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Which of the following are positional measure of dispersion?

  1. Standard Deviation, Variance

  2. Percentile, Variance

  3. Quartile, Variance

  4. Percentile,Quartile


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Percentile,Quartile are positional measure of dispersion because it tells about the position of a particular data value has within a data set.
Standard deviation, Variance are computational measure of dispersion.

If the coefficient of variation and standard deviation of a distribution are 50% and 20 respectively, then its mean is

  1. 40

  2. 30

  3. 20

  4. none of these


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Given $\sigma = 20$, coefficient of variation $=50$ %
We know coefficient of variation $=\cfrac{\sigma }{\bar{x}}\times 100=50$
$\Rightarrow \bar{x} = 2\times \sigma = 40$

The sum of squares of deviations for $10$ observations taken from mean $50$ is $250 $. Then Co-efficient of variation is

  1. $10\%$

  2. $40\%$

  3. $50\%$

  4. None


Correct Option: A
Explanation:
$\sum(x-\overline{x})^2=250$, $\overline{x}=50$
$\Rightarrow$  Standard deviation $(\sigma)=\sqrt{\dfrac{250}{10}}=\sqrt{25}=5$
$\Rightarrow$  Coefficient of variation $=\sqrt{\dfrac{\sum(x-\overline{x})^2}{n}}$
                                             $=\dfrac{\sigma}{Mean}\times 100$

                                             $=\dfrac{5}{50}\times 100$

                                             $=10\%$

The Coefficient of Variation is given by:

  1. $\dfrac{Mean}{\ Standard \ \ deviation } \times 100$

  2. $\dfrac{\ Standard \ \ deviation }{Mean}$

  3. $\dfrac{Standard \ \ deviation }{Mean }\times 100$

  4. $\dfrac{Mean}{Standard \ Deviation}$


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The coefficient of variation (CV) is a standardized measure of dispersion 

. It is defined as the ratio of the standard deviation to the mean.
$CV\quad =\quad \cfrac { \sigma  }{ Mean }\times100 $

If mean of a series is 40 and variance 1486, then coefficient of variation is 

  1. $0.9021$

  2. $0.9637$

  3. $0.8864$

  4. $0.9853$


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

If mean of the given dist. be $\bar{x}$ and S.D be $\sigma $
then given $\bar{x} = 40, \sigma^2 = 1486$
$\therefore$ Coefficient of variation $=\cfrac{\sigma}{\bar{x}}=\cfrac{\sqrt{1486}}{40}=.9637$

If the coefficient of variation and standard deviation of a distribution are 50% and 20 respectively, the its mean is

  1. 40

  2. 30

  3. 20

  4. None of these


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

We know if a distribution having mean $\bar{x}$ and standard deviation $\sigma$
then coefficient of variation $=\cfrac{\sigma}{\bar{x}}\times 100$
$\therefore \cfrac{20}{\bar{x}}\times 100=50\Rightarrow \bar{x} = 40$
Hence required mean is $=40$

The sum of the squares of deviation of 10 observations from their mean 50 is 250, then coefficient of varition is

  1. 10%

  2. 40%

  3. 50%

  4. None of these


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Given $\displaystyle \Sigma \left ( x _{i}-\overline{x} \right )^{2}=250$,$n=10,\overline{x}=50$

Now, $\sigma=\sqrt{\dfrac{1}{n}\Sigma \left ( x _{i}-\overline{x} \right )^{2}}$

$= \sqrt{\dfrac{1}{10}\times 250}=5$ 
Hence coefficient of variation $\displaystyle =\dfrac{\sigma }{\overline{x}}\times 100=\dfrac{5}{50}\times 100=10$%

The sum of the squares of deviation of 10 observations from their mean 50 is 250, then coefficient of variation is

  1. 10%

  2. 40%

  3. 50%

  4. none of these


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Given,   $\sum (x-\bar{x})^2 = 250, n = 10, \bar{x} =50$
Thus standard deviation $ = \sqrt{\cfrac{\sum (x-\bar{x})^2}{n}}=\sqrt{25}=5$
$\therefore$ Coefficient of variation $=\cfrac{\sigma}{\bar{x}}\times 100 =\cfrac{5}{50}\times 100$ % $= 10$%

The mean of a distribution is 4. If its coefficient of variation is 58%. Then the S.D. of the distribution is

  1. 2.23

  2. 3.23

  3. 2.32

  4. none of these


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Given,  mean $\bar{x} = 4,$ and coefficient of variation $=58$ %
If S.D of the given distribution is $\sigma$ then we know that,
Coefficient of variation $=\cfrac{\sigma}{\bar{x}}\times 100$ %
$\Rightarrow 58 = \cfrac{\sigma}{4}\times 100\Rightarrow \sigma = \cfrac{58\times 4}{100}=2.32$

For the given data, SD = 10, AM = 20, the coefficient
of variation is____

  1. 47

  2. 24

  3. 44

  4. 50


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Coeffecient of variation $ = \frac {SD}{AM} \times 100 = \frac {10}{20} \times 100 = 50 $