This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 11 > Class 11 Economics (Statistics For Economics) Chapter 5 Measures Of Central Tendency – Quiz 14 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 11 Economics (Statistics For Economics) Chapter 5 Measures Of Central Tendency Quiz 14 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Find the Upper Quartile of the following numbers:84, 88, 72, 74, 98, 16, 94 A) 72. B) 88. C) 94. D) There is no Upper Quartile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 94. 2. 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%. 3. Which one would be the best to use:20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 25 A) Mean. B) Median. C) Mode. D) Range. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mode. 4. 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. 5. 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. 6. 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) 6. C) 12. D) 11. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 11. 7. Which is a synonym for "average?" A) Median. B) Mode. C) Range. D) Mean. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mean. 8. 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. 9. 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. 10. 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. 11. 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) 60. B) 70. C) 80. D) 90. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 80. 12. 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. 13. The IQR is A) The difference between the maximum and minimum value. B) The difference between the 3rd quartile (Q3) and the 1st quartile (Q1). C) The difference between the 2nd quartile (Q2) and the 1st quartile (Q1). D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The difference between the 3rd quartile (Q3) and the 1st quartile (Q1). 14. 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. 15. 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. 16. 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. 17. 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) 362. B) 360. C) 300. D) 326. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 362. 18. 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. 19. It is also equivalent to fiftieth percentile. A) Mean. B) Median. C) Mode. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Median. 20. Within a normal distribution, where would the most frequently occurring scores be located? A) Within the tails at either end of the distribution. 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) 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. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Directly in the middle of the curve. 21. 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. 22. 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) 6. C) 12. D) 11. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 11. 23. 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. 24. 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) 15. B) 20. C) 22. D) 25. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 25. 25. Given the set of scores:43, 38, 43, 38, 38, 45, 36, 38, 43, 40, 35, 40WHAT IS THE SUMMATION OF X? A) 370. B) 474. C) 300. D) 477. 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