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4521 A systematic sample of 50 is to be drawn from a list of 500 students. If the random starting number is 7, the… Mathematics/Applied Mathematics
Population and sample
Medium
4522 To study the reading habits of a city's residents, a researcher interviews only people found inside the publi… Mathematics/Applied Mathematics
Population and sample
Medium
4523 How many different simple random samples of size 3 can be drawn without replacement from a population of 8 un… Mathematics/Applied Mathematics
Population and sample
Hard
4524 The probability distribution of a statistic, obtained from all possible samples of the same size, is called i… Mathematics/Applied Mathematics
Parameter, statistic and inference
Easy
4525 A population has standard deviation 20. The standard error of the mean for samples of size 100 is: Mathematics/Applied Mathematics
Parameter, statistic and inference
Medium
4526 According to the central limit theorem, for a large sample size the sampling distribution of the sample mean … Mathematics/Applied Mathematics
Parameter, statistic and inference
Medium
4527 In a hypothesis test, the 5% level of significance means: Mathematics/Applied Mathematics
Parameter, statistic and inference
Easy
4528 A researcher wants to reduce the standard error of a sample mean to half its present value. The sample size m… Mathematics/Applied Mathematics
Parameter, statistic and inference
Hard
4529 The one-sample t-test is appropriate for testing a population mean when: Mathematics/Applied Mathematics
t-test
Easy
4530 In a one-sample t-test with a sample of size 16, the number of degrees of freedom is: Mathematics/Applied Mathematics
t-test
Easy
4531 A sample of 16 items has mean 52 and standard deviation s = 4. To test H₀: μ = 50, the value of the t statist… Mathematics/Applied Mathematics
t-test
Medium
4532 In a two-tailed t-test at the 5% level, the calculated value is |t| = 2.5 and the table value for the relevan… Mathematics/Applied Mathematics
t-test
Medium
4533 A sample of 10 has mean 48 and standard deviation s = 3 (divisor n − 1). Testing H₀: μ = 50 against H₁: μ ≠ 5… Mathematics/Applied Mathematics
t-test
Hard
4534 The present value of a perpetuity paying ₹5,000 at the end of every year, at 8% per annum, is: Mathematics/Applied Mathematics
Perpetuity and sinking funds
Easy
4535 A sinking fund is created mainly to: Mathematics/Applied Mathematics
Perpetuity and sinking funds
Easy
4536 A perpetuity due pays ₹5,000 every year, with the first payment made today. At 8% per annum, its present valu… Mathematics/Applied Mathematics
Perpetuity and sinking funds
Medium
4537 An endowment of ₹1,00,000 pays a scholarship of ₹6,000 at the end of every year for ever. The interest rate i… Mathematics/Applied Mathematics
Perpetuity and sinking funds
Medium
4538 A firm wants ₹1,00,000 at the end of 5 years. Interest is 10% compounded annually. Approximately how much mus… Mathematics/Applied Mathematics
Perpetuity and sinking funds
Hard
4539 A loan carries interest at 12% per annum compounded monthly. The value of i to be used in the EMI formula is: Mathematics/Applied Mathematics
EMI
Easy
4540 For a loan repaid by EMIs on the reducing-balance method, which statement about the instalments over time is … Mathematics/Applied Mathematics
EMI
Medium