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UNIT IV
BIVARIATE ANALYSIS
1. What does bivariate analysis involve?
a) Analysis of one variable
b) Analysis of two variables
c) Analysis of three variables
d) Analysis of more than three variables
Answer: b) Analysis of two variables
2. Which of the following is NOT a bivariate analysis technique?
a) Scatterplot
b) Correlation coefficient
c) Regression analysis
d) Frequency distribution
Answer: d) Frequency distribution
3. Which chart is commonly used for visualizing the relationship between two continuous
variables in bivariate analysis?
a) Pie chart
b) Scatterplot
c) Histogram
d) Bar chart
Answer: b) Scatterplot
4. In a bivariate analysis, the Pearson correlation coefficient is used to measure:
a) The relationship between two categorical variables
b) The strength and direction of a linear relationship between two continuous variables
c) The frequency distribution of one variable
d) The difference between means of two variables
Answer: b) The strength and direction of a linear relationship between two continuous
variables
5. Which of the following values of the correlation coefficient indicates the strongest positive
linear relationship?
a) 0
b) -0.8
c) 0.8
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d) -1
Answer: c) 0.8
6. In simple linear regression, the dependent variable is:
a) The variable being predicted
b) The variable used to make predictions
c) Always categorical
d) Always binary
Answer: a) The variable being predicted
7. Which of the following is a limitation of correlation analysis?
a) It shows causality between variables
b) It is only suitable for categorical variables
c) It is not able to detect non-linear relationships
d) It works only with nominal data
Answer: c) It is not able to detect non-linear relationships
8. Which of the following methods is suitable for measuring the relationship between a
categorical and a continuous variable?
a) Pearson correlation
b) Chi-square test
c) T-test or ANOVA
d) Simple linear regression
Answer: c) T-test or ANOVA
9. In a scatterplot, if the points are randomly scattered without any pattern, the correlation is
likely to be:
a) Strong positive
b) Strong negative
c) Zero or very weak
d) Undefined
Answer: c) Zero or very weak
10. If the correlation coefficient between two variables is -0.9, this suggests that:
a) There is no relationship between the variables
b) The variables have a strong positive relationship
c) The variables have a weak negative relationship
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d) The variables have a strong negative relationship
Answer: d) The variables have a strong negative relationship
11. What is the purpose of regression analysis in bivariate analysis?
a) To measure the association between two categorical variables
b) To predict the value of the dependent variable based on the independent variable
c) To establish the frequency of each variable
d) To summarize the data distribution
Answer: b) To predict the value of the dependent variable based on the independent
variable
12. Which of the following tests is used to check the association between two categorical
variables?
a) Pearson correlation
b) ANOVA
c) Chi-square test
d) Regression analysis
Answer: c) Chi-square test
13. What does an R-squared value of 0.85 in a linear regression model indicate?
a) The model explains 85% of the variation in the dependent variable
b) The model explains 15% of the variation in the dependent variable
c) The independent variable has a weak impact on the dependent variable
d) The independent variable is not related to the dependent variable
Answer: a) The model explains 85% of the variation in the dependent variable
14. Which of the following statements is true about multicollinearity in bivariate regression?
a) Multicollinearity is desirable in bivariate regression
b) Multicollinearity does not exist in bivariate regression
c) Multicollinearity causes overestimation of the coefficients
d) Multicollinearity is a feature of non-linear models only
Answer: b) Multicollinearity does not exist in bivariate regression
15. When the p-value in a bivariate analysis is less than 0.05, it indicates:
a) The null hypothesis is rejected
b) The null hypothesis is accepted
c) The relationship between the variables is not significant
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d) There is no relationship between the variables
Answer: a) The null hypothesis is rejected
