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This document is a 6-page exam for a Bachelor's Degree Programme term-end examination in Elementary Statistical Methods and Survey Techniques. It contains 3 sections with a total of 14 questions. Section A has 3 questions worth 20 marks each. Section B has 4 questions worth 12 marks each. Section C has 2 questions worth 6 marks each. The exam tests topics like index numbers, measures of central tendency, regression, binomial distribution, sampling methods, life tables, measures of skewness, trend analysis, t-tests, sampling distributions, chi-square distribution, histograms, probability, contingency tables, and hypotheses.

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EEC-13 ENG-J18 Compressed

This document is a 6-page exam for a Bachelor's Degree Programme term-end examination in Elementary Statistical Methods and Survey Techniques. It contains 3 sections with a total of 14 questions. Section A has 3 questions worth 20 marks each. Section B has 4 questions worth 12 marks each. Section C has 2 questions worth 6 marks each. The exam tests topics like index numbers, measures of central tendency, regression, binomial distribution, sampling methods, life tables, measures of skewness, trend analysis, t-tests, sampling distributions, chi-square distribution, histograms, probability, contingency tables, and hypotheses.

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No.

of Printed Pages : 6 I EEC-013 I


BACHELOR'S DEGREE PROGRAMME
(BDP)
Term-End Examination
[ _MI5 June, 2018

EEC-013 : ELEMENTARY STATISTICAL METHODS


AND SURVEY TECHNIQUES

Time : 3 hours Maximum Marks : 100


Note : Answer two question.s from Section A, four from
Section B and two from Section C

SECTION A 2x20=40

1. What do you understand by an index number ?


What are the tests that an ideal index number
should fulfil ? Does Fisher's index number fulfil
all these tests ?

2. Explain the concept of central tendency. What


are the important measures of central tendency ?
How do you choose one measure over another ?

3. Explain the concept of regression. What is the


relationship between correlation and regression ?