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(1) For some bivariate data, the following results were obtained for the two variables
x and y : x  53.2, y  27.9, byx  1.5bxy  0.2

The most probable value of y when x = 60 is

(a) 17.7 (b) 13.4 (c) 19.7 (d) 15.6
(2) Two random variables have the regression lines 3x + 2y = 26 and 6x + y = 31. The coefficient of
correlation between x and y is :
(a) -0.25 (b) 0.5 (c) -0.5 (d) 0.25
(3) The following data is given, based on 450 students for marks in Statistics and Economics at a certain
examination:
Mean marks in Statistics = 40
Mean marks in Economics = 48
S.D. of marks (Statistics) = 12
Variance of marks (Economics) = 256
Sum of the products of deviations of marks from their respective mean = 42075
The average marks in Economics of candidates who obtained 50 marks in Statistics is :
(a) 45 (b) 54.5 (c) 54 (d) 47.5
(4) The lines of regression are as follows:
5x 145  10 y;14 y  208  8x. The mean values  x , y  is :

(a) (12,5) (b) (5,7) (c) (7, 12) (d) (5, 12)
(5) Given the following data:
bxy  0.4 & byx  1.6. The coefficient of determination is :

(a) 0.74 (b) 0.42 (c) 0.58 (d) 0.64

(6) The method applied for deriving regression equations is known as :
(a) Concurrent deviation (b) Product moment (c) Least squares (d) Normal equation
(7) If the correlation coefficient between two variables is 1, then the two lines of regressions are :
(a) Parallel (b) At right angles (c) Coincident (d) None of these
(8) Given the regression equations as 3x + y = 13 and 2x +5y = 20. Find regression equation of y on x.
(a) 3x+y= 13 (b) 2x + Y = 20 (c) 3x+5y=13 (d) 2x + 5 y = 20
(9) The two regression equations are:
2x + 3y + 18 =0
x + 2y - 25 = 0
find the value of y if x = 9
(a) -8 (b) 8 (c) -12 (d) 0

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(10) The correlation coefficient between x and y is -1/2. The value of bxy = -1/ 8. Find byx.
(a) -2 (b) -4 (c) 0 (d) 2
(11) Which of the following regression equations represent regression line of Y on X:
7x + 2y + 15 = 0, 2x + 5y + 10 = 0
(a) 7x + 2y + 15=0 (b) 2x + 5y + 10 = 0 (c) Both (a) and (b) (d) None of these
(12) The two regression line are 7x - 3y -18 = 0 and 4x - y -11 = 0. Find the value of byx and bxy
(a) 7/3, 1/4 (b) -7/3,-1/4 (c) -3/7,-1/4 (d) None of them
(13) _________of the regression Coefficient is greater than the correlation coefficient
(a) Combined mean (b) Harmonic mean (c) Geometric mean (d) Arithmetic mean.
(14) Regression coefficient are __________
(a) dependent of change of origin and of scale.
(b) independent of both change of origin and of scale.
(c) dependent of change of origin but not of scale.
(d) independent of change of origin but not of scale
(15) Given :
X  16,  x  4.8, Y  20,  y  9.6

The coefficient of correlation between x and y is 0.6. What will be the regression coefficient of ‘x’
on ‘y’ ?
(a) 0.03 (b) 0.3 (c) 0.2 (d) 0.05
(16) If the two line of regression are x + 2y - 5 =0 and 2x + 3y - 8 =0. The regression line of y on x is
(a) x+2y-5=0 (b) 2x+3y-8=0 (c) Any of the two line (d) None of the two line
(17) For a bivariate data two lines of regression are 40x - 18y = 214 and 8x – l0y + 66 = 0, then find the
values of x and y
(a) 17 and 13 (b) 13 and 17 (c) 13 and-17 (d) -13 and 17
(18) Out of the following which one affects the regression co-efficient.
(a) Change of origin only (b) Change of scale only
(c) Change of scale & origin both
(d) Neither change of origin nor change of scale
(19) For a bivariate data, the line of regression of Y on X, and of X on Y are respectively 2.5Y - X = 35
and 10 X - Y = 70, then correlation coefficient r is equal to:
(a) 0.2 (b) -0.2 (c) 0.5 (d) -0.5
(20) If one of regression coefficient is unity _________, the other must be __________unity.
(a) more than, more than (b) Less than, Less than
(c) more than, less than (d) Positive, Negative

