QUANTITATIVE: MEAN,MEDIAN,MODE

Question 1

Layman’s concept of average

Answer 1

Mean

Question 2

It is sensitive to extreme values

Answer 2

Mean

Question 3

It is used especially when other statistical
techniques like testing of hypotheses are to be applied to the data.

Answer 3

Mean

Question 4

The middlemost observation in a set of data arranged in numerical order

Answer 4

Median

Question 5

It is not sensitive to extreme values

Answer 5

Median

Question 6

It is used when distribution is markedly skewed

Answer 6

Median

Question 7

The most frequently occurring value among the observations

Answer 7

Mode

Question 8

Unaffected by extreme values

Answer 8

Mode

Question 9

Not used in higher statistical analysis

Answer 9

Mode

Question 10

Used for continuous and symmetric data

Answer 10

Mean

Question 11

Used for ordinal data or for a numerical data whose distribution is skewed

Answer 11

Median

Question 12

Dealing with ordinal data

Answer 12

Median

Question 13

Used primarily for bimodal distributions

Answer 13

Mode

Question 14

The least used of the measures of central tendency

Answer 14

Mode

Question 15

Can only be used when dealing with nominal data

Answer 15

Mode

Question 16

highest lowest value

Answer 16

Range

Question 17

The average of squared differences from the mean

Answer 17

Variance

Question 18

It is simply the squared value of the standard deviation

Answer 18

Variance

Question 19

Looks at how spread out a group of numbers is from the mean

Answer 19

Standard Deviation

Question 20

Square root of the variance

Answer 20

Standard deviation

Question 21

Measures variability in relation to the mean

Answer 21

Coefficient of Variations

Question 22

It is useful in comparing two series for sets of data, especially when such sets or series are expressed in different units of measurements

Answer 22

Coefficient of Variations

Question 23

Summary indices describing the “central point” or the most characteristic value of a set of measurement

Answer 23

Measures of Position/Location

Question 24

Values of random variable X that divides the observations into 100 equal parts

Answer 24

Percentile

Question 25

Values of random variable X that divides the observations into 10 equal parts

Answer 25

Decile

Question 26

Values of random variable X that divides the observation into 4 equal parts

Answer 26

Quartile