Quiz On Dispersiion

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1- Given that a collection of scores on a quiz leads to a mean of 40, a median of 38, and a mode
of 36. If we added l0 points to each score what would be the new median?
a. 38 b. 40 c. 48 d. 50
2- When an odd number of ungrouped scores are arranged according to magnitude, the median is
the:
a. score with the greatest frequency b. middle score
c. mean of the two middle scores d. mean of the highest and lowest scores
3- When an even number of ungrouped scores are arranged according to magnitude, the median
is the:
a. score with the greatest frequency b. mean of the two middle scores
c. middle score d. mean of the highest and
lowest scores
4- A group of 20 students obtained a mean score of 70 on an examination. A second group of 30

students obtained a mean score of 80 on the same examination. The mean score for the 50
students was:
a. 70 b. 74 c. 75 d. 76
5- The most frequently occurring score is the:

a. midrange b. mean c. mode d. median
6- If the mean and median are equal, you know that the:
a. distribution is symmetrical b. distribution is skewed
c. distribution is normal d. mode is equal to
the median
7- The mean, median and mode are all measures of:

a. the midpoint of the distribution b. the most common score
c. percentile ranks d. variability
8- Which of the following characterizes the mean?

a. The sum of all the measurements divided by the number of measurements.
b. The point in a distribution about which the summed deviations equal zero.
c. The point in a distribution about which the sum of the squared deviations is minimal.
d. All of the above.
9- Which statistic does not belong with the others?

a. range b. mean c. variance d. standard deviation
10- Which of the following samples exhibits the least variability?
a. 2,4,6,8,l0,l2 b. 2,2,3,ll,l2,l2 c. 2,3,4,l0,ll,l2 d. 2,6,7,7,8,l2
11- Which sample exhibits the most variability?

a. 2,4,6,8,l0,l2 b. 2,2,3,ll,l2,l2 c. 2,3,4,l0,ll,l2 d. 2,6,7,7,8,l2
12- Distributions A and B have the same mean and range. The standard deviation of distribution
A is l5, and of distribution B is 5. We may conclude that:
a. the scores in distribution A are grouped closer to the mean than are the scores in distribution
B.
b. the scores in distribution B are grouped closer to the mean than are the scores in distribution
A.
c. there are three times as many scores from -l standard deviation to +l standard deviation.
d. there are one-third as many scores from -l standard deviation to +l standard deviation in
distribution A.
13- Which of the following measures of variability is not dependent on the exact value of each
score?
a. range b. mean deviation c. standard deviation d. variance
14- If 2 points were added to each of 500 scores in a sample having mean(x)=45 and s = 5, the
new value of s for the sample would be:
a. 2.5 b. 3 c. 5 d. 7
15- In a certain sample with a mean of 50 and a standard deviation of l0, six scores of l0 are
added to the sample. The recomputed value of s will be:
a. greater than the original s b. less than the original s
c. unchanged d. dependent on the size of the original sample
16- If the standard deviation of a sample is 5 and each measurement in the sample is doubled, the
new value of s for the sample would be:
a. 2.5 b. 5 c. 7 d. 10
17- If the standard deviation of a sample is 5 and each measurement in the sample is multiplied
by 2, the new value of s for the sample would be:
a. 2.5 b. 5 c. 8 d. 10
18- On a statistics examination, an instructor finds that s = l4.0 for a sample of undergraduate
test scores and 7.0 for a sample of graduate test scores. Both samples have the same number of
students. Which of the following statements is warranted?
a. The distribution is more likely to be symmetric among under-graduates than graduate
students.
b. Undergraduates are more heterogeneous in performance than graduate students.
c. The average performance for graduates is higher than for undergraduates.
d. Undergraduates performed better than graduate students.
19- Which measure of dispersion is defined as the average squared deviation from the mean?
a. population variance b. population standard deviation
c. sample variance d. sample standard deviation
20- If the mean of a sample is 80 and we add five points to each score, the mean of the new
sample is:
a. 80/5. b. unchanged.
c. five points higher. d. Insufficient information to answer.

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4- A group of 20 students obtained a mean score of 70 on an examination. A second group of 30

5- The most frequently occurring score is the:

7- The mean, median and mode are all measures of:

8- Which of the following characterizes the mean?

9- Which statistic does not belong with the others?

11- Which sample exhibits the most variability?

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