1. Who among the following is known as the father of biostatistics
A)
Francis Galton
B)
Adolphe Queste
C)
Neyman
D) William Gosset
2.
Mode can be located graphically with the help of
A)
Line diagram
B)
Bar diagram
C)
Histogram
D)
Pie diagram
3.
Which one is used for comparison between two or more variables
A)
Pie chart
B)
Bar diagram
C)
Line diagram
D)
All of these
4.
The standard deviation of the data is 6. When each observation is increased by
1, the standard deviation of the new data is
A) 6
B) 8
C) 5
D) 7
5.
Student’s t-test was developed
A) As
an easy statistical test for students
B) By
the students of Oxford University
C) By
W.S.Gosset
D) By
R.A.Fisher
6. In
a frequency distribution, if the mean is less than the mode, and the median is
greater than the mean but less than the mode, the distribution is considered to
be:
A)
Negatively skewed
B)
Positively skewed
C)
Symmetrical
D)
Open-ended
7. Chi-Square (X2) test is used to
A)
Measure the degree of deviation of the experimental result from the expected
result
B) To
test the closeness of observed and expected frequency
C) To
test the population variance and sample variance
D)
All of the above
8.
Percentage frequency distribution is represented by
A)
Frequency polygon
B)
Ogive representation
C)
Pie diagram
D)
Frequency table
9.
The coefficient of variation is
10. The average fleece weight in a large band of sheep together with its standard deviation was calculated to be 10.3±1.5lb. The statistics for fleece grade was 5.1± 0.7. Which trait is relatively more variable?
A)
Fleece weight
B)
Fleece grade
C)
Both traits
D)
None of the traits
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Answers:
1. A) Francis Galton
2. C) Histogram
3. B) Bar diagram
4. A) 6
5. C) By W.S.Gosset
6. A) Negatively skewed
7. D) All of the above
8. C) Pie diagram
9. A
10. A) Fleece weight