Measures of central tendency mean median and mode for grouped and ungrouped data - One Line Questions

1. For grouped data, the class mark of a class interval is calculated as: (Lower limit + Upper limit) / 2
2. A dataset has values: 5, 5, 5, 5. What is its mode? 5
3. If a dataset has no repeating values, what is its mode? It has no mode
4. What is the median of the ungrouped data set: 7, 1, 5, 3, 9? 5
5. In a grouped data set, if N=100 and the cumulative frequency just before the median class is 40, and the frequency of the median class is 20, what is N/2 - CF? 10
6. What is the median of the ungrouped data set: 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20? 17
7. What is the mode of the ungrouped data set: 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 5? 4
8. What is the median of the ungrouped data set: 1, 1, 2, 3, 3, 3, 4, 5? 3.5
9. What is the median of the ungrouped data set: 10, 20, 30, 40? 25
10. What is the mean of the ungrouped data set: 10, 20, 30, 40, 50? 30
11. What is the mean of the ungrouped data set: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6? 3.5
12. What is the median of the ungrouped data set: 15, 25, 35, 45, 55, 65? 40
13. What is the mode of the ungrouped data set: 3, 4, 4, 5, 6, 6, 6, 7? 6
14. What is the mean of the ungrouped data set: 2, 4, 6, 8? 5
15. The empirical relation for a moderately skewed distribution is often given as: Mean - Mode = 3 * (Mean - Median). This can be rearranged to find the Mode if Mean and Median are known. What is the Mode if Mean = 50 and Median = 45? 40
16. What is the median of the ungrouped data set: 2, 5, 8, 10, 12? 8
17. What is the mean of the ungrouped data set: 5, 10, 15? 10
18. For the grouped data, if the lower limit of the median class is 50, N/2 is 60, the cumulative frequency of the preceding class is 45, and the frequency of the median class is 30, what is the median? 58.33
19. The median of the ungrouped data set: 5, 8, 12, 15, 20 is: 12
20. Which of the following is a disadvantage of using the mean? It is affected by extreme values.
21. Which measure of central tendency represents the most frequent value in a dataset? Mode
22. Which measure of central tendency is least affected by outliers in a dataset? Median
23. Which measure of central tendency is most appropriate for nominal data? Mode
24. Consider the ungrouped data: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 100. Which measure would be most representative of the central tendency? Median
25. Which measure of central tendency is most suitable for ordinal data? Median
26. Which measure is best suited when the data contains extreme values or outliers? Median
27. Which measure of central tendency is a positional average? Median
28. Which of the following is NOT a measure of central tendency? Range
29. Which measure of central tendency is often used for discrete data where the most common category is important? Mode
30. For a positively skewed distribution (right-skewed), the relationship between mean, median, and mode is typically: Mean < Median < Mode
31. For a negatively skewed distribution (left-skewed), the relationship between mean, median, and mode is typically: Mean < Median < Mode
32. For a symmetrical distribution of ungrouped data, which of the following is generally true? Mean = Median = Mode
33. For a given set of ungrouped data, which measure of central tendency is most affected by extreme values? Mean
34. Which measure of central tendency is calculated by summing all values and dividing by the number of values? Mean
35. Which measure of central tendency is calculated using all the values in a dataset? Mean
36. The median of a grouped frequency distribution requires knowledge of the: Median class
37. If a dataset has multiple values that appear with the highest frequency, how many modes can it have? More than one
38. The formula for calculating the mean of a grouped frequency distribution is: Sum of (frequency * class mark) / Sum of frequencies
39. If the mean of a dataset is 25 and the median is 22, the distribution is likely: Positively skewed
40. If the mean of a dataset is 30 and the median is 35, the distribution is likely: Negatively skewed
41. In calculating the mean of grouped data using the assumed mean method, deviations are taken from: An assumed mean
42. In a grouped frequency distribution, how is the median class determined? The class where the cumulative frequency exceeds N/2.
43. For a grouped frequency distribution, the mode can be approximated by the formula: L + [(f1 - f0) / (2f1 - f0 - f2)] * h. Here, f1 represents: The frequency of the modal class.
44. The modal class for a grouped frequency distribution is the class with: The highest frequency.
45. In a grouped frequency distribution, the mode is often estimated using: An empirical relation involving mean and median.
46. What does 'N' represent in the median formula for grouped data? The total frequency (sum of all frequencies).
47. The formula for calculating the median of a grouped frequency distribution is L + [(N/2 - CF) / f] * h, where L is: The lower boundary of the median class.
48. If all values in an ungrouped data set are the same, what is the mean, median, and mode? The common value
49. If a dataset consists of only one value, what are its mean, median, and mode? The value itself
50. If a dataset has two modes, it is called: Bimodal