Introductory statistics UE Past Papers Questions.

The most important statistical descriptive measure of the location of a data set is the

1. Mean
2. Median
3. Mode
4. Variance

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The numerical value of standard deviation can never be

1. Larger than the variance
2. Zero
3. Negative
4. Smaller than the variance

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The sample variance

1. Is always smaller than the true value of the population variance
2. Is always larger than the true value of the population variance
3. Could be smaller, equal to, or larger than the true value of the population variance
4. Can never be zero

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