Presentation of Data MCQ

 

Question : The process of presenting data in the form of a table is called:
(a) organisation
(b) classification
(c) presentation
(d) tabulation

Answer : D

Question :  Series in which frequencies are continuously added corresponding to each class interval in the series
(a) Cumulative frequency series
(b) Frequency
(c) Deviation
(d) Mid value

Answer : A

Question : ‘Stub’ of a table is the
(a) Right part of the table describing the columns
(b) Left part of the table describing the columns
(c) Right part of the table describing the rows
(d) Left part of the table describing the rows

Answer : D

Question :  Classification data based on the geographical differences of the data is
(a) Qualitative
(b) Quantitative
(c) Spatial
(d) Chronological

Answer : C

Question : Whether classification is done first or tabulation`
(a) Classification follows tabulation
(b) Classification precedes tabulation
(c) Both are done simultaneously
(d) No criterion

Answer : B

Question :  Arrangement of data according to some logical order is termed as
(a) Collection series
(b) Sample series
(c) Statistical series
(d) None

Answer : C

Question : The principal component of a table is:
(a) table number
(b) title
(c) head note
(d) all of these

Answer : D

Question : Which of the following is a basis of classification of a table?
(a) Purpose
(b) Construction
(c) Originality
(d) All of these

Answer : D

Question : The frequency distribution of two variables is known as
(a) Univariate distribution
(b) Sub- multivariate distribution
(c) Bivariate distribution
(d) Multivariate distribution

Answer : C

Question : Complex table may be classified as:
(a) general purpose and special purpose table
(b) original and derived
(c) double, treble and manifold table
(d) none of these

Answer : C

Question : In temporal classification, data are classified on the basis of:
(a) location
(b) time
(c) originality
(d) purpose

Answer : B

Question : Sub-divided bar diagram is used to:
(a) Study relation between different components
(b) Compare different components of a variable
(c) Either (a) or (b)
(d) Both (a) and (b)

Answer : D

Question : In tabulation, source of the data, if any, is shown in the:
(a) Source Note
(b) Body
(c) Stub
(d) Caption

Answer : A

Question :  Series of statistical data with one variable only is called
(a) None
(b) Discrete
(c) Continuous
(d) Individual Series

Answer : D

Question : The most accurate mode of data presentation is:
(a) Diagrammatic method
(b) Tabulation
(c) Textual presentation
(d) None of these

Answer : B

Question : The column heading of a table are known as:
(a) Stubs
(b) Sub-titles
(c) Reference notes
(d) Captions

Answer : D

Question :  There are two class interval 0-10 and 10-20 , if a student score 10 marks then he should be included in which class interval
(a) 10-20
(b) Not be included in these intervals
(c) Both the 0-10 and 10-20
(d) 0-10

Answer : A

Question : The headings of the rows given in the first column of a table are called:
(a) Stubs
(b) Titles
(c) Captions
(d) Prefatory notes

Answer : A

Question : Table is the consequence of:
(a) classification
(b) organisation
(c) presentation
(d) tabulation

Answer : D

Question : Which of the following refer to geometric form of data presentation?
(a) Bar diagrams
(b) Histogram
(c) Pie diagrams
(d) Both (a) and (c)

Answer : D

Question : Which of the following statements is not true for tabulation`
(a) Complicated data can be presented
(b) Facilitates comparison between rows and not columns
(c) Statistical analysis of data requires tabulation
(d) Diagrammatic representation of data requires tabulation

Answer : B

Question : The other name of pie diagram is:
(a) circular diagram
(b) bar diagram
(c) histogram
(d) polygon

Answer : A

Question :  Average value of the upper and lower limits
(a) Class interval
(b) Mid-value
(c) Class limits
(d) Class

Answer : B

Question : Diagrams which show total values of a set of data simultaneously are known as:
(a) percentage bar diagrams
(b) differential bar diagrams
(c) deviation bar diagrams
(d) multiple bar diagrams

Answer : B

Question : Which of the following statements is correct?
(a) Bars may be vertical or horizontal
(b) Breadth of the bars remains the same
(c) All bars are based on some common base line
(d) All of these

Answer : D

Question :  Mid-point is used to calculate the following except
(a) Median
(b) Dispersion
(c) Frequency graphs
(d) Averages

