Top 80+ Solved Research Methods and Statistics MCQ Questions Answer
Q. The very word statistics refers to .........................
a. state craft
b. science of state
c. political state
d. political craft
Q. ‘Arthashastra’ provides statistical facts about .............. in the country.
a. state administration
b. population statistics
c. fact of day-to-day life
d. all of the above
Q. The prominent meaning of ‘statistics’...............
a. data, its analysis and interpretation
b. observation of samples
c. method for analysing numers
d. conducting census
Q. As a plural noun, who defined statistics very adquetely and realistically?
a. webster
b. bowley
c. a.m. tuttle
d. secrist
Q. Who stated statistics as “aggregate of knowledge brought together forpractical ends?
a. w.i. king
b. a.l. bowley
c. prof. h. secrist
d. none of the above
Q. “Statistics are effected to a marked extend by .....................”
a. aggregate of facts
b. multiplicity of causes
c. numerically stated
d. complex manifestations
Q. Quantitative characteristic includes ..........................
a. beauty
b. emotion
c. intelligence
d. data
Q. Data is collected with reasonable standard of ..............
a. numerical method
b. feasibility
c. accuracy
d. all the above
Q. Statistics is one of those sciences which are only indicative of a trend,therefore .......................
a. it is probabilistic than deterministic
b. it is deterministic than probabilistic
c. a definite date collection method is unnecessary
d. data sources should be clear
Q. The definition of various terms, units of collection and measurementhelp ensuring that ...............................
a. analysis is easy
b. method is systematic and empirical
c. construction of conclusion is easy
d. data is relevant to the purpose
Q. Statistics should be capable of .................................
a. empiricism
b. systematic inquiry
c. comparison
d. evaluation
Q. What characteristic does statistics emphasises, as a Method or as asingular noun?
a. descriptive
b. analytical
c. inferential
d. comparative
Q. According to Lincoln.L.Chao, what is the primary objective of modernstatistics?
a. presentation of data
b. collection of quantitative data
c. assisting in making decisions
d. summarization of data
Q. ................... guides from the planning stage to the stage of drawing offinal conclusions
a. numerical facts
b. statistical methods
c. data
d. none of the above
Q. Which characteristic of the following is not belonging to, ‘statistics as amethod’?
a. a tool of analysis
b. helps processing the raw
c. descriptive nature
d. processing done by systematic analysis & interpretation.