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This document contains information about probability questions involving drawing balls from an urn, the probability of India winning cricket matches against Australia, and examples of statistical terms. It also provides exam questions on topics like linear regression, significance testing of regression coefficients, time series analysis, and exponential smoothing. The exam is for an MBA program in human resource management and business mathematics and statistics.

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Quest 5561

This document contains information about probability questions involving drawing balls from an urn, the probability of India winning cricket matches against Australia, and examples of statistical terms. It also provides exam questions on topics like linear regression, significance testing of regression coefficients, time series analysis, and exponential smoothing. The exam is for an MBA program in human resource management and business mathematics and statistics.

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[COMPULSORY]
10. An urn containing 5 white, 3 black and 5 red balls:
(a) 3 balls are drawn at random. ind the !robabilit" that:
(i) #wo o$ the balls drawn are white.
(ii) %ne is o$ each colour.
(iii) &one is black.
(i') at least one is white.
(b) #he !robabilit" that (ndia wins a cricket test match against
Australia is gi'en to be 1)3. ($ (ndia and Australia !la" $our
test matches, what is the !robabilit" that (i) (ndia will lose all
the 4 test matches (ii) (ndia will win atleast one test a match.
***********
+egister &umber: 5860
&ame o$ the ,andidate:
M.B.A. (HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT)
DEGREE EXAMINATION - 2008
IRST YEAR
(PAPER-!I)
"60. BUSINESS MATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS
(C#$$#% &'() M.B.A. M*+,-('%. M*%*.-$-%( /
M.B.A. '%*%0'*1 M*%*.-$-%()
Dec.) (Time: 3 Hours
-a.imum: /5 -arks
SECTION - A
A%2&-+ *%3 I!E 45-2('#%2.
A11 45-2('#%2 0*++3 -45*1 $*+,2.
1. (a) 0tate the im!ortance o$ calculation anal"sis.
(b) 1hat is a skew s"mmetric matri.2
(c) 3e$ine !robabilit".
(d) 1hat is a standard error2
(e) 3e$ine 'ariance.
($) 3e$ine multicollinearit".
(g) 1hat is e.!ected monetar" 'alue criterion2
(h) 3e$ine time series. 1hat are its com!onents2
(5 6 7 "5)
(" "5 7 "5)
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SECTION - B
A%2&-+ *%3 THREE 45-2('#%2.
A11 45-2('#%2 0*++3 -45*1 $*+,2.
4. (a) ($
10000 5600 7 54500
4000 40000 8 9 54500
16000 6000 +
7ro'e that 7 9 4.50, 8 9 1.45, + 9 1.50
(b) :.!lain com!lement, union, di$$erence and intersections
b" use o$ ;enn diagram with e.am!les.
3. ,onsider a h"!othetical three numbers 4, 5 and 6. 3raw all
!ossible sam!les o$ si<e 4 and e.amine the statistics are
unbiased $or corres!onding !arameters.
4. An (8 was administered to 5 !ersons be$ore and a$ter the"
were trained. #he results are gi'en below:
C*%8'8*(-
I9 :-;#+-
(+*'%'%.
I9 *;(-+ (+*'%'%.
1
4
3
4
5
110
140
143
134
145
140
116
145
135
146
#est whether there is an" change in (8 a$ter the training
!rogramme.
5. or a certain bi'ariate data, the $ollowing results are gi'en:
n945, :.9145, :"9100, :.
4
9 550, :"
4
9 435, :." 99 540.
ind the two regression coe$$icients and hence the two lines
o$ regression.
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5. 1h" should one test the signi$icance o$ regression coe$$icient:
=ow will "ou !er$orm the test o$ signi$icance $or the regression
coe$$icient2 1hat changes would "ou make in testing the
signi$icance o$ the regression coe$$icient o$ . on "2.
SECTION - C
A%2&-+ *%3 ONE 45-2('#%.
/. it a linear trend e>uation to the $ollowing data b" the method
o$ least s>uares:
?ear : 1@/5 1@/5 1@// 1@/6 1@/@
7roduction (A000 tonnes): 63 @4 /1 @0 15@
:stimate the !roduction $or 1@60.
6. :.amine criticall" the time lag and the action-reaction theor"
o$ business $orecasting. 1hich o$ these, in "our o!inion is
better and wh"2
@. 7er ca!ita consum!tion o$ tea (in gms) $rom 1@/5-// to
1@65-6/ is gi'en in the table below:
Y-*+2< "=>6->> >>->8 >8->= >=-80 80-8" 8"-82 82-86
?55 ?6= ?>= ?=8 5"8 ?8> ?6?
86-8? 8?-85 85-86 86-8>
66> 6== ?22 ?20
ind the $orecast 'alues b" the method o$ e.!onential
smoothing taking the initial $orecast as 450 and w 9 0.5.
(6 "0 7 60)
(" "5 7 "5)

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