Measures Of Dispersion(Business Statistics ) Questions and Answers
Question 1. If the quartile range is 24 then the quartile deviation is
48
12
24
72
Explanation:-
Answer: Option B. -> 12 Answer: (b).12
Question 2. For the recorded observation, the ratios measured by absolute variation are considered as
non-relative measures
relative measures
high uniform measures
low uniform measures
Explanation:-
Answer: Option B. -> relative measures Answer: (b).relative measures
Question 3. If mean absolute deviation of set of observations is 8.5 then value of quartile deviation is
7.08
9.08
10.2
11.2
Explanation:-
Answer: Option A. -> 7.08 Answer: (a).7.08
Question 4. If the arithmetic mean is multiplied to coefficient of variation then the resulting value is classified as
coefficient of deviation
coefficient of mean
standard deviation
variance
Explanation:-
Answer: Option C. -> standard deviation Answer: (c).standard deviation
Question 5. The sum of all the squared deviations is divided by the total number of observations to calculate
population deviation
population variance
sample deviation
sample variance
Explanation:-
Answer: Option B. -> population variance Answer: (b).population variance
Question 6. The formula in which Σ(x-x̅)² is divided by one less than number of observations in sample is classified as
coefficient of deviation
mean variance
sample variance
population variance
Explanation:-
Answer: Option C. -> sample variance Answer: (c).sample variance
Question 7. The standard deviation of population is denoted by
Ω
ω
σ
Σ
Explanation:-
Answer: Option C. -> σ Answer: (c).σ
Question 8. The formula written as quartile deviation divided by sum of third and first quartile is used to calculate
coefficient of quartile deviation
coefficient of quartiles
coefficient of inter quartiles
coefficient of central tendency
Explanation:-
Answer: Option A. -> coefficient of quartile deviation Answer: (a).coefficient of quartile deviation
Question 9. The output of 20 workers in hand made pot painting store is as 55, 65, 62, 60, 74, 75, 65, 70, 70, 72, 67, 78, 79, 80, 68, 54, 56, 63, 69, 71 then the coefficient of range is
0.29
0.19
0.49
0.39
Explanation:-
Answer: Option B. -> 0.19 Answer: (b).0.19
Question 10. The standard deviation of first 50 natural numbers is