0

Shortcut method to find variance and standard deviation - class-XII

Description: shortcut method to find variance and standard deviation
Number of Questions: 76
Created by:
Tags: measures of dispersion and skewness maths business economics and quantitative methods economics basic statistics for economics statistics and probability statistics
Attempted 0/76 Correct 0 Score 0

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

  1. Always

  2. Sometimes

  3. Never

  4. None of these


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Standard deviation is calculated from mean $i.e$ arithmetic mean.

It never be calculated from harmonic mean.

Lowest value of variance can be:

  1. $1$

  2. $-1$

  3. $0$

  4. None of these


Correct Option: C
Explanation:
We know that $Var(x)=E(X^2)-(E(x))^2$

Variance is non-negative because the squares are positive or zero.

Therefore, $Var(X)\geq 0$

Hence, the lowest value of variance is $zero$

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

  1. $2.4$

  2. $2.5$

  3. $2.7$

  4. $2.8$


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Given numbers are $ 7,9,11,13,15$
Mean of given numbers $=\dfrac { 7+9+11+13+15 }{ 5 } =11$
Standard deviation$=\dfrac { |7-11|+|9-11|+|11-11|+|13-11|+|15-11| }{ 5 } =2.4$
Option A is true

__________ 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


Correct Option: B

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


Correct Option: D

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


Correct Option: D

Which of the following represents median?

  1. First quartile

  2. Fiftieth percentile

  3. Sixth decile

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: B

If the A.M of a set of observations is $9$ and its G.M is $6$. Then the H.M of the set of observations is ____.

  1. $4$

  2. $6$

  3. $3$

  4. None of them


Correct Option: A

To find the median, it is necessary to arrange the data in _______.

  1. ascending order

  2. descending order

  3. ascending or descending order

  4. any of them


Correct Option: D

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. $152.77$


Correct Option: C
Explanation:
Marks Mid-values(X) f dxi$=X-25/10$ $fdx _if$ $dx _i^2$
$0-10$ $5$ $10$ $-2$ $-20$ $40$
$10-20$ $15$ $8$ $-1$ $-8$ $8$
$20-30$ $25$ $15$ $0$ $0$ $0$
$30-40$ $35$ $8$ $1$ $8$ $8$
$40-50$ $45$ $4$ $2$ $8$ $16$
Total $45$ $-12$ $72$

$\sqrt{\displaystyle\frac{72}{45}-\frac{144}{45\times 45}}\times 10$
$=12.36$

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

  1. $4$

  2. $6$

  3. $3$

  4. $0$


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Assume $A=13;$ hence $d=A-13$

x d $d^2$
$10$ $-3$ $9$
$16$ $3$ $9$
$10$ $-3$ $9$
$16$ $3$ $9$
$10$ $-3$ $9$
$10$ $-3$ $9$
$16$ $-3$ $9$
$16$ $3$ $9$
$\displaystyle\sum d=0$ $\displaystyle\sum d^2=72$

Use following formula:
$\sqrt{\displaystyle\frac{\displaystyle\sum d^2}{n}-\left[\displaystyle\frac{\displaystyle\sum d}{n}\right]^2}$
$\sqrt{\displaystyle\frac{72}{8}-\left[\displaystyle\frac{0}{8}\right]^2}$
$\sqrt{9}$
$=3$.

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


Correct Option: B
Explanation:
X f fx X-Mean $f(X-x)^2$
$10$ $2$ $20$ $-4$ $32$
$11$ $7$ $77$ $-3$ $63$
$12$ $10$ $120$ $-2$ $40$
$13$ $12$ $156$ $-11$ $2$
$14$ $15$ $210$ $0$ $0$
$15$ $11$ $165$ $1$ $11$
$16$ $10$ $160$ $2$ $40$
$17$ $6$ $102$ $3$ $54$
$18$ $3$ $54$ $4$ $48$
Total $76$ $fX=1064$ $f(X-X)^2=300$

$^-{X}=\displaystyle\frac{1064}{76}=14$
$\sigma x=\sqrt{\displaystyle\frac{300}{76}}$
$=\sqrt{3.95}$
$=1.99$.

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. $3$ & $7.63$


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

$\displaystyle\frac{2+5+7+8+13}{5}=7$
$\sqrt{\displaystyle\frac{4+25+49+64+169}{5}}-49=3.63$.

