Top 150+ Solved Psychological Statistics MCQ Questions Answer
Q. Which of the following are function(s) of inferential statistics?
a. estimation
b. testing of hypothesis
c. both (a) and (b)
d. none of these
Q. Which of the following is true about inferential statistics?
a. help in getting an idea about sample value from population value.
b. help in getting an idea about population value from sample value.
c. help in getting data from sample.
d. none of these
Q. Parameter in inferential statistics refers to _______
a. sample value
b. data
c. population value
d. variable name
Q. A statistic in inferential statistics is related to which of the following?
a. sample
b. population
c. both (a) and (b)
d. none of these
Q. Estimation is the process of ______
a. formulating some hypothesis about the population
b. inferring statistic from parameter
c. testing some hypothesis about the population
d. inferring parameter from statistic
Q. Which one of the following statements is true about hypothesis?
a. it is an assumption about population value
b. there are different types of hypothesis
c. hypothesis testing is a function of inferential statistics
d. all of the above
Q. Which of the following is a null hypothesis?
a. there is significant relationship between the variable x and y.
b. there is no gender difference in the mean scores of mechanical aptitude.
c. there is significant effect of intelligence on achievement.
d. none of these
Q. The opposite of null hypothesis is known as _______
a. directional hypothesis
b. statistical hypothesis
c. alternate hypothesis
d. composite hypothesis
Q. Which of the following is an alternate hypothesis?
a. there is significant gender difference in the mean scores of mechanical aptitude.
b. there is no significant relationship between achievement and previous knowledge.
c. there is no significant effect of intelligence on creativity.
d. none of these
Q. Some statement or assertion above a population is known as _____
a. unique statement
b. a standard statement
c. standard hypothesis
d. a statistical hypothesis
Q. A hypothesis in which there is no indication of direction of change or relation is calleda ________
a. directional hypothesis
b. non directional hypothesis
c. alternate hypothesis
d. none of these
Q. Tests used to test non directional hypothesis are
a. one tailed tests
b. two-tailed tests
c. three tailed tests
d. four tailed tests
Q. For testing which of the following hypothesis one tailed test is used?
a. non directional hypothesis
b. directional hypothesis
c. alternate hypothesis
d. composite hypothesis
Q. For testing which of the following hypothesis one tailed test is used?
a. there is no significant gender difference in the mean scores of anxiety.
b. there is significant relationship between variables x and y.
c. experimental group has a higher mean y score than the control group after the treatment.
d. there is no significant difference in mean y scores of control and experimental groups after the treatment.
Q. Statistical tests are designed to test the ______
a. alternate hypothesis
b. statistical hypothesis
c. composite hypothesis
d. null hypothesis