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Examination May-2014
BUSINESS STATISTICS
Subject Code : BBA-304
Paper Id : C1167
Time : 03 Hrs. Max. Marks:60

Instruction to candidates: (1). Section - A is compulsory.

(2). Attempt any one question from each unit in Section B.
SECTION A (10x2=20)

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1. a) Define multiple bar diagrams
b) Show that the weighted arithmetic mean of the square of 10 natural numbers
whose weights are equal to the corresponding numbers is equal to 55.

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c) Find out harmonic mean of following individual series 10, 20, 30, 40, 60, 120
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Differentiate between Correlation and Regression.
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e) What is index number? What are its types

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f) A can solve 90% of the problems of a book and B can solve 70%. What is the
probability that at least one of them will solve a problem selected at random.
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g) Two random variables have the regression equations 3 x 2 y 26, 6 x y 31

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find out mean values of x and y.

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h) Find S. D. of set of observations which are all equal.
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i) Write Components of Time Series.

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j) Calculate co-efficient of correlation when Covariance of x and y is 488 and

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variance of x is 824 and variance of y is 325.

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SECTION - B
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(Unit - 1)
4x10=40
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2. The median and mode of the following wage distribution are known to be Rs. 33.5 and
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Rs. 34 respectively. Three frequency values from the table are however missing. Find out
the missing frequencies when sum of frequencies is 230.
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Wages (Rs.) : 0-10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60 60-70

No. of persons : 4 16 6 4
3. Calculate S. D. and its Coefficient from following data.
Classes 0-5 5-10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-60
Frequency 4 8 10 15 9 7
Unit - II
4. From the following data, calculate coefficient of correlation between the age of students
and their playing habits.
Age (yrs.) 15 16 17 18 19 20
No. of Student 250 200 150 120 100 80
Regular players 200 150 90 48 30 12

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5. Give two regression equations x 2 y 5, 2 x 3 y 8 and variance of x 12 calculate
variance of y, coefficient of correlation between x and y. Also estimate y when x 1
Unit - III
6. Below are given the production figures (in thousand quintals) of sugar factory. Fit a
straight line trend and plot the figures on graph.
Year 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987
Production in 80 90 92 83 94 99 92

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7. Calculate Fisher's ideal index number for following data and show that it satisfies (1)
Time Reversal Test and (11) Factor Reversal test.

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Base year Current year
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Commodity Price Quantity Price Quantity

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A 65 500 108 560
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B 28 124 29 148

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C 47 69 82 78
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D 109 38 134 24

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E 86 49 108 17

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Unit - IV
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8. A husband and wife appear in an interview for two vacancies in the same post. The
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probability of husband's selection is and that of wife's selection is , What is the
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probability that
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a) at least one of them is selected

b) both of them are selected
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c) only one of them will be selected

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d) None of them will be selected

9. Explain the following terms
i) Mutually exclusive and equally likely events
ii) Independent and dependent events
iii) Simple and compound events.
iv) Exhaustive and Complementary events.

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