Statistics Test 1 — Agri Master Mind

Unitless measure of dispersion is–
  • Standard deviation
  • Mean deviation
  • Range
  • CV
How many number of treatments can be adopted in LSD–
  • 5 to 12
  •  5 to 8
  • Both (A) & (B)
  • None
The hypothesis of no difference is known as–
  • The hypothesis of no difference is known as–
  • Alternative hypothesis
  •  Simple hypothesis
  •  Null hypothesis
The completely randomized design is appropriate when the experimental material is–
  • Limited and heterogeneous
  •  Limited and homogenous
  • Unlimited and heterogeneous
  • Unlimited and homogenous
The range of multiple correlation coefficient lies between–
  • 0 to + 1
  • -1 to + 1
  • 0 to 00
  • - 00 to + 00
The repetition of the treatment under investigation is known as–
  •  Randomization
  • Local control
  • Replication
  • None of these
When the fertility gradient of the field is in one direction, which design is appropriate–
  • SPD
  • LSD
  • CRD
  • RBD
Select the most appropriate design when all factors are not of equal importance in experimentation–
  • Augmented
  • Strip plot design
  • Split plot design
  •  LSD
Which of the following is true for the coefficient of correlation?
  • The coefficient of correlation is not dependent on the change of scale
  • The coefficient of correlation is not dependent on the change of origin
  • The coefficient of correlation is not dependent on both the change of scale and change of origin
  • None of the above
Which of the following statements is true about the type two error?
  • Type two error means to accept an incorrect hypothesis
  • Type two error means to reject an incorrect hypothesis
  • Type two error means to accept a correct hypothesis
  • Type two error means to reject a correct hypothesis
The original hypothesis is known as ______
  • Alternate hypothesis
  • Null hypothesis
  • Both a and b are incorrect
  • Both a and b are correct
The independent variable is used to explain the dependent variable in ________
  • Linear regression analysis
  • Multiple regression analysis
  • Non-linear regression analysis
  • None of the above
Which of the following statements is true about the level of significance?
  • In testing a hypothesis, we take the level of significance as 2% if it is not mentioned earlier
  • In testing a hypothesis, we take the level of significance as 1% if it is not mentioned earlier
  • In testing a hypothesis, we take the level of significance as 10% if it is not mentioned earlier
  • In testing a hypothesis, we take the level of significance as 5% if it is not mentioned earlier
Which of the following statements is true about the type two error?
  • Type two error means to accept an incorrect hypothesis
  • Type two error means to reject an incorrect hypothesis
  • Type two error means to accept a correct hypothesis
  • Type two error means to reject a correct hypothesis
The variance is the square of
  • Mean deviation
  •  Range
  • Standard deviation
  • Correlation
Which type of average would be suitable to calculate the size of agricultural holding–
  • Median
  • Weighted HM
  • Weighed AM
  • Mode
The geometric mean of a given series is always less than its–
  • Harmonic mean
  • Weighted mean
  • Arithmetic mean
  • Weighed harmonic mean
 The intelligence, ability or efficiency can be measured by use of–
  • Mode
  • Median
  •  Harmonic mean
  • Arithmetic mean
Which of the following statements is true about the correlational analysis between two sets of data?
  • The correlational analysis between two sets of data is known as a simple correlation
  • The correlational analysis between two sets of data is known as multiple correlation
  • The correlational analysis between two sets of data is known as partial correlation
  • None
 If all the variate values are the same (e.g. 8,8,8), the standard deviation will be
  • 0
  • 4
  • 8
  • 16
When we want average of rates of change or ratios or index number, which measure of central tendency is suitable–
  •  Geometric mean
  • Mode
  • Arithmetic mean
  • Median
Who is considered as father of statistics 
  • Boddington
  •  Pearson
  • AL Bowley 
  • RA Fisher
Indian Livestock after every Census is conducted–
  • 2 years
  •  5 years
  • 10 years
  •  20 years
The critical difference (CD) is a form of t-test and its formula is given by
  • CD=t/SE(D)
  • CD=t.SE(D)
  • CD=t+SE(D)
  • CD=F.SE(D)
When we want to conduct an experiment on a long strip of land, which design will be preferred–
  • CRD
  • RCBD
  • SPD
  • LSD
The  X2 (chi-square) test for goodness of fit and independence of attributes come under
  • Parametric tests 
  • Non - parametric test
  • Both (A) and (B)
  • None
Rank correlation is tested by
  • Quade test
  • F – test
  •  t – test
  •  Friedmann test
During experimentation, we lost some information and we want to get idea about these values, which technique will be useful
  • Field plot technique
  • Missing plot technique
  • Seed plot technique
  • Uniformity trial
Annawari’ procedure is a
  • Traditional method for estimation of crop yield
  • Method for weather forecasting
  • Method for rainfall forecasting
  • All of these
 The square of the standard deviation is known as the
  • Mean deviation
  •  Standard deviation
  • Coefficient of variance
  • Variance
Student's t-test is used when sample size is and population standard deviation is not known
  • Large 
  • Small
  • Both
  • None
For test of goodness of fit, which statistical test is applied
  •  Chi square test
  •  F - test
  •  z - test
  • None
Which of the following is not considered as basic principle of field experimental design?
