statistical inference Mcqs
51. Which of the following test use Rank Sums____________?
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A. F test

B. Runs test

C. Kruskal-Wallis and Wilcoxon tests

D. Chi-Square and sign test

55. _________ is an estimate expressed by a single value?
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A. Point estimate

B. Parameter

C. C.I.

D. Point estimator

57. 95% confidence limits u are ________________?
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A. 1.96 6/?n

B. x1.96 6/?n

C. u1.95 S/?n

D. x1.65 6/?n

58. A quantity obtained by applying certain rule or formula is known as ________________?
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A. Test Statistics

B. Estimator

C. Estimate

D. Estimation

E. Sample

59. In testing for the difference between two populations, it is possible to use____________?
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A. Either of the above

B. None of the above

C. The Sign test

D. The Wilcoxon Rank-Sum test

60. A test is said to be most powerful test of size ?, if_______________?
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A. Among all other test of size ? or greater it has the largest 1 ?

B. Among all other test of size ? or greater it has the smallest power

C. Among all other test of size ? or greater it has the largest ?

D. Among all other test of size ? or less it has the largest power
61. Which of the following is an assumption underlying the use of the t-distribution ?
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A. s (sample standard deviation) is an unbiased estimate of the population variance.

B. All above

C. The sample are drawn from a normally distributed population.

D. The variance of the population is known

62. Wilcoxon Rank-Sum test can be of_______________?
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A. Either of the above

B. Lower tailed

C. Upper tailed

D. None of the above

63. An alternative non parametric test of ANOVA?
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A. Median test

B. Sign test

C. Kruskal Wallis test

D. Wilcoxon sign rank test

64. We use non parametric tests when the data is_________?
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A. Qualitative

B. Ranked

C. Both a and b

D. None of these

65. Type II error is committed when the null hypothesis is _________________?
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A. Rejected when it is true

B. Accepted when it is false

C. Rejected when it is false

D. Accepted when it is true

69. Sample proportion P is __________ estimator?
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A. Parameter

B. Unbiased

C. None of these

D. Biased

70. A set of jointly sufficient statistic is defined to be minimal sufficient if and only if_______________?
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A. It is a function of every other set of sufficient

B. It is a function of any sufficient statistics in the set.

C. It is not a function of every other set of sufficient statistics.

D. It is a function of some other set of sufficient statistics.

71. Sampling Error decrease by _______ the sample size?
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A. Sampling

B. Population

C. Increase

D. Decrease

72. The Wilcoxon, Rank-Sum test used to compares_______________?
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A. Two populations

B. Three populations

C. A sample mean to the population mean

D. Any number of populations

73. 95% confidence limits for P are _________________?
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A. P1.96 p2q2/?n

B. P1.65(pq/n)

C. P1.96?p2q2/n

D. P2.18?p2q2/n