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(21) If Y is dependent variable and X is Independent variable and the S.D of X and Y are 5 and 8
respectively and Co-efficient of co-relation between X and Y is 0.8. Find the Regression co-efficient
of Y on X.
(a) 0.78 (b) 1.28 (c) 6.8 (d) 0.32
(22) If the regression lines are 8x -10y + 66 = 0 and 40x -18y = 214, the correlation coefficient between
‘x’ and ‘y’ is :
(a) 1 (b) 0.6 (c) -0.6 (d) -1
(23) The coefficients of correlation between two variables X and Y is the simple _________of the two
regression.
(a) Arithmetic Mean (b) Geometric Mean (c) Harmonic Mean (d) None of the above
(24) If 2 variables are uncorrelated, their regression lines are:
(a) Parallel (b) Perpendicular
(c) Coincident (d) Inclined at 45 degrees
(25) If x, y denote the arithmetic means,  x ;  y denote the standard the deviations, bxy ; byx denote the

regression coefficients of the variables ‘x’ and ‘y’ respectively, then the point of intersection of
regression lines X on Y & Y on X is __________

(a)  X ;Y  (b)  x  ,  y (c)  x ,  y  (d)  x2 ,  y2 

(26) For certain x and y series which are correlated, the two line of regression are
5x - 6y + 9 = 0 15x-8y- 130 = 0 The correlation coefficient is
(a) 4/5 (b) 3/4 (c) 2/3 (d) 1/2
(27) The coefficient of correlation between X and Y series is - 0.38. The linear relation between X & V
are 3X + 5U = 3 and -8Y - 7V = 44, what is the coefficient of correlation between U & V ?
(a) 0.38 (b) -0.38 (c) 0.40 (d) None of these
(28) If Y = 18X + 5 is the regression line of X on Y ; The value of bxy is
(a) 5/18 (b) 18 (c) 5 (d) 1/18
(29) 8x - 3y + 7 = 0,14x-7y + 6 =0 are two regression equation then the correlation coefficient, r =
(a) 0.86 (b) -0.86 (c) 0.45 (d) -0.45
(30) If r = + 1 or - 1 then the two regression lines __________
(а) Have 30% angle between them (b) Have 45% angle between them
(c) Coincide (d) Perpendicular to each other
(31) If mean of X and Y variables is 20 and 40 respectively and the regression coefficient Y on X is
1.608 then the regression line of Y on X is:
(a) Y = 1.608 X + 7.84 (b) Y = 1.56 X +4.84 (c) Y = 1.608 X + 4.84 (r/) Y= 1.56 X +7.84

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(32) The equations two lines of regression for x & y are 5x = 22 + y and 64x = 24 + 45y, then the value
of regression coefficient of y on x will be ___________
1 64 45
(a) 5 (b) (c) (d)
5 45 64
(33) Two regression lines for a bivariate data are 2x - 5y +6 = 0 and 5x - 4y + 3 = 0. Then the coefficient
correlation shall be __________.

2 2 2 2 2 2
(a) (b) (c) (d)
5 5 5 5
(34) If the mean of two variables x & y are 3 and 1 respectively. Then the equation of two regression
lines are__________
(a) 5x+7y-22=0 & 6x+2y-20=0 (b) 5x+7y-22=0 & 6x+2y+20=0
(c) 5x+7y+22=0 & 6x+2y-20=0 (d) 5x+7y+22=0 & 6x+2y+20=0
(35) Two regression equations are x+y=6 and x+2y=l 0 then correlation coefficient between X any Y is
1 1
(a) -1/2 (b) 1/2 (c) - (d)
2 2
(36) Correlation coefficient between x and y is zero the two regression lines are
(a) Perpendicular to each other (b) Coincide to each other
(c) Parallel to each other (d) None of these
(37) The two regression lines are 16x -20y+l32=0 and 80x-30y-428=0, the value of correlation
coefficient is
(a) 0.6 (b) -0.6 (c) 0.54 (d) 0.45
(38) Which of the following is true:
y x xy xy
(a) bxy  r. (b) bxy  r. (c) bxy   . (d) bxy   .
x y x y
(39) The regression are as follows
Regression equation of X on Y : 6X-Y=28
Regression equation of Y on X : 64X-45Y=24
What will be the mean X and Y ?
(a) X  8, Y  6 (b) X  6, Y  6 (c) X  6, Y  8 (d) X  8, Y  8
(40) The two lines of regression become identical when
(a) r = l (b) r = -l (c) r = 0 (d) (a) or (b)
(41) Regression coefficients are affected by ___________
(a) Change of origin (b) Change of Scale
(c) Both origin & scale (d) Neither origin nor scale

