This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 11 > Commerce > Economics Statistics For Economics > Class 11 Economics (Statistics For Economics) Chapter 5 Measures Of Central Tendency – Quiz 6 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 11 Economics (Statistics For Economics) Chapter 5 Measures Of Central Tendency Quiz 6 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The mean of this data set is 53, 2, 6, 4, 8, 7, 5 A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 2. The heights (in centimeters) of 7 students in a class are as follows:150, 155, 160, 165, 170, 175, 180. Calculate the mean height and median height. If the variance of the heights is 50, calculate the standard deviation. A) Mean:165, Median:165, Standard Deviation:7.07. B) Mean:170, Median:165, Standard Deviation:7.07. C) Mean:170, Median:170, Standard Deviation:7.07. D) ) Mean:175, Median:170, Standard Deviation:7.07. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mean:165, Median:165, Standard Deviation:7.07. 3. Given the set of scores:43, 38, 43, 38, 38, 45, 36, 38, 43, 40, 35, 40WHAT TYPE OF MODE EXISTS IN THE GIVEN DISTRIBUTION ABOVE? A) Bimodal. B) Rectangular Distribution. C) Multimodal. D) Unimodal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Unimodal. 4. Find the mean of the following set of data.30, 31, 25, 35, 40, 47 A) 33. B) 32. C) 34. D) 35. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 33. 5. A set of four numbers that begins with the number 32 is arranged from smallest to largest. If the median is 35, which of the following could possibly be the set of numbers? A) 32, 32, 36, 38. B) 32, 35, 38, 41. C) 32, 36, 40, 44. D) 32, 34, 36, 35. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 32, 34, 36, 35. 6. All of the below sets have the same mean.Set 1-Standard Deviation=3.1Set 2-Standard Deviation=4.9Set 3-Standard Deviation=1.7Set 4-Standard Deviation=3.2Which set of data probably has the points closest to the mean? A) 1. B) 3. C) 2. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 3. 7. What is the mode of the set of data 80, 85, 70, 60, 100, 100, 95, 65, 19, 20, 18, 21, 22? A) 21. B) 65. C) 100. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 100. 8. The standard deviation is A) A square of the deviations from the mean. B) Sometimes, positive; sometimes, negative. C) The square root of the variance. D) The square root of the deviations from the mean. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The square root of the variance. 9. If test scores for a class are:100, 100, 90, 90, 80, 80, 70, 70, 60, and 60, what are the mean and sample standard deviation? A) Mean = 85, stdev = 14.9. B) Mean = 80, stdev = 12.9. C) Mean = 70, stdev = 14.9. D) Mean = 80, stdev = 13.9. E) Mean = 80, stdev = 14.9. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Mean = 80, stdev = 14.9. 10. Find the range of the data.16, 28, 6, 19, 21, 15, 22, 33, 17 A) 27. B) 18. C) 12. D) 30. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 27. 11. The costs of six toys in a certain store are:$ 15, $ 20, $ 32, $ 1, 250, $ 27, $ 50 Which measure of central tendency should be used? A) Mean. B) Median. C) Mode. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Median. 12. Towards the end of season, a netballer had played 14 matches and had an average of 16.5 goals per game. In the final two matches of the season she threw 21 goals and 24 goals. Find the netballer's new average. A) 11.37. B) 18.46. C) 17.25. D) 19.01. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 17.25. 13. In order to find the ..... , we add up all of the numbers in the data set and then divide the sum by the number of numbers. A) Mode. B) Average. C) Median. D) Upper Quartile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Average. 14. What 5 items are found when finding the Measures of Variation? A) Mode, IQR, range, mean, lower quartile. B) Median, lower quartile, upper quartile, IQR, range. C) Median, lower quartile, upper quartile, range, mode. D) Mean, median, mode, range, IQR. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Median, lower quartile, upper quartile, IQR, range. 15. Find the Upper Quartile of the following numbers:84, 88, 72, 74, 98, 16, 94 A) 88. B) 94. C) 72. D) There is no Upper Quartile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 94. 16. Write 7/8 as a decimal and a percent. A) 7.8 and .78%. B) 0.87 and 87%. C) 0.78 and 78%. D) 0.875 and 87.5%. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 0.875 and 87.5%. 17. Which one would be the best to use:20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 25 A) Median. B) Mean. C) Range. D) Mode. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mode. 18. Quartiles are values that divide a data set into four equal parts. