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Introduction to Statistical Methods and Econometrics 1 Mark Creative Question Paper With Answer Key

12th Standard

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Economics

Time : 00:15:00 Hrs
Total Marks : 15

     Multiple Choice Question

    15 x 1 = 15
  1. The word 'statistics' is used as _______

    (a)

    Singular.

    (b)

    Plural

    (c)

    Singular and Plural.

    (d)

    None of above

  2. Who stated that statistics as a science of estimates and probabilities.

    (a)

    Horace Secrist

    (b)

    R.A Fisher

    (c)

    Ya-Lun-Chou

    (d)

    Boddington

  3. Sources of secondary data are______

    (a)

    Published sources

    (b)

    Unpublished sources

    (c)

    Neither published nor unpublished sources

    (d)

    Both (a) and (b)

  4. The data collected by questionnaires are_______

    (a)

    Primary data

    (b)

    Secondary data

    (c)

    Published data

    (d)

    Grouped data

  5. A measure of the strength of the linear relationship that exists between two variables is called:

    (a)

    Slope

    (b)

    Intercept

    (c)

    Correlation coefficient

    (d)

    Regression equation

  6. If both variables X and Y increase or decrease simultaneously, then the coefficient of correlation will be:

    (a)

    Positive

    (b)

    Negative

    (c)

    Zero

    (d)

    One

  7. If the points on the scatter diagram indicate that as one variable increases the other variable tends to decrease the value of r will be:

    (a)

    Perfect positive

    (b)

    Perfect negative

    (c)

    Negative

    (d)

    Zero

  8. The value of the coefficient of correlation r lies between

    (a)

    0 and 1

    (b)

    -1 and 0

    (c)

    -1 and +1

    (d)

    -0.5 and +0.5

  9. The term regression was used by:

    (a)

    Newton

    (b)

    Pearson

    (c)

    Spearman

    (d)

    Galton

  10. The purpose of simple linear regression analysis is to:

    (a)

    Predict one variable from another variable

    (b)

    Replace points on a scatter diagram by a straight -line

    (c)

    Measure the degree to which two variables are linearly associated

    (d)

    Obtain the expected value of the independent random variable for a given value of the dependent variable

  11. A process by which we estimate the value of dependent variable on the basis of one or more independent variables is called

    (a)

    Correlation

    (b)

    Regression

    (c)

    Residual

    (d)

    Slope

  12. If Y = 2 - O.2X, then the value of Y intercept is equal to

    (a)

    -0.2

    (b)

    2

    (c)

    0.2X

    (d)

    All of the above

  13. In the regression equation \(Y={ \beta }_{ \alpha }+{ \beta }_{ 1 }{ X }_{ , }\)the Y is called:

    (a)

    Independent variable

    (b)

    Dependent variable

    (c)

    Continuous variable

    (d)

    None of the above

  14. In the regression equation \(Y={ \beta }_{ 0 }+{ \beta }_{ 1 }{ X }_{ , }\) the X is called:

    (a)

    Independent variable

    (b)

    Dependent variable

    (c)

    Continuous variable

    (d)

    None of the above

  15. Econometrics is the integration of

    (a)

    Economics and Statistics

    (b)

    Economics and Mathematics

    (c)

    Economics, Mathematics and Statistics

    (d)

    None of the above

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