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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1. Coefficient of variation is equal to

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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 all the three subjects

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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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5. Mode is the most __in a sample population

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

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A box contains 10 green, 8 yellow and 5 red marbles. If two marbles are
picked at random, what is the probability that one is green and one is red

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8. The symbol ∑ƒ means

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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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10.

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

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11.

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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12.

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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13.

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

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14.

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

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15.

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

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17. Evaluate n! + 0! / 2

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18.

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

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19.

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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20.

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

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

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22. A set without any element is called

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23. Find the value of 2! + 5!

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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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25.

Politics is a Social Science because it uses
_tools for analysis

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26.

Five delegates out of 6 women and 7 men are to represent an electoral
body at a National election. In how many ways can the delegates be
selected if it must consist of 2 women and 3 men

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27.

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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28.

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

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29.

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

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30.

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

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31.

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

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32. How many subsets has a set consisting 4 elements

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33. The biggest financial in scientific research funding is

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34.

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

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35.

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

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36.

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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37.

Hybrid sampling is a method that combines
procedure

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38.

In an objective test marked out of 40, the marks scored by 40 student are
given in this table Marks % 1 - 5 6 - 10 11 - 20 21 - 30 31 - 35 36 - 40.
Calculate the mean, using an assumed mean of 21 No. of Students 2 7 12
8 5 6

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

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40.

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

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41.

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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42.

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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43.

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44.

The values of __may be discrete or
continuous

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45.

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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46.

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

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47.

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48.

The scientific method for collection, summarisation, presentation, analysis
and interpretation of data is called

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49.

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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50.

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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