Answer : A

Question : Diagrams which are used to compare the net deviation of related variables with respect to time and location are:
(a) deviation bar diagrams
(b) simple bar diagrams
(c) multiple bar diagrams
(d) pie diagrams

Answer : A

Question : The most attractive method of data presentation is:
(a) Diagrammatic
(b) Textual
(c) Tabular
(d) Either (a) or (b)

Answer : A

Question :  The class mid-point is equal to
(a) The ratio of the upper class limit and the lower class limit
(b) The average of the upper class limit and the lower class limit
(c) The product of upper class limit and the lower class limit
(d) None of these

Answer : B

Question : Which of the following are titles of the rows of a table?
(a) Title
(b)Stub
(c) Caption
(d) None of these

Answer : B

Question :  Series in which data are presented in a way that exact measurement of items are clearly shown
(a) Frequency Array
(b) Frequency Distribution
(c) None
(d) Both

Answer : A

Question : In a bar diagram, the bars are:
(a) Horizontal
(b) Vertical
(c) Either (a) or (b)
(d) None of the above

Answer : C

Question : For tabulation, ‘caption’ is:
(a) The lower part of the table
(b) The main part of the table
(c) The upper part of the table
(d) The upper part of a table that describes the column and sub-column

Answer : D

Question :  The series in which lower limit of the class interval or the upper limit of last class interval is missing
(a) Cumulative frequency
(b) Exclusive
(c) Open-end series
(d) Frequency array

Answer : C

Question : Diagrammatic representation of data is done by:
(a) Pictures
(b) Charts
(c) Diagrams
(d) All these

Answer : D

Question : The most appropriate diagram to represent the data relating to the monthly expenditure on different items by a family is:
(a) Histogram
(b) Pie diagram
(c) Frequency polygon
(d) Line graph

Answer : B

Question :  The data recorded according to standard of education like illiterate, primary, secondary, graduate, technical etc, will be known as _______ classification
(a) Quantitative classification
(b) Geographical Classification
(c) Qualitative classification
(d) Chorological Classification

Answer : C

Question : When for some countries, the magnitudes are small and for other, the magnitudes are very large, to portray the data, it is preferred to construct:
(a) Deviation bar diagram
(b) Duo-directional bar diagram
(c) Broken-Scale bar diagram
(d) Any of the above

Answer : C

Question : Details are shown by:
(a) Charts
(b) Tabular presentation
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) None of these

Answer : B

Question : ________ of the data refers to the arrangement of figures in such a form that comparison of the mass of similar data may be facilitated and further analysis may be possible
(a) Organization
(b) Collection
(c) Interpretation
(d) Analysis

Answer : A

Question. To construct a component bar diagram, ______ are given priority in parting the bar. 
(a) smaller components
(b) larger components
(c) moderate components
(d) None of these

(a) smaller components

Question. A histogram is a _________ diagram
(a) one dimensional
(b) two dimensional
(c) multi-dimensional
(d) None of these

(b) two dimensional

Question. Ogives can be helpful in locating graphically the __________. 
(a) mode
(b) mean
(c) median
(d) None of these

(c) median

Question. Unequal widths of classes in the frequency distribution do not cause any difficulty in the construction of: 
(a) Ogive
(b) Frequency Polygon
(c) Histogram
(d) None of these

(c) Histogram

Question. Diagrammatic representation of the cumulative frequency distribution is called ________.
(a) Frequency Polygon
(b) Ogive
(c) Histogram
(d) None of these

(b) Ogive

Question. Data represented through arithmetic line graph help in understanding: 
(a) long term trend
(b) cyclicity in data
(c) seasonality in data
(d) All of these

(a) long term trend

Question. __________ is the most common method of presenting grouped frequency distribution.
(a) Histogram
(b) Frequency polygon
(c) Frequency curve
(d) Ogive

(b) Frequency polygon

Question. A curve obtained by plotting on a graph the cumulative frequencies along y-axis against class limits of the frequency distribution, is called a ____________________. 
(a) frequency curve
(b) less than ogive
(c) more than ogive
(d) cumulative frequency curve or ogive

(d) cumulative frequency curve or ogive

Question. Frequency density corresponding to a class interval is the ratio of: 
(a) Class frequency to the total frequency
(b) Class frequency to the class size
(c) Class length to the class frequency
(d) Class frequency to the cumulative frequency

(b) Class frequency to the class size

Question. Median of a distribution can be obtained from: 
(a) Frequency polygon
(b) Histogram
(c) Less than type ogive
(d) None of these

(c) Less than type ogive

Question.57. An interesting feature of the two ogives together is that their intersection point gives the___________ .
(a) mean
(b) median
(c) mode
(d) range

(b) median

Question. The best method of presentation of data is: 
(a) Textual
(b) Tabular
(c) Diagrammatic
(d) Both (b) and (c).