Find the present value of Rs. $10,000$ to be required after $5$ years if the interest rate be $9\%$. Given that $(1.09)^5=1.5386$.

  1. $6,994.42$

  2. $6,949.24$

  3. $6,449.24$

  4. $6,499.42$


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Here, $i=0.09=9\%$
$n=5$
$A _n=10,000$
Required present value $=\displaystyle\frac{A _n}{(1+i)^n}$
$=\displaystyle\frac{10,000}{(1+0.09)^5}$
$=Rs. 6499.42$.

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. $3a^2-26a+55=0$


Correct Option: A
Explanation:
Numbers are $2,3,a$ and $11$
$N=4$
Standard deviation $\sigma=3.5$
Mean of numbers $(\overline{x})=\dfrac{2+3+11+a}{4}=\dfrac{16+a}{4}$

$\Rightarrow$  $\sigma^2=\dfrac{1}{N}\sum(x _i-\overline{x})^2$
$\Rightarrow$  $3.5\times 3.5\times 4\times  16=(8+a)^2+(4+a)^2+(16-3a)^2+(a-28)^2$
$\Rightarrow$  $784=64+a^2+16a+16+a^2+8a+256+9a^2-96a+a^2+784-56a$
$\Rightarrow$  $784=12a^2-128a+1120$
$\Rightarrow$  $196=3a^2-32a+280$

$\Rightarrow$  $3a^2-32a+84=0$

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. $200\ V _{B}$


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

$\sigma {x^2} = \frac{{\sum {{d^2}} }}{h}${here deviation are taken  from mean}

Since, A and B have consecutive integers therefore both have same standard deviation and hence variation 
${ V _{ A } }={ V _{ B } }\sum { { d^{ 2 } }\, \, is\, \, same } $

In expected rate of return for constant growth, dividends are expected to grow but with the _____________.

  1. constant rate

  2. variable rate

  3. yielding rate

  4. returning yield


Correct Option: A

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


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Given data values are $4,6,8,10$


Mean of the data is $\dfrac{4+6+8+10}{4}=\dfrac{28}{4}=7$

Therefore standard deviation is $\sqrt{\dfrac{(4-7)^2+(6-7)^2+(8-7)^2+(10-7)^2}{4-1}}=\sqrt{\dfrac{20}{3}}=2.58$

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

  1. Minimum

  2. Least

  3. Maximum

  4. Zero


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The sum of the squared deviations from their their mean is the least value.



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


Correct Option: B
Explanation:
Given that std dev of x is $\sigma(x)=3$
Given equation is $y=-8x-5$

applying std dev on both sides we get

$\sigma(y)=\sigma(-8x-5)$

$\implies \sigma(y)=\sigma(-8x)+\sigma(-5)$

$\implies \sigma(y)=\sigma(-8x)+0$ (since, $\sigma(c)=0$)

$\implies \sigma(y)=8\sigma(x)$ (since, $\sigma(aX)=|a|\sigma(X)$)

$\implies \sigma(y)=8\times 3=24$

Therefore, standard deviation of $y$ is $24$.

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


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The variance for $40$ observations is $50$
Variance is independent of the number of observations. Therefore, variance for $60$ observations is $50$

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


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Given that variance of $5$ number is $10$


Therefore, $Var(X)=10$

Given that each number is divided by $2$

Therefore, variance of new numbers is $Var(\dfrac X2)$

$Var(\dfrac X2)=\dfrac 14Var(X)=\dfrac 1 4(10)=2.5$

Hence, variance of new numbers is $2.5$

Find $Var(2X+3)$

  1. $5 Var(X)+3$

  2. $4 Var(X)+3$

  3. $4 Var(X)$

  4. None of these


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

$Var(2X+3)=Var(2X)+Var(3)$


$\implies Var(2X+3)=Var(2X)+0$ (Since, $Var(c)=0$)

$\implies Var(2X+3)=2^2Var(X)$ (Since, $Var(aX)=a^2Var(X)$)

$\implies Var(2X+3)=4Var(X)$

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


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

$Var(a+bX)=Var(a)+Var(bX)$


$\implies Var(a+bX)=0+Var(bX)$ (Since, $Var(c)=0$)

$\implies Var(a+bX)=b^2Var(X)$ (Since, $Var(aX)=a^2Var(X)$)

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

  1. $9$

  2. $3$

  3. $21$

  4. $81$


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

We know that variance is square of standard deviation.


