Measures of Dispersion

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Measures of Dispersion: Overview

This topic covers concepts such as Measure of Dispersion, Range as Measure of Dispersion, Merits and Demerits of Range As Measure of Dispersion, Mean Deviation, Mean Deviation for Ungrouped Distribution (An Individual Series), etc.

Important Questions on Measures of Dispersion

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In a Poisson distribution, PX=2=PX=3. Given that e3=0.050. Then PX=5 is -

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If X is a Poisson random variable such that EX2=30, then the variance of X is -

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For a normal curve, the greatest ordinate is

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If Quartile deviation is 10, then value of standard deviation will be:

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If Quartile deviation is 9, then value of standard deviation will be:

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Find the coefficient of mean deviation from median of observations 40,62,54,90,68,76.

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Comparison the following frequency distributions with same mean:

5 and 6 be the mean and standard deviation of the first distribution, 

5 and 7 be the mean and standard deviation of the second distribution.

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Comparison the following frequency distributions with same mean:

8 and 6 be the mean and standard deviation of the first distribution, 

8 and 7 be the mean and standard deviation of the second distribution.

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Comparison the following frequency distributions with same mean:

4 and 6 be the mean and standard deviation of the first distribution, 

4 and 7 be the mean and standard deviation of the second distribution.

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Which measure of dispersion is most affected by extreme values?

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The inter quartile range

 

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If the variance of a frequency distribution be v and standard deviation be σ then

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Variance of a frequency distribution is 4 and coefficient of variation is 5%; average of that frequency distribution is

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If  y=2 x+3 and variance of y is 4 then standard deviation of x is

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If the variables x and y are related by y=6x+510, then

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Mean deviation about the median of 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 is

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A statistics of weekly payment to the workers in two firms X and Y gives the following :

  Farm X Farm Y
No. of workers 500 600
Average pay Rs. 525 Rs. 525
Variance of distribution
of payments
121 144
Which farm has greater variability in individual payments?

 

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The mode of model A is 3.57.

Life(No.of years)   0-2 2-4 4-6 6-8 8-10 10-12
Refrigerator Model A 5 16 13 7 5 4

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Which of the following is a relative measure of dispersion?

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The square root of variance of a distribution is known as