(b) Tabular

Question. In tabulation source of the data, if any, is shown in the: 
(a) Note
(b) Body of the table
(c) Stub
(d) Caption

(a) Note

Question. Which of the following statements is untrue for tabulation? 
(a) Statistical analysis of data requires tabulation.
(b) It facilitates comparison between rows and not columns.
(c) Complicated data can be presented.
(d) Diagrammatic representation of data requires tabulation.

(b) It facilitates comparison between rows and not columns.

Question. Hidden trend, if any, in the data can be noticed in: 
(a) Textual presentation
(b) Tabulation
(c) Diagrammatic representation
(d) All of these.

(c) Diagrammatic representation

Question. Diagrammatic representation of data is done by: 
(a) Diagrams
(b) Charts
(c) Pictures
(d) All of these

(d) All of these

Question. The most accurate mode of data presentation is: 
(a) Diagrammatic method
(b) Tabulation
(c) Textual presentation
(d) None of these

(b) Tabulation

Question. Graph is a ____________.
(a) Arithmetic Line diagram
(b) Bar diagram
(c) Pie diagram
(d) Pictogram

(a) Arithmetic Line diagram

Question. The most attractive method of data presentation is: 
(a) Tabular
(b) Textual
(c) Diagrammatic
(d) Either (a) or (b)

(c) Diagrammatic

Question. ‘Stub’ of a statistical table is the: 
(a) Left part of the table describing the columns
(b) Right part of the table describing the columns
(c) Right part of the table describing the rows
(d) Left part of the table describing the rows

(d) Left part of the table describing the rows

Question. An Ogive can be prepared in _____________ different ways. 
(a) 2
(b) 3
(c) 4
(d) None of these

(a) 2

Question. The curve obtained by joining the points, whose x- coordinates are the upper limits of the class-intervals and y coordinates are corresponding cumulative frequencies is called _________. 
(a) Ogive
(b) Histogram
(c) Frequency Polygon
(d) Frequency Curve

(a) Ogive

Fill in the blank.

Question. ___________ of data translates quite effectively the highly abstract ideas contained in numbers into more concrete and easily comprehensible form.

Diagrammatic presentation

Question. A circle in a pie chart, irrespective of its value of radius, is thought of having ______ equal parts of ______ degree each.

100, 3.6

Question. A histogram is never drawn for a _________ variable.

discrete

Question. The attributes for classification are sex and location which are _______ in nature.

qualitative

Question. When comparing two or more distributions plotted on the same axes, ____________ is likely to be more useful than histogram since the vertical and horizontal lines of two or more distributions may coincide in a histogram.

frequency polygon

Question. While constructing a histogram, if bases vary in their width, the heights of rectangles are to be adjusted to yield comparable measurements. The answer in such a situation is _______________ instead of absolute frequency.

frequency density (class frequency divided by width of the class interval)

Question. While constructing a frequency polygon, _________ are plotted against the ________ of class intervals.

Frequencies, mid-points

Question. In ________ no space is left between two rectangles, but in a ________ some space must be left between consecutive bars.

Histogram, Bar Diagram

Question. _____ of a bar diagram can be visually compared by their relative height and accordingly data are comprehended quickly. __________ of the bar reads the magnitude of data.

Bars, Height or length

Question. To construct a component bar diagram, first of all, a bar is constructed on the X-axis with its height equivalent to the ___________ and for per cent data the bar height is of ___________ .

total value of the bar, 100 units

Question. We can have a _________ (bar Diagram/Histogram) both for discrete and continuous variables.

Bar diagram

True/False

Question. For constructing a frequency polygon, both class boundaries and class marks can be used along the X-axis.

True

Question. Histogram can only be formed with continuous classification of data.

True

Question. Median of a frequency distribution can be known from the ogives.

True

Question. Histogram emphasizes the widths of rectangles between the class boundaries.

True

Question. An arithmetic line graph is also called time series graph.

True