations is $18.4$ and sum of sqares of deviations from mean is $1444$, the Co-efficient of variation is ______.

  1. $30.6$
  2. $35.6$
  3. $20.6$
  4. $10.6$
Question 28 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The correct relation between variance and standard deviation (S.D) of a variable X is _______.

  1. S.D = Var
  2. $S.D =[ Var(X)^{\frac{1}{2}}]$
  3. $S.D = [Var(x)]^2$
  4. None of the above
Question 29 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

For comparison of two different series, the best measure of dispersion is _________.

  1. standard deviation
  2. range
  3. mean deviation
  4. coefficient of variation
Question 30 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which measure of dispersion ensures highest degree of reliability?

  1. Range
  2. Mean deviation
  3. Standard deviation
  4. Quartile deviation
Question 31 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If each observation of set is divided by $10$, the S.D of the new observations is ______.

  1. $10$ times of S.D of original obs.
  2. $\frac{1}{100}$th
  3. Not changed
  4. $\frac{1}{10}$th
Question 32 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which measure of dispersion has a different unit other than the unit of measurement of values?

  1. Range
  2. Mean deviation
  3. Standard deviation
  4. Variance
Question 33 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

A set of values is said to be relatively uniform if it has ________.

  1. high dispersion
  2. zero dispersion
  3. little dispersion
  4. negative dispersion
Question 34 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If each value of a set is divided by a constant 'd', the co-efficient of variation will be ________.

  1. more than original value
  2. less than original value
  3. same as original value
  4. none of the above
Question 35 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The C.V of a distribution is $80%$ and the mean of the distribution is $40$, the S.D of the distribution is ________.

  1. $33$
  2. $32$
  3. $35$
  4. $0.30$
Question 36 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If each value of a series is multiplied by a constant, the coefficient of variation as compared to original value is _______.

  1. increased
  2. unaltered
  3. decreased
  4. zero
Question 37 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

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?

  1. $15$
  2. $20$
  3. $10$
  4. None of the above
Question 38 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The mean of $100$ observations is $18.4$ and sum of squares of deviations from mean is $1444$, the Co-efficient of variation is _______.

  1. $30.6$
  2. $35.6$
  3. $20.6$
  4. $10.6$
Question 39 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following statements is true of a measure of dispersion?

  1. Mean deviation does not follow algebraic value
  2. Range is crudest measure
  3. Coefficient of variation is a relative measure
  4. All the above statements
Question 40 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The relation between variance and standard deviation is ________.

  1. variance is the square root of standard Deviation
  2. square of the standard deviation is equal to Variance
  3. variance is equal to standard deviation
  4. standard deviation is the square of the variance
Question 41 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

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.

  1. Mean = 38.8, S. D. = 5
  2. Mean = 39.9, S. D. = 5
  3. Mean = 39.9, S. D. = 4
  4. None
Question 42 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

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 $5$____.

  1. $10$
  2. $9$
  3. $8$
  4. $11$
Question 43 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

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 ______.

  1. same as original
  2. increased by 5
  3. reduced by 5
  4. reduced by 5 times.
Question 44 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

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___.

  1. 10
  2. 9
  3. 8
  4. 11
Question 45 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

For a distribution, coefficient of variation is 22.5% and mean is 7.5 find the standard deviation___.

  1. 1.9975
  2. 1.6875
  3. 1.243
  4. 1.0943
Question 46 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In a class of 100, the mean on a certain exam was 50, the standard deviation, 0. This means..........................

  1. half the class had scores less than 50
  2. there was a high correlation between ability and grade
  3. everyone had a score of exactly 50
  4. half the class had 0's and half had 50's
Question 47 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

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. $1.98$
  2. $2.336$
  3. $3.05$
  4. $2.98$
Question 48 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The standard deviation $\sigma$ of the first $N$ natural numbers can be obtained using which one of the following formula?

  1. $\sigma =\cfrac { { N }^{ 2 }-1 }{ 12 } $
  2. $\sigma =\sqrt { \cfrac { { N }^{ 2 }-1 }{ 12 } } $
  3. $\sigma =\sqrt { \cfrac { N-1 }{ 12 } } $
  4. $\sigma =\sqrt { \cfrac { { N }^{ 2 }-1 }{ 6N } } $
Question 49 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

A researcher has collected the following sample data. The mean of the sample is 5.
3  5  12  3  2
The standard deviation is...............

  1. 8.944
  2. 4.062
  3. 13.2
  4. 16.5

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