Given that standard deviation is $9$

Therefore, variance $=9^2=81$

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


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

$SD(X-Y)=SD(X)+SD(-Y)$


$\implies SD(X-Y)=SD(X)+SD(Y)$ (since, $SD(aX)=|a|SD(X)$)

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. $40$


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

If each observation is multiplied by $2$, then mean$(\mu )$ will get doubled.

Now, variance $=\sigma ^{ 2 }=\dfrac { (X-\mu )^{ 2 } }{ n } $
Now here both $X$ and $\mu $ will be doubled, so the variance will become four times.
Thus, the new variance will be $4$ times the older variance which is $4\times 5=20$.
Hence, C is correct.

The formula Of $X^2$ distribution is______________.

  1. ${X^2} = \dfrac {{S}^{2} _{1}}{{S}^{2} _{2}}$

  2. ${X^2} = \dfrac {E}{{\Sigma}(O - E)^2}$

  3. ${X^2} = {\Sigma} \dfrac {E}{(E - O)^2}$

  4. ${X^2} = {\Sigma} \dfrac {(O - E)^2}{E}$


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The correct formula for Chi square distribution is given in option D, where O means the observed number in the table and E means the corresponding expected number.

For a large sample, the sampling distribution of $X^2$ may form________.

  1. a continuous curve

  2. severely skewed curve

  3. the symmetrical curve

  4. either (B) or (C)


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

For a large sample, the sampling distribution of Chi square distribution may form a continuous curve. Chi square distribution helps in measuring how well the observed distribution of data fits with the distribution that is expected.

${X}^2$ test is equal to____________.

  1. ${\sum _{i = 1}^{n}} {A{x}^1} = A{x}^1 + A{x}^2 + ... + A{x}^n$

  2. $V = (r - 1) (e - 1)$

  3. $\dfrac {{\Sigma}(O - E)^2}{E}$

  4. $ r = \dfrac {{\Sigma} _{xy}}{\sqrt{{\Sigma}{{x}^2}{{y}^2}}}$


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The correct formula for the estimation of Chi-Square test is mentioned in Option C, where O represents the frequency observed while E represents the frequency expected.

T-distribution is symmetrical like normal distribution and its mean value is____________.

  1. zero

  2. -1

  3. 1

  4. 2


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The mean of t distribution is always equal to 0 and also the variance is always greater than 1 and it is symmetrical like normal distribution.

A simple formula to calculate the standard error is___________.

  1. $S _{yx} =$ ${\sigma} _{y}{\sqrt{1 - {r}^2}}$

  2. $S _{xy} =$ ${\sigma} _{x}{\sqrt{1 - {r}^2}}$

  3. $S _{yx} = $ S.E.

  4. Both (A) and (B)


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Standard error can be calculated by applying two formulas mentioned in option A and option B that shows how a sample mean deviates from the mean of whole population.

The value of $X^2$ describes the magnitude of the difference between___________.

  1. two normal distributions

  2. expected and observed frequency

  3. both (A) and (B)

  4. two samples


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Chi square distribution is a statistical test commonly used to compare observed data with data we would expect to obtain according to a specific hypothesis.

If the size of the sample increases, the curve becomes___________.

  1. continuous

  2. severely skewed to one side

  3. more symmetrical

  4. intermittent


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

In the curve, with the large sample size, there are more samples with a mean around the middle and fewer with sample means at the extreme, the curve becomes more symmetrical. Larger samples tend to have lower standard errors

Which of the following are true or false?
a) T-distribution varies from+infinity to-infinity.
b)The variance of t distribution and the variance of normal distribution become closer and closer as the size of the sample increases.

  1. both (a) and (b) are true

  2. both (a) and (b) are false

  3. (a) is true but (b) is false

  4. (a) is false but (b) is true


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Both (a) and (b) statements regarding students t-distribution is correct i.e. its value varies from +infinity to-infinity and the variance of t distribution and the variance of normal distribution become closer and closer as the sample size increases and also the variance of t distribution is always greater than 1.

If the sample size is small, the curve may be__________.

  1. a continuous one

  2. more symmetrical

  3. severely skewed to one side

  4. none of the above


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

If the sample size of the population is small, then the curve would be skewed on one side and also as the sample size increases the sampling distribution of the mean gets narrower.

If the standard deviation is small, we define a new variable known as ________.

