Biostatistics Quiz 1 ND Quiz2

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If the number of students in a school is 200 and maximum and minimum marks earned are 90 and 10

respectively, for the distribution of marks, the class interval (rounded) is:

Select one:

a. 9✓
b. 10
c. 12
d. 3

The median of the variate values 11, 7, 6, 9, 12. 15. 19 is:

Select one:

a. 9
b. 12
c. 11 ✔
d. 10

Mean is a measure of:

Select one:

a. Dispersion
b. None of these
c. Correlation
d. Location✓

For the mid-values given below, 25, 34, 43, 53, 61, 70

The first class of the distribution is:

Select one:
a. 20.5-29.5✔
b. 25-34
c. 24.5-34.5
d. 20-30

If the lower and upper limits of a class are 10 and 40 respectively, the mid-points of the class is:

Select one:

a. 25.0✔
b. 12.5
c. 15.0
d. 30.0

Rs. 600 per day are paid on a research farm to its 50 daily paid labourers. A worker gets five unpaid
holidays in a month. The average income of a daily paid labourer is:

Select one:

a. 400
b. 250
c. 350
d. 300✓

If 3, 5, 8, 7, and 1.5 are the respective weights of the values 10, 15, 20, 25 and 30. Then the weighted
mean is:

Select one:

a. 17.45
b. 23.42✓
c. 16.58
d. 20
The median of the variate values 48, 35, 36, 40, 42, 54, 58, 60 is:

Select one:

a. 41
b. 45 ✔
c. 44
d. 40

Statistics deals with

Select one:

a. Qualitative and Quantitative both✓


b. Neither qualitative nor quantitative
c. Qualitative
d. Quantitative

In certain situations weighted mean and unweighted mean can:

Select one:

a. Equal and unequal both


b. Be unequal
c. Neither equal nor unequal
d. Be equal✓

Frequency of a variable is always:

Select one:

a. None of these
b. A fraction
c. In percentage
d. An integer ✔

If the sum of N observations is 630 and their mean is 42, then the value of N is:

Select one:

a. 21
b. 15✓
c. 30
d. 20

Method of complete enumeration is applicable for:

Select one:

a. All of these✓

b. Knowing the quantum of export and import

c. . Knowing the population


d. Knowing the production

Formula for directly calculating the mean X of an individual series is:

Select one
The class interval of the continuous grouped

Data:

10-19

20-29

30-39

40-49

50-59

Is:

Select one:

a. 12
b. 11
c. 9
d. 10✓
If a constant 5 is added to each observation of

A set, the mean is:

Select one:

a. 5 times the original mean


b. Decreased by 5
c. . increased by 5✓
d. 0

If a constant value 50 is subtracted from each observation of a set, the mean of the set is:

Select one:

a. 0
b. Increased by 50 %
c. decreased by 50✓
d. Is not affected

The mean of the following discrete series

(frequency distribution), x: 7,12, 16, 22, 25

F: 4, 5, 8, 3, 2

Is:

Select one:
a. 15.09✓
b. 16.40
c. 20.80
d. 18.3

In certain situations weighted mean and unweighted mean can:

Select one:

a. Never be equal
b. 0
c. 1
d. Be equal ✔

The median of the variate values II, 7, 6, 9, 12, 15, 19 is:

Select one:

a. 9
b. 15
c. 11 ✔
d. 12

A distribution consists of three groups having 40, 50 and 60 items with means 20, 26 and 15
respectively. The mean of the distribution is:

Select one:

a. 25

b. 20✓

c. 18
d. 22
In a factory there are 60 per cent labourers. 30 per cent scribes and 10 per cent executives. On average,
the salary of a labourer is Rs. 1600 p.m, of a scribe Rs. 3000 p.m and that of an executive Rs. 8000 p.m.
The average salary of a employee in the factory is:

Select one:

a. 4200 Rs

b. 1166 Rs

c. 2660 Rs ✔

d. 500 Rs

The average of the 7 number 7, 9, 12, x, 5, 4, 11 is 9. The missing number x is:

Select one:

a. 15✓

b. 8

c. 14
d. 13

If 3, 5, 8, .7, and 1.5 are the respective weights of the values 10, 15, 20, 25 and 30. Then the weighted
mean is:

Select one:
a. 16.58

b. 20.0

c. 23.42 ✔

d. 25.0

If each value of a series is multiplied by 10, the median of the coded values is:

Select one:

a. 10 times the original median value✓

b. One-tenth of the original median value

c. . increased by 10
d. Not affected

Mean of a set of values is based on:

Select one:

a. All values✓

b. Maximum and minimum value


c. First and last value

d. 50 percent values

If each observation of a set is multiplied by 10, the mean of the new set of observations:

Select one:

a. Is increased by 10
b. Remains the same
c. is one-tenth of the original mean
d. Is ten times the original mean✓

In case of weighted mean, the accuracy or utility of the mean:

Select one:

a. Increases✓

b. None of these

c. Decreases

d. Is unaffected

Mode is that value in a frequency distribution which possesses:

Select one:
a. Maximum frequency✓

b. Frequency one

c. None of these

d. Minimum Frequency

The median of the variate values 48, 35, 36, 40, 42, 54, 58, 60 is:

Select one:

a. 41
b. 40
c. 45✓
d. 44

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