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(42) Regression lines are passes through the __________points

(a) Mean (b) Standard deviation (c) Both (a) & (b) (d) None
(43) If the regression line of x on y is 3x + 2y = 100, then find the value of bxy ?
2 10 3 2
(a) (b) (c) (d)
3 3 2 3
(44) If the two regression lines are x + y = 1 and x - y = 1 then x and y are
(a) 1,0 (b) 0,1 (c) 1, 1 (d) None
(45) The correlation coefficient is the _________of the two regression coefficients byx and bxy :
(a) AM (b) GM (c) HM (d) None of these
(46) Regression coefficient are independent of _________:
(a) Change of origin (b) Change of scale (c) Both (a) & (b) (d) None of these
(47) 5y = 9x - 22 & 20x = 9y + 350 are two regression lines. Find the correlation coefficient between x
&y:
(a) 0.9 (b) 0.1 (c) -0.9 (d) -0.1
(48) Regression lines are parallel then r = :
(a) ±1 (b) -1/2 (c) 0 (d) None
(49) The two lines of regression intersect at the point:
(a) Mean (b) Median (c) Mode (d) None of the these
(50) If the two lines of regression are x + 2y - 5 = 0 and 2x + 3y - 8 = 0, then the regression line of y on
x is
(a) x + 2y - 5 = 0 (b) x + 2y = 0 (c) 2x + 3y - 8 = 0 (d) 2x + 3y = 0
(51) If the two regression lines are 3X = Y and 8 Y = 6X, then the value of correlation coefficient is
(a) - 0.5 (b) 0.5 (c) 0.75 (d) -0.80
(52) The regression coefficient is independent of the change of
(a) Origin (b) Scale
(c) Scale and origin both (d) None of these
(53) A.M of regression coefficient is
(a) Equal to r (b) Greater than or equal to r
(c) Half of r (d) None
(54) If the regression line of Y on X is given by Y = X + 2 and Karl Pearson’s coefficient of correlation
y2
is 0.5 then = _________.
 x2
(a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) None

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(55) Consider to regression line 3x + 2y = 26, 6x + y = 31. Find the correlation coefficient between x
and y
(a) 0.5 (b) -0.5 (c) 0.25 (d) -0.25
(56) The interesting point of the two regression lines: y on x and x on y is

(a) (0,0) (b) ( x , y ) (c) b yx , bxy  (d) (1,1)

(57) Given that the variance of x is equal to the square of standard deviation x and the regression line of
y on x is y = 40 + 0.5 (x-30).
Then regression line of x on y is
(a) y = 40 + 4 (x - 30) (b) y = 40 + (x - 30) (c) y = 40 + 2 (x - 30) (d) x = 30 + 2 (y - 40)
(58) The regression coefficients remain unchanged due to
(a) A shift of scale (b) A shift of origin
1 1
(c) Replacing x - values by (d) Replacing y values by
x y
(59) If the slope of the regression line is calculated to be 5.5 and the intercept 15 then the value of Y
when X is 6 is
(a) 88 (b) 48 (c) 18 (d) 78
(60) If Y = 9X and X = 0.01 Y, then r is equal to:
(a) -0.1 (b) 0.1 (c) 0.3 (d) -0.3
(61) The straight-line graph of the linear equation Y = a + b X, slope is horizontal if:
(a) b = 1 (b) b  0 (c) b = 0 (d) a = b  0
(62) If byx  1.6 and bxy  0.4, then rxy will be

a) 0.4 (b) -0.8 (c) 0.64 (d) 0.8