  1. student's F-distribution

  2. student's T-variable

  3. chi-square distribution

  4. student's G-variable


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

If the standard deviation is small, it signifies that data are closely distributed around the mean value instead of widely spread and here, we define a new variable as Students T-variable.

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


Correct Option: A

What will be the relative range, if the spread of items in a given distribution lies between $100$ and $180$kg?

  1. $0.5$

  2. $0.4$

  3. $0.3$

  4. $0.55$


Correct Option: C

An index is at 100 in 1991. It rises 5% in 1992, falls 6% in 1993,falls 5% in 1994, rises 4% in 1995 and 7% in 1996.The index numbers for all these years with 1991 as base are _______.

  1. 100, 105, 94, 105, 95, 107

  2. 100, 105, 94, 105, 107, 95

  3. 100, 105, 94, 107, 95, 94

  4. 100, 105, 94, 95, 104, 107


Correct Option: D

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


Correct Option: A

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. $10.6$


Correct Option: C

The first quartile of the following observations is
$10, 19, 22, 16, 15, 18, 20, 18, 14, 18, 23$.

  1. $17.55$

  2. $18$

  3. $15$

  4. $20$


Correct Option: C

The following distribution of ages (in complete years) is obtained for the students of higher secondary.
The mode of the distribution is.

Age (in years) 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
Number of students 12 18 20 10 7 6 2





  1. $16$

  2. $17$

  3. $18$

  4. None of them


Correct Option: B

The median for the following distribution is

X 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Y 3 6 9 18 20 14 10 10 7 2



  1. $6$

  2. $5$

  3. $8$

  4. $9$


Correct Option: A

The mean of $25$ observations is $73.408$. If one observation $64$ is removed, the revised mean is ______.

  1. $72.8$

  2. $73.8$

  3. $80.8$

  4. $76.8$


Correct Option: B

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


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Standard deviation is the square root of the arithmetic mean of the squares of the deviations measured from the arithmetic mean of the data.

Variance is the mean of the squares of the deviations from the mean. 
Standard deviation is the square root of variance or variance is the square of standard deviation. 
S.D = {Var(X)}1/2 

or 
Var(X) = (S.D)2 

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

  1. standard deviation

  2. range

  3. mean deviation

  4. coefficient of variation


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Coefficient of variation is the coefficient of dispersion based on the standard deviation of the statistical series. The coefficient of standard deviation is calculated by dividing the standard deviation of the series by its mean and then multiplying it by 100. It is regarded as the best measure of dispersion to compare two different series because it is expressed in percentage. 

Given mean = $70.2$ and mode = $70.5$, find median using empirical relationship among them.

  1. $70.3$

  2. $70.5$

  3. $70.6$

  4. $70.4$


Correct Option: A

Which measure of dispersion ensures highest degree of reliability?

  1. Range

  2. Mean deviation

  3. Standard deviation

  4. Quartile deviation


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Standard deviation is the square root of the arithmetic mean of the squares of the deviations measured from the arithmetic mean of the data. It is considered as the best and most commonly used measure of dispersion to ensure high degree of reliability as it is a measure of average of deviations from the average.

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


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Standard deviation is the square root of the arithmetic mean of the squares of the deviations measured from the arithmetic mean of the data. So the deviations are affected by division and multiplication. Therefore, if each observation of the set id divided by 10 then the whole standard deviation also becomes 1/10 th of the prior standard deviation. 

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


Correct Option: D
Explanation:
Variance is the mean of the squares of the deviations from the mean. Variance is the square of standard deviation. Therefore any unit of a given set is converted into squares at the time of calculating the variance.

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


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

A set of values from an observation is said to be relatively uniform if all the observations of the series have very little dispersion from each other. 

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


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Variance is the mean of the squares of the deviations from the mean. Variance is not affected by the addition, subtraction, multiplication and division of the given value. Therefore, if each value of the series is multiplied by 15, the coefficient of variation will be unaltered.

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. $0.30$


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Coefficient of variation is the coefficient of dispersion based on the standard deviation of the statistical series.

Coefficient of variation = ( standard deviation / mean )

=> 80 /100 = S.D / 40 

=> S.D = 32 

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


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Variance is the mean of the squares of the deviations from the mean. Variance is not affected by the addition, subtraction, multiplication and division of the given value. Therefore, if each value of the series is multiplied by 15, the coefficient of variation will be unaltered.

