STATISTICS MCQ

1. What is the arithmetic mean of the data set: 4, 5, 0, 10, 8, and 3?

(A) 4
(B) 5
(C) 6
(D) 7

2. Which of the following cannot be the probability of an event?

(A) 0.0
(B) 0.3
(C) 0.9
(D) 1.2

3. If a random variable X has a normal distribution, then eX has a/an _____ distribution.

(A) lognormal
(B) exponential
(C) Poisson
(D) binomial

4. What is the geometric mean of: 1, 2, 8, and 16?

(A) 4
(B) 5
(C) 6
(D) 7

5. Which test is applied to Analysis of Variance (ANOVA)?

(A) t-test
(B) z-test
(C) F-test
(D) χ2 test

ANSWERS: STATISTICS MCQS

1. (B) 5
2. (D) 1.2
3. (A) lognormal
4. (A) 4
5. (C) F test (Find the solutions below)
 SOLUTIONS: STATISTICS MCQS

1. Here total numbers are 6. So,

2. The probability of an event is always between 0 and 1 (including 0 and 1). So, 1.2
cannot be the probability of an event.

3. A lognormal distribution is a probability distribution of a random variable whose

logarithm is normally distributed. So, if X is lognormal then Y=ln(X) is normal. Similarly,
if Y is normal then X=eY is lognormal.

4. There are 4 numbers in total. So, by using the formula for calculating geometric
mean, we have