Measures of Dispersion

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Measures of Dispersion: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as, Coefficient of Variation in Statistics, Measure of Dispersion, Mean and Variance of Normal Distribution & Comparison of two frequency distributions with same mean etc.

Important Questions on Measures of Dispersion

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Indication in a way that variance of y-variable is explained by x-variable is shown as

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What is the mean deviation about the mean for the following data?

xi 1 2 3 4
fi 5 10 15 20

 

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How Range of measure of dispersion is most affected by extreme values?

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Which measure of dispersion is most affected by extreme values?

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Write any two merits of range as a measure of dispersion.

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If the varience of any data is 58.5 then what will be the standard deviation of that data?

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The standard deviation of a variable x is 10. Then, the standard deviation of 50+5x is

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The mean deviation of the data 3, 10, 10, 4, 7, 10, 5 from the mean is

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Consider the following statements :

1. The values of median and mode can be determined graphically

2. Mean, Median and Mode have the different unit

3. Range is the best measure of dispersion.

Which of these is/are correct?

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S.D. of data is 6 when each observation is increased by 1, then the S.D. of new data is

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If the standard deviation of 0,1,2, ...,9 is k, then the standard deviation of 10,11,12, ... ,19 is

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The variance of first n natural number is

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Covariance x, y between x and y if x=15, y=40, xy=110, n=5 is

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If the coefficient of variation is 45% and the mean is 12 then its standard derivation is

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If the coefficient of variation and standard deviation are 60 and 21, respectively, then arithmetic mean of distribution is

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The 7th percentile is equal to

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The scores of batsman in ten innings are : 

55, 34, 48, 38, 70, 44, 54, 46, 63, 42.

Find the mean deviation about median.

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The mean of five numbers is 0 and their variance is 2 . If three of those numbers are -1,1 and 2, then the other two numbers are

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Variance is independent of

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If i=19x5=9 and i=19xi52=45, then the standard deviation of the 9 items x1, x2,.,x9 is