STATISTICS Test 2 — Agri Master Mind

Statistical test used to determine the goodness of fit
  • Z-test
  • F-test
  • Chi-square test
  • t-test
Which represents median?
  • Second quartile
  • Fifth decile
  • All of these
  • 50th percentile
The relationship between AM, GM and HM
  • GM>HM> AM
  • GM<HM<AM
  • AM>GM>HM
  • None of these
Which one is not a measure of central tendency?
  • Mean
  • Median
  • Mean Deviation
  • Mode
Correlation coefficient will be negative when
  • x increase y increase
  • x decrease y decrease
  • x increase y decrease
  • x increase y increase
Which one is not a measure of dispersion?
  • Range
  • Standard deviation
  • Mean
  • Coefficient of variance
Correlation coefficient can take values from
  • -1 to 0
  • 0 to 1
  • -1 to 1
  • -1 to infinity
Error degree of freedom for 7 treatments laid out in CRD with 4 replications
  • 20
  • 25
  • 21
  • 22
Variance is the square of
  • Range
  • Quartile Deviation
  • Standard Deviation
  • Mean Deviation
Probability can take values from
  • -1 to 0
  • -1 to 1
  • 0 to 1
  • -1 to infinity
Primary purpose of blocking the field experiment is to reduce
  • Block error
  • Treatment error
  • Experimental error
  • Replication error
The test between two population variance is done by
  • AM
  • Z Test
  • F test
  • t test
Most suitable design for studying the interaction effect
  • Split
  • CRD
  • Factorial RBD
  • Split-split
Most suitable design for studying one factor with greater precision
  • Strip plot
  • Factorial RBD
  • Split
  • RBD
Test used when fertility gradient varies in two direction
  • RBD
  • CRD
  • LSD
  • SPD
Test to study the significant difference between two means
  • Z-test
  • Chi-square test
  • t test
  • Wilcoxon test
Minimum error degree of freedom should be
  • 10
  • 15
  • 12
  • 20
Local control is not applied in
  • SPD
  • RBD
  • CRD
  • LSD
Design most apt for lab experiments
  • RBD
  • SPD
  • CRD
  • LSD
If there are 5 varieties and 4 replications in RBD Then error degree of freedom would be
  • 8
  • 15
  • 12
  • 16
Which design follows the number of rows= number of columns=number of treatments
  • SPD
  • RBD
  • LSD
  • CRD
If 4 sowing dates are laid out in main plot and 5 N levels are in sub plot and they are replicated thrice then what will be the error degree of freedom
  • 6
  • 20
  • 32
  • 60
If 4 levels of depth of ploughing is applied to vertical strip, 5 levels of moisture regime is applied to horizontal strip and replicated three times then error degree of freedom would be
  • 10
  • 8
  • 24
  • 6
Measure of peakedness of curve is
  • Skewness
  • Ogive
  • Kurtosis
  • Histogram
Distribution is said to be symmetrical if the values are uniformly distributed around the
  • Mode
  • Median
  • Mean
  • Mean deviation
Chi square test is
  • Parametric
  • Both of these
  • Non-parametric
  • None of these
Local control is used for
  • Validity of estimate of error
  • Validity of treatment effects
  • Dimunition of error
  • All of these
Poisson distribution deals with
  • Continuous variable
  • Both of these
  • Discrete variable
  • None of these
Correlation coefficient is the geometric mean between two
  • Standard deviation
  • Median
  • Regression coefficient
  • Mode
Regression coefficient is independent of change of
  • Scale
  • Both of these
  • Origin
  • None of these
When there are several factors with different levels to be experimented simultaneously with the same level of precision then which design is most appropriate
  • Split
  • Strip
  • Factorial RBD
  • CRD
Correlation coefficient is independent of change of
  • Origin
  • Scale
  • Both
  • None of these
For chi square, value of N should be at least
  • 20
  • 30
  • 50
  • 40
Chi square is applied for
  • Testing of independence of attributes
  • Genetic problem and detection of linkages
  • All of these
  • Testing the expectation of ratio
Range of multiple correlation coefficient lies between
  • -1 to 1
  • 0 to infinity
  • 0 to 1
  • -infinity to infinity
Student t test is used when sample size is ….. and population standard deviation is ……
  • Large, known
  • Large, unknown
  • Small, unknown
  • Small, known
AM and variance are always equal in
  • Binomial
  • Normal
  • Poission
  • All of these
Beta 1 and Beta 2 of normal distribution are
  • 0,0
  • 3,0
  • 0,3
  • 3,3
Mean of binomial distribution is
  • npq
  • P
  • np
  • None of these
First central moment is always
  • 2
  • 4
  • 0
  • 6
When Beta 2 is > 3 then the curve is
  • Mesokurtic
  • Platykurtic
  • Leptokurtic
  • None of these
Second central moment about the AM is equal to
  • Standard deviation
  • Mean deviation
  • Variance
  • None of these
Coefficient of variation is calculated by
  • AM X100/SD
  • SD X 100/ GM
  • SD X100/ AM
  • None of these
Father of Statistics
  • Pearson
  • DE Movrie
  • R A Fisher
  • Gauss and Laplace
Rejecting the null hypothesis when it is true
  • Power of test
  • Type II error
  • Type I error
  • None of these
Accepting the null hypothesis when it is False
  • Power of test
  • Type I error
  • Type II error
  • None of these
Test used when sample size is large >30 and population SD is known
  • T test
  • F test
  • Z test
  • None of these
Transformation used when variance is proportional to the square of mean
  • Square root
  • Arc sine
  • Logarithmic
  • None of these
Transformation used when data consists of small values and follow a Poisson distribution (which is converted into normal distribution).
