Choose the missing terms out of the given alternatives. PMT, OOS, NQR, MSQ, ?

LUP
LVP
LVR
LWP

The correct answer is LUP.

PMT, OOS, NQR, MSQ, LUP are all acronyms for different types of statistical tests.

  • PMT stands for Pearson’s product-moment correlation coefficient. It is a measure of the strength and direction of the linear relationship between two variables.
  • OOS stands for Outlier. An outlier is a data point that is significantly different from the other data points in a set.
  • NQR stands for Non-parametric test. A non-parametric test is a statistical test that does not make any assumptions about the distribution of the data.
  • MSQ stands for Mean square. The mean square is a measure of the variability of a set of data.
  • LUP stands for Levene’s test for equality of variances. Levene’s test is a statistical test that is used to test the hypothesis that the variances of two or more groups are equal.

In the given question, the pattern is that each term is an acronym for a different type of statistical test. The first four terms are all for different types of tests, and the fifth term is missing. The answer that completes the pattern is LUP, which is an acronym for Levene’s test for equality of variances.