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

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

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A folder contains 7 blue biros, 6 red biros and 3 black biros without
replacement, find the probability that the three biros are of different colour

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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 BHM 206 and POL 202 only

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

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The difference between the largest and smallest scores of ungrouped data
is the

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

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

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

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10.

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

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11. Another name for Cummulative Frequency Curve

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12.

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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13.

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

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14. Find the class mark of a population whose class intervals are x1 to x2

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15.

p <=> q is a statemnent obtaind by using 'if and only if' connective to one
simple statements p and q. When is the resulting statement p <=> q True

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16.

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17.

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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18. If sets A={2,5,7,8,9} and B={1,3,5,7}. Then AnB is

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19.

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

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

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21.

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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22.

Politics is a Social Science because it uses
_tools for analysis

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23. The two types of statistics are

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24.

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25.

An advantage of frequency polygon over histogram is that it is easy to
compare

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

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27.

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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28.

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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29. A set without any element is called

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30.

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31.

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

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32.

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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33.

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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34.

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

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35.

Lack of _may be one of the limitations of
statistics

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36. The biggest financial in scientific research funding is

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37. If A=46, B=34 and C=40; What angle would represent B on a pie chart

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38.

In a social research, the act of reading through books by scholars on the
subject matter is called _review

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39.

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

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40.

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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41. Evaluate n! + 0! / 2

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42. How many subsets has a set consisting 4 elements

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43.

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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44. The symbol ∑ƒ means

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45.

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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46.

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

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48.

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49.

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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50.

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

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