  • Treatments
  • Randomization
  • Replications
  • Local control
In a split plot design, 5 levels of main plot and 4 levels of sub plot treatments studied with 3 replications. What will be the d.f. for error b source?
  • 8
  • 12
  • 30
  • 59
In a split plot design the main plot treatments are studied with _____ precision compared to sub plot treatments
  • Less
  • Equal
  • More
  • None
When the calculated F is greater than table F value at 5% only, the differences in treatments is consider _________
  • Significant
  • Non significant
  • Highly significant
  • None
 If there are 6 levels of moisture regime and 6 replications each, the error degree of freedom for LSD will be
  • 25
  • 35
  • 36
  • 20
Which measure of central tendency is appropriate for index numbers?
  • Harmonic mean
  • Arithmetic mean
  • Geometric mean
  • Mode
 If there are 5 treatments with 4 replication to each, the error degree of freedom for CRD will be
  • 9
  • 12
  • 15
  • 20
The ANOVA table of ________ design consist three error variance
  • Latin square design
  • Strip plot design
  • Factorial RBD
  • Completely randomized design
To study two factors with different level of precision _____ design is used
  • Completely randomized design
  • Factorial design 
  • Latin square design
  • RBD
When experimental material is limited and homogenous______ design is used
  • Latin square design
  • Strip plot design
  • Split plot design
  • Completely randomized design
For X2 test no theoretical cell frequency should be small, it should be at least
  • 2
  • 5
  • 8
  • 12
Which design follows the number of rows = number of columns = Number of treatments ?
  • SPD
  • Strip plot design
  • RBD
  • LSD
At present time how many number of forecasts issued by Government of India on important crops
  • 50
  • 60
  • 70
  • 80
Poisson distribution deals with
  • Discrete variables
  • Continuous
  • Both (A) and (B)
  • None
The correlation coefficient is the geometric mean between two
  • Median
  •  Standard deviation
  • Regression coefficient
  • Mode
The R rank correlation was suggested by
  • James Bernoulli 
  • SD Poisson
  • C Spearman
  • Gauss
When there are several factors with different levels to be experimented simultaneously with the same level of precision appropriat–
  •  CRD
  •  LSD
  • RBD
  • Factorial scheme
When the fertility gradient of the field goes in two directions, which design is most appropriate–
  •  Augmented design
  • CRD 
  •  LSD
  • SPD
When fertility gradient in one direction, the statistical design to be used
  • CRD
  • RBD
  • SPD
  • LSD
Which of the followings represents median?
  • First quartile
  • Fiftieth percentile
  • Sixth decile
  • None of the above
The family of parametric distributions which has mean always less than variance is:
  • beta distribution
  • lognormal distribution
  • lognormal distribution
  • negative binomial distribution
For calculation least of X2, N should be at least–
  •  20
  • 30
  • 40
  • 50
For comparison of two means from independent samples which test is applicable
  • t-test
  • X2- test
  • F – test
  • z – test
Arithmetic mean and variance are always equal in
  • Normal distribution
  •  Poisson distribution
  • Binomial
  • All of these
 For paired observation, which test is used for testing the significnce of a mean differenc
  •  Paired t- test
  •  t- test
  • F – test
  • X2- test
Which design is most appropriate for laboratory experiments?
  • CRBD
  • CRD
  • LSD
  • Factorial RBD
 Indian Agricultural Statistical Research Institute is established at
  • Lucknow
  • New Delhi
  • Kolkata
  • Jaipur
A measure of the peakedness or convexity of a curve is known as
  • Skewness
  • Kurtosis
  • Ogive
  • Histogram
When the value of correlation coefficient  is more than one then two variables are
  • Uncorrelated
  • Partially correlated
  • Perfectly correlated
  • Highly Correlated
A normal distribution is due to the work of
  •  Laplace and Gauss
  •  James Bernoulli 
  • SD Poisson
  • Demoivre
The probability of committing type I error is known as
  • Test of significance
  •  Level of significance
  • Composite hypothesis
  • None of these
A wrong decision about Ho leads to
  • one kind of error
  • two kinds of error
  • three kinds of error
  • four kinds of error
Which measure of dispersion has a different unit other than the unit of measurement of Values
  • Range
  • Mean deviation
  • Standard deviation
  • Variance