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 19. Which of the following best describes the process of finding the range for a set of data? A) ADD the biggest and smallest numbers. B) Place the number in order from least to greatest then find the middle. C) Find the difference between the Upper Extreme and the Lower Extreme. D) Find the average. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Find the difference between the Upper Extreme and the Lower Extreme. 20. Erin and Chloe are trying to determine which number is not the mean, median, mode, or range of the data set 4, 3, 15, 11, 3, 8, 7, 5? A) 3. B) 11. C) 12. D) 6. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 11. 21. Which is a synonym for "average?" A) Range. B) Mode. C) Median. D) Mean. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mean. 22. What is the mode in this set of numbers:7, 14, 20, 3, 7, 14, 2, 14, 7 A) 7. B) 14. C) 7 and 14. D) No mode. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 7 and 14. 23. The three main measures of central tendency. A) Mean, median and mode. B) Mean, range and mode. C) Mean, mode and average. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mean, median and mode. 24. What is the definition of the mode? A) The average. B) The middle number. C) The number that occurs the most. D) The difference between the highest and lowest numbers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The number that occurs the most. 25. The following are scores made on a math test:80, 90, 90, 85, 60, 70, 75, 85, 90, 60, 80 What is the median of these scores? A) 80. B) 70. C) 90. D) 60. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 80. 26. What is the commonly used measure of central tendency? A) Mode. B) Median. C) Mean. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mean. 27. Terrence plays basketball on a team. He has played three games so far. In the first game, he scored 10 points. In the second game, he scored 16 points. In the third game, he scored 7 points. What is Terrence's average points per game? A) 9 Points. B) 10 Points. C) 11 Points. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 11 Points. 28. Which descriptive measure is more resistant to the effect of outliers? A) Mean. B) Median. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Median. 29. The mean of a data set can be found by ..... A) Subtracting the minimum from the maximum. B) Choosing the middle number. C) Choosing the number that occurs most. D) Finding the sum of the numbers and then dividing by the total amount of numbers in the data set. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Finding the sum of the numbers and then dividing by the total amount of numbers in the data set. 30. Find the range of:-194, -5.4, -94, -172, -34, -6.6, 4.9, 7.8, 168, -5.7, -8.7, -2.5, 76 A) 326. B) 362. C) 360. D) 300. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 362. 31. What does CENTRAL TENDENCY measure? A) The trend in a data set. B) A way of describing the mid most point of a data set. C) The outliers identified in a data set. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A way of describing the mid most point of a data set. 32. It is also equivalent to fiftieth percentile. A) Mean. B) Median. C) Mode. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Median. 33. Within a normal distribution, where would the most frequently occurring scores be located? A) The normal curve does not take into account the frequently occurring scores, so a researcher would be hard pressed to find them on this curve. B) Directly in the middle of the curve. C) The normal curve depicts only those most frequently occurring scores, so a researcher could look anywhere along the curve. D) Within the tails at either end of the distribution. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Directly in the middle of the curve. 34. What is the usefulness of averages in social science research? A) Averages are important to the study of social phenomenon because an average offers information about centers or middles of distributions. B) Averages offer the social scientist the opportunity to examine the clustering of data. C) Averages allow social researchers to determine where the middle of a data set is located. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 35. Which number is not the mean, median, mode, or range of the data set 4, 3, 15, 11, 3, 8, 7, 5? A) 11. B) 3. C) 12. D) 6. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 11. 36. A measure of central tendency is a summary statistic that represents the center point or typical value of a dataset. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 37. Tyrese's scores in 7 basketball games are shown below:18, 20, 22, 15, 20, 23, 17Tyrese has one more game, and he wants to average 20 points for all 8 games. How many points does he need to score in his last game? A) 22. B) 15. C) 20. D) 25. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 25. 38. Given the set of scores:43, 38, 43, 38, 38, 45, 36, 38, 43, 40, 35, 40WHAT IS THE SUMMATION OF X? A) 477. B) 474. C) 370. D) 300. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 477. 39. What is the median of 0, 1, 2, 6, 6? A) 2. B) 5. C) 6. D) 3. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 2. 40. Bastian's scores on tests are:7, 8, 6, 7, 9, 10, 6, 8, 7What measure best represents this data? A) Median. B) Range. C) Mode. D) Mean. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mean. 41. Which of the following measures can have more than one value for a set of data? A) Mean. B) Median. C) Mode. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mode. 42. During Michael Jordan's last 5 years of playing basketball, these were his average scores for points per game:30.4, 29.6, 28.7, 22.9, 20.0Find the mean pointsper game for those 5 years. A) 32.9. B) 28.7. C) 22.32. D) 26.32. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 26.32. 43. Casandra counted the M&M's in 7 different bags and found the following number of M&M's in each bag:5, 3, 2, 6, 5, 2, 5What is the mean number of candies in a bag? A) 3 M&M's. B) 4 M&M's. C) 5 M&M's. D) 2 M&M's. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 4 M&M's. 44. Which one of the following is not Central Tendency? A) Mean Deviation. B) Airthmatic Mean. C) Median. D) Mode. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mean Deviation. 45. Following is the given data:25, 24, 29, 30, 24, 25, 26, 24, 25, 28, 24, 29, 25, 27, 25. The mode of the given data is 25, find the new mode if the last observation is changed to 24. A) 29. B) 30. C) 25. D) 24. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 24. 46. On a container ship there were 30 small containers that each weighed 3 tons, 20 medium containers that each weighed 5 tons, and 10 large containers that each weighed 8 tons.Find the mean weight of the containers on this ship. A) 4 tons. B) 5 tons. C) 5.5 tons. D) 4.5 tons. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 4.5 tons. 47. In 2019 the following number of babies were born in the Emerald City each month:12, 35, 18, 17, 13, 27, 12, 18, 27, 33, 15How many babies need to be born in the last month to have an average of 20 babies born a month? A) 13. B) 7. C) 27. D) 18. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 13. 48. Which of the following possible that there is no value exists? A) Mean. B) Mode. C) Median. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mode. 49. It is the sum of measures divided by the number of measures in a variable. A) Median. B) Mean. C) Variance. D) Mode. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mean. 50. Find the range.12, 5, 9, 18, 22, 25, 5 A) 22. B) 18. C) 20. D) 15. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 20. 51. The median of 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 is: A) 7. B) 5. C) 6. D) 8. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 6. 52. The mean of 4, 5, 1, 3, 7, 4 is x. The numbers 2, 4, 3, 2, 3, y, 3 have mean x-1 and median z. Then y + z=? A) 5. B) 4. C) 7. D) 6. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 7. 53. Which is the MIDDLE of an ordered set of data? A) Mean. B) Range. C) Median. D) Mode. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Median. 54. The number of books borrowed in the library from Monday to Friday last week were 58, 60, 54, 35 and 97 respectively. Find the mode A) 60. B) 58. C) 35. D) No Mode. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) No Mode. 55. Find the mean.7, 13, 6, 2 A) 7. B) 28. C) 6. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 7. 56. From January 3 to January 7, Buffalo recordedthe following daily high temperatures:5$^\circ$, 7$^\circ$, 6$^\circ$, 5$^\circ$, and 7$^\circ$. Which statement about the temperatures is true? A) Median = mode. B) Mean < median. C) Mean = mode. D) Mean = median. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mean = median. 57. Cassandra's Candles sold the following number of candles over the last 6 days:25, 48, 25, 33, 57, 50. What was the average number of candles sold each day? A) 38.7. B) 38. C) 39.7. D) 39. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 39.7. 58. What is the mode of the data set:Black Blue RedPink Black BlackGray Green BlueBlue Blue RedYellow Blue Red A) Blue and Black. B) Blue. C) Red. D) Black. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Blue. 59. Which one would be the best to use:10, 10, 10, 12, 1, 10, 14, 10, 55, 8, 10, 10 A) Mode. B) Range. C) Mean. D) Median. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mode. 60. The scores shown below were received by four science teams named A, B, C, and D in an examination. Each team reported an "average" of 90. Which of the following is true for the measure of central tendency that was used by the team?A:80, 85, 90, 95, 100B:93, 92, 90, 90, 91C:80, 86, 95, 92, 90D:85, 90, 90, 90, 90 A) Team A used mean. B) Team C used mode. C) Team D used mean. D) Team B used median. 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