  • Logarithmic
  • Arc sine
  • Square root
  • None of these
Term regression was given by
  • Gosset
  • Pearson
  • Galton
  • Fisher
Regression coefficient can take values from
  • -1 to 0
  • 0 to 1
  • -infinity to infinity
  • -1 to 1
Chi Square can take values from
  • -1 to 0
  • 0 to 1
  • 0 to infinity
  • -infinity to infinity
Basic principles of experimental design
  • Randomization
  • Replication
  • All of these
  • Local Control
Indian Agricultural Statistical Research Institute is located at
  • Gurgaon
  • Kolkata
  • New Delhi
  • Ludhiana
The value of sum of deviations from mean
  • None of these
  • 1
  • 0
  • -1
Test used for testing the significance of mean difference of paired observations
  • Ex post facto
  • Wilcoxon
  • Paired t test
  • Chi Square
The first step in summarizing the data is
  • Result
  • Analysis
  • Classification
  • Interpretation
Error degree of freedom for testing the significance of difference of two sample means
  • n1-1
  • n1-n2+2
  • n1+n2-2
  • n1+n2-2
Indian Statistical Institute is located at
  • Gurgaon
  • New Delhi
  • Kolkata
  • Ludhiana
Student t test was given by
  • Fisher
  • Galton
  • Gosset
  • Yates
Rejecting null hypothesis when it is false is
  • Type I Error
  • Type II Error
  • Power of Test
  • None of these
Degree of Freedom for 4 by 3 contigency table is
  • 12
  • 5
  • 6
  • 11
Transformation used when data follows binomial distribution
  • Logarithmic
  • Square root
  • Arc sine
  • None of these
Relationship between mean, median and mode
  • Mode= 2 Median- 3 Mean
  • Median = 3 Mode- 2 Mean
  • Mode= 3 Median- 2 Mean
  • None of these
Relationship between AM, GM and HM
  • HM=sq root (AM*GM)
  • AM=sq root (GM*HM)
  • GM=sq root (AM*HM)
  • None of these
Most powerful measure of dispersion
  • Mean
  • Range
  • Standard Deviation
  • Mean Deviation
In Binomial Distribution
  • Mean<Variance
  • Mean= Variance
  • Mean> Variance
  • None of these
Standard error of mean is calculated using
  • None of these
Standard error of difference is calculated using
  • None of these
ANOVA was developed by
  • Gosset
  • Galton
  • Fisher
  • Laplace
Average suitable to calculate the size of agricultural holding
  • Mean
  • Median
  • Mode
  • None of these
Simplest measure of dispersion
  • Mean Deviation
  • Standard Deviation
  • Range
  • Correlation
If the variate values are same then standard deviation is
  • 4
  • 16
  • 0
  • 8
Unitless measure of dispersion
  • Standard deviation
  • Mean Deviation
  • CV
  • None of these
Principle of making use of greater homogeneity in groups of experimental units to reduce the experimental error is referred as
  • Randomization
  • Replication
  • Local control
  • All of these
Expression of standard error of statistic is applicatble
  • SE=
  • SE=
  • SE=
  • None of these
Probability of sure event is
  • 0
  • Not defined
  • 1
  • None of these
Probability of impossible event is
  • 1
  • Not defined
  • 0
  • None of these
Rank correlation was given by
  • Bernouli
  • Poisson
  • Spearman
  • None of these
Variation due to uncontrolled factors is
  • Standard error
  • Treatment effects
  • Experimental error
  • None of these
Critical Difference is calculated by
  • t* 2SE(d)
  • T+ SE(d)
  • t* SE(d)
  • t/ SE(d)
Parametric test
  • Friedman Test
  • Chi Square Test
  • Student t test
  • All of these
During experimentation, we lost some information and we want to get idea about these values, technique used would be
  • Field plot technique
  • Seed plot techique
  • Missing plot technique
  • None of these
If data is quantitative in nature then it is called as
  • Attribute
  • Both of these
  • Variable
  • None of these
If data is qualitative in nature then it is called as
  • Variable
  • Both of these
  • Attribute
  • None of these
Relative Measure of Dispersion
  • Mean
  • Mean Deviation
  • CV
  • Standard Deviation
Absolute Measure of Dispersion
  • Mean
  • CV
  • Mean Deviation
  • Standard Deviation
If any of the observation is negative then which measure of central tendency is not calculated
  • Median
  • AM
  • GM
  • None of these
Coefficient of determination is
  • Square root of Correlation Coefficient
  • Square of Regression Coefficient
  • Square of Correlation Coefficient
  • None of these
ANOVA Utilizes
  • T test
  • Both of these
  • F Test
  • None of these
Maximum error degree of freedom is in
  • RBD
  • Split
  • CRD
  • None of these
If the difference between two treatment means is less than CD Value then they are
  • Significant
  • Both of these
  • Insignificant
  • None of these
World Statistics day
  • 29 October
  • 29 June
  • 20 October
  • 20 June
National Statistics day
  • 29 October
  • 20 October
  • 29 June
  • 20 June
Missing plot technique is given by
  • Laplace
  • Gause
  • Yates
  • None of these
Degree of association between two variables is
  • Regression
  • Skewness
  • Correlation
  • Kurtosis
Functional relationship between dependent and independent variable is called as
  • Correlation
  • Skewness
  • Regression
  • Kurtosis
In normal distribution, all odd ordered moments are
  • Undefined
  • 1
  • 0
  • None of these
Hypothesis of no difference is
  • Alternate hypothesis
  • Secondary Hypothesis
  • Null Hypothesis
  • None of these
Partitioning of total variation into several component variations is called as
  • Chi Square
  • Missing plot
  • ANOVA
  • None of these