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


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Standard deviation is the square root of the arithmetic mean of the squares of the deviations measured from the arithmetic mean of the data. Standard deviation is not affected by the increase of decrease of observations in the series. 

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. $10.6$


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Standard deviation is the square root of the arithmetic mean of the squares of the deviations measured from the arithmetic mean of the data.

Standard deviation = { (sum of the squares of the observations/ number of observations ) – (sum of observations/ number of observations ) } ½

                               = { (1444) –(18.4) } ½

                                = (1425.6) ½

                                = 37.75 

Coefficient of variation is the coefficient of dispersion based on the standard deviation of the statistical series.

Coefficient of variation = ( standard deviation / mean )x 100 

                                     = ( 37.75/ 18.4)x100

                                     = 20.51 


If A and B are two events which have no point in common, the events A and B are ______.

  1. complementary to each other

  2. independent

  3. mutually exclusive

  4. dependent


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

In probability two events are said to be independent if the occurrence of one event is not affected by the occurrence of another event. Both the variable are completely independent of each other. These events are also known as mutually exclusive event as they have no common point. 

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


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

  • Mean deviation is the arithmetic average of the deviations of the observed values from an  average of the observed values. Since Mean deviation do not include negative value of the deviations. Therefore, it does not follow the algebraic value of the deviations.
  • Range is defined as the difference between the highest(or largest ) and lowest(or smallest) observed value in a series. It is the most simple and commonly understandable measures of dispersion. Since it is the most affected measures of dispersion by the extreme values of the series, it is regarded as the crudest measure. 
  • Coefficient of variation is the coefficient of dispersion based on the standard deviation of the statistical series.Therefore, Coefficient of variation is a unit less or relative measure of dispersion as variation is the absolute measure of dispersion. 

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


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Standard deviation is the square root of the arithmetic mean of the squares of the deviations measured from the arithmetic mean of the data.

Variance is the mean of the squares of the deviations from the mean. 

Standard deviation is the square root of variance or variance is the square of standard deviation. 

S.D = {Var(X)}1/2 

or 

Var(X) = (S.D)2

Frequency distribution is __________________.

  1. Tabular arrangement of data with corresponding frequency

  2. Graphical arrangement of data with corresponding frequency

  3. Tabular arrangement of data without corresponding frequency

  4. Graphical arrangement of data without corresponding frequency


Correct Option: A

Probability can take values from ______.

  1. -3 to 3

  2. -3 to 1

  3. 0 to 1

  4. -1 to 1


Correct Option: C
Explanation:
Probability shows the relationship between two variables in the form of ratio, percentage or proportion where there the chances of occurrence of one variable is expressed in terms of other variable. Since the value of one variable belongs to the range of value of another variable, the range o probability varies from 0 to 1. 

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


Correct Option: A

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. $11$


Correct Option: A

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.


Correct Option: A

From the following data calculate the coefficient of concurrent deviation:
Number of pairs of observations=94
Number of pairs of concurrent deviation=34

  1. -0.5

  2. 0.06

  3. 1.5

  4. 0.09


Correct Option: A

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


Correct Option: B

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


Correct Option: B

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


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Standard deviation is the square root of the arithmetic mean of the squares of the deviations measured from the arithmetic mean of the data. If standard deviation of a certain series is zero than it denotes that all the values of that series is equal to the mean of the series which made all the deviations zero and therefore standard deviation also zero. 

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. $2.98$


Correct Option: B

If a population has a standard deviation of $2.25$, how large the sample should be to allow a maximum error of $0.33$ with $95\%$ confidence level?

  1. $252$

  2. $201$

  3. $220$

  4. $178$


Correct Option: D

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 } } $


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

$\sigma^2=\dfrac{1}{n}\sum _{i=1}^{n}i^2-\left(\dfrac{1}{n}\sum _{i=1}^{n}i\right)^2$


     $=\dfrac{1}{n}(1^2+2^2+...+n^2)-\left(\dfrac{1}{n}(1+2+...+n)\right)^2$

     $=\dfrac{1}{n} \times \dfrac{n(n+1)(2n+1)}{6}-(\dfrac{n+1}{2})^2=\dfrac{n^2-1}{12}$

$\therefore \sigma=\sqrt{\dfrac{n^2-1}{12}}$

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


Correct Option: B
- Hide questions