2nd Year Statistics Chapter 12 Online MCQ Test for 12th Class Statistics Chapter 12 (Estimation)

The standard error of the estimate increased by decreasing

• population A
• sample size B
• errors C
• precision D

• best estimators A
• biased estimators B
• unbiased estimators C
• normal estimators D

• biased A
• unbiased B
• positively biased C
• none of these D

The distance between an estimate and the estimated parameter is called:

• Sampling error A
• Standard error B
• Bias C
• Error of estimation D

The process of making estimates about the population parameter from a sample is called:

• Statistical independence A
• Statistical inference B
• Statistical hypothesis C
• Statistical decision D

Level of significance is denoted by

• 2 - α A
• 3 - α B
• α C
• 1 - α D

A range of values used to estimate an unknown population parameter is

• a point estimator A
• An interval estimator B
• an unbiased estimator C
• A biased estimator D

Confidence intervals which are often used in practice are

• 90% A
• 95% B
• 98% C
• all of these D

100(1-α)% confidence interval for population proportion of success,&=nbsp;π is

• P (L <μ < U) = 1 - α A
• P (L <σ < U) = 1 - α B
• P (L <π< U) = 1 - α C
• P (L <P&=nbsp;< U) = 1 - α D

Types of statistical inferences are

• one A
• two B
• three C
• four D

The endpoints of a confidence interval are called:

• confidence coefficient A
• Confidence limits B
• Error of estimation C
• Parameters D

A range of values within which the population parameter is expected:

• Confidence interval A
• Confidence coefficient B
• Confidence limits C
• Level of significance D

Large sample contains more than

• 5 values A
• 10 values B
• 20 values C
• 30 values D

The precision can be increased by  ---------------- the sample size

• increasing A
• decreasing B
• changing C
• ignoring D

An estimator is ------------ if its expected value is equal to the population parameter to be estimated

• bad A
• biased B
• unbiased C
• none of these D

The following statistic are unbiased estimators:

• The Sample mean A
• S² = Σ(X - X)²/n-1 B
• The sample proportion C
• All the above D

If population proportion (P) is unknown, the standard error of the sample proportion (p) can be estimated by the formula

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  A
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  B
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  C
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  D