If mean=10, median=8 and standard deviation=6, then coefficient of skewness is:
1
-1
(2/6)
2
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If mean=10, median=8 and standard deviation=6, then coefficient of skewness is:
1
-1
(2/6)
2
If mean=20, median=16 and standard deviation=2, then coefficient of skewness is:
1
2
4
-2
If mean=25, median=30 and standard deviation=15, the distribution will be:
Symmetrical
Positively skewed
Negatively skewed
Normal
If mean=50, mode=40 and standard deviation=5, the distribution is:
Positively skewed
Negatively skewed
Symmetrical
Difficult to tell
For a symmetrical distribution:
β1 > 0
β1 < 0
β1 = 0
β1 = 3
For a positively skewed distribution, mean is always:
Less than the median
Less than the mode
Greater than the mode
Difficult to tell
The lack of uniformity or symmetry is called:
Skewness
Dispersion
Kurtosis
Standard deviation
Departure from symmetry is called:
Second moment
Kurtosis
Skewness
Variation
If the third moment about mean is zero, then the distribution is:
Positively skewed
Negatively skewed
Symmetrical
Mesokurtic
If the third central is negative, the distribution will be:
Symmetrical
Positively skewed
Negatively skewed
Normal
The first three moments of a distribution about the mean are 1, 4 and 0. The distribution is:
Symmetrical
Skewed to the left
Skewed to the right
Normal
First two moments about the value 2 of a variable are 1 and 16. The variance will be:
13
15
16
Difficult to tell
The first moment about X = 0 of a distribution is 12.08. The mean is:
10.8
10.08
12.08
12.88
Moment ratios β1 and β2 are:
Independent of origin and scale of measurement
Expressed in original unit of the data
Unit less quantities
Both a and c
The first and second moments about arbitrary constant are -2 and 13 respectively, The standard deviation will be:
-2
3
9
13
The second moment about arithmetic mean is 16, the standard deviation will be:
16
4
2
All odd order moments about mean in a symmetrical distribution are:
Positive
Negative
Zero
Three
The moments about origin are called:
Moments about zero
Raw moments
Both a and c
Neither a nor b
Which of the following measures of dispersion is independent of the units employed?
Coefficient of variation
Quartile deviation
Standard deviation
Range
If = Rs.20, S= Rs.10, then coefficient of variation is:
45%
50%
60%
65%