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Psychological Statistics
Complementary Course of BSc Counselling Psychology - II SEMESTER
CUCBCSS -2014 ADMN
1. A line graph drawn from a histogram.
a. Ogive
b. Cumulative Frequency Graph
c. Frequency Polygon
d. Cumulative Percentage Frequency Graph
2. Representation of data as portions of a circle of 3600.
a. Bar diagram
b. Pie diagram
c. Pictogram
d. None of the above
3. The actual or exact lower limit of the class 40 – 45.
a. 39.5
b. 40.5
c. 39
d. 40
4. Which among the following is NOT a measure of central tendency?
a. Mean
b. Standard Deviation
c. Mode
d. Median
5. The arithmetic mean of the distribution 10,20,12,8,6 is.................
a. 56
b. 12
c. 28
d. 11.2
6. The value that divides a series in to two halves above and below it is............
a. Mean
b. Median
c. Mode
d. SD
7. The number of median a distribution can have is...........
a. One
b. Two
c. Less than one
d. More than two
8. Ogive is also called .............. graph.
a. Frequency
b. Cumulative Frequency Curve
c. Cumulative Percentage Frequency Curve
d. Frequency polygon
9. Which among the following cannot be manipulated algebraically?
a. Mean
b. Median
c. Mode
d. Both b and c
10. Mode of the distribution 34, 48, 23, 45, 34, 54, 45, 56, 34, 76.
a. 45
b. 76
c. 34
d. 23
11. The tendency of data to be scattered around the average is ..........
a. Central tendency
b. Dispersion
c. Range
d. None of the above
12. Find the odd one.
a. Range
b. SD
c. QD
d. Mean
13. Find range of the distribution 30, 42, 65, 26, 78, 54.
a. 52
b. 26
c. 54
d. 78
14. The most stable measure of variability is ..............
a. Mean Deviation
b. Quartile Deviation
c. Standard Deviation
d. Range
15. The percentage of Standard Deviation to Mean of a distribution is called
a. Variation
b. Coefficient of Variation
c. Dispersion
d. None of the above
16. The median value of the distribution 30, 20, 42, 32, 12.
a. 42
b. 68
c. 32
d. 30
17. The mean of a distribution is 50 and the standard deviation is 5. The coefficient of
variation is ..............
a. 10%
b. 0.1%
c. 10
d. 0.1
18. The value of standard deviation will always be a ..............number.
a. Negative
b. Positive
c. Positive or negative
d. Both a and b
19. Which among the following represent mean?
a. Geometric
b. Harmonic
c. Quadratic
d. All the above
20. Which among the following is an index of variation?
a. Mean
b. Median
c. SD
d. Mode
21. The mean of a distribution is 36 and median is 42. Compute mode.
a. 39
b. 198
c. 24
d. 54
22. ............... is also called as semi- inter quartile range.
a. Mean deviation
b. Standard deviation
c. Quartile Deviation
d. Range
23. The measure that has the maximum frequency is............
a. Mean deviation
b. Mean
c. Median
d. Mode
24. Data regarding psychological traits will be in .............form.
a. Continuous
b. Discrete
c. Both a and b
d. Either a or b
25. The midpoint of the class 70-74 is ..............
a. 71.5
b. 72
c. 72.5
d. 71
26. The method of organising data showing the number of times a score occur in given
distribution is..........
a. Rank order
b. Statistical table
c. Frequency distribution
d. None of the above
27. The representation of numerical data by using pictures in proportion to numbers.
a. Pie diagram
b. Pictogram
c. Line graph
d. None of the above
28. Data in fractions fall under the category
a. Continuous
b. Discrete
c. Both a and b
d. None of the above
29. The computation of ...............does not require proper ordering of values in
ascending or descending order.
a. Median
b. Mode
c. Mean
d. Range
30. The quartile that represent median.
a. Q1
b. Q2
c. Q3
d. Q4
Answer Key
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c
11
b
21
d
2
b
12
d
22
c
3
a
13
a
23
d
4
b
14
c
24
a
5
d
15
b
25
b
6
b
16
d
26
c
7
a
17
a
27
b
8
c
18
b
28
a
9
d
19
d
29
c
10
c
20
c
30
b