POL212

Category: POL212

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Kindly note that you will be presented with 50 questions randomized from the NOUN question bank. Make sure to take the quiz multiple times so you can get familiar with the questions and answers, as new questions are randomized in each attempt.

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POL212

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The probability of an event that can be obtained from an already existing
result, from what is likely to happen or from already known information is
termed

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2. A pair of dice is tossed. Find the probability of getting a total of 10

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A ballot box containing 12 male voter's cards and another box containing
100 female voter's cards. Find the number of ways of selecting 5 male
voter's cards

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The cardinality of the union of Sets A, B, C, if A = {2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13}, B = {0,
1, 9,} and C = {2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14} is

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In how many ways can a family of 9 divide itself into 3 groups so that each
group contains 3 persons

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6. Coefficient of variation is equal to

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7. Mode is the most __in a sample population

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Politics is a Social Science because it uses
_tools for analysis

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Any piece(s) of information that represents the qualitative attributes of a
variable(s) is called

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10. The two types of statistics are

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11. Some of the functions of statistics in the society may be

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12.

In a Political group of 12 members the probability of picking a number from
any one of the six geo-political zones in Nigeria is 2/3. If some members
are to represent the group in a National meeting, find the probability that 8
members are chosen

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13.

Calculate the standard deviation of the following set of numbers:
148,146,150,154,156,158,160,162,164,166,168,170

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14.

p AND q is a compound statement formed from two simple statements p
and q respectively. What is the statement p ^ q

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15.

Given a set of raw data 2, 3, 2, 1, 4, 4, 1, 1, 1, 3, 2, 2, 2, 2, 5, 0, 0, 0, 1. The
date with the highest frequency is

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16.

If A= {a,b,c,d,e,f} and B={c,d,e}, then, it is correct to conclude that B is
A

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17.

In a class of 181 student, 102 offers POL 212, 64 offer BHM 206, 58 offer
POL 202 and all the students take at least one of the subjects. 20 offer
POL 212 and BHM 206, 15 offer POL 212 and POL 202, 18 offer BHM 206
and POL 212. Find how many students offer POL 212 only

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18.

A branch of __that deals with analysis and
interpretation of numerical data in terms of sample and population is called
statistics

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19. In how many ways can the acronyms NOUN be written

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20.

Hybrid sampling is a method that combines
procedure

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21.

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22.

When an experiments are actually carried out under the same condition
through which an outcome is obtained. The probability of such an event is
called

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23.

The values of __may be discrete or
continuous

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24.

Which of the following Set is a infinite Set A = {x : 2 ≤ x ≤ 12, x is an
integer} B = {x: x is real}, C = {x: 3 < x < 6, x is rational number}, D = {x: x is complex number}

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25.

The primary purpose for is to discover,
interpret develop methods and systems for the growth of knowledge

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26.

The scores of 5 students in an examination are: 6, 5, 8, 7 and 4. Find the
variance

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27.

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28.

Two sets X and Y are said to be _if they have
no elements in common

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29. The biggest financial in scientific research funding is

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30.

If the probability of a pregnant woman giving birth to a male child is 0.25,
what is the probability that the child will be a girl

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31.

In a particular week, the number of student that enrols at various school at
the National Open University of Nigeria is as follow; School of education
150; School of Arts and Social Sciences 360; School of Law 220; School of
Science and Technology 250; School of management 600; School of Postgraduate Studies 420. If the information is represented on a pie chart, what
angle will the School of Arts & Social Sciences be represented with

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32.

One of the class interval for a grouped frequency table is 60 - 66, what is
the class boundary for this class

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33.

When a disfunction (OR) connective is used between two statements p, q,
the statement p OR q is only false when

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34. The symbol ∑ƒ means

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35. A set without any element is called

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36.

In a single toss of three fair coins. What is the probability of having exactly
2 tails

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37.

All qualitative variables are measured on
_scale

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38.

An Experiment in which the results are always subject to chances and may
change even if the experiment is repeated under the same condition is
known as

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39.

De facto is the approach whereby each individual is counted at the place
he is found at the time of __exercise

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40.

There are basically two methods for assigning probabilities to events. One
of these methods is

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41.

Write down the sample space for the experiments. Toss a coin 3 times and
observe the total number of heads

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42. Find the third quartile in the following data set; 22,31,20,24,27,55

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43.

One of the attributes of statistical inquires and sampling is that it enable
researcher get __easily

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44.

Experimental
Statistics

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45.

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46.

In a broad sense, _is a diagram that shows
relationships between numbers

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47.

A statistical experiemnt in which the results of the experiment are not
subject to chance if repeatedly severally under the same condition is called

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48.

The major challenge against accurate head count apart from funding and
logistics is

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49.

What is the third quatile of the following set of data 16, 25, 14, 18, 21, 23,
19, 18, 21, 49

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50.

The recommend that census should seek Age, Nationality, Sex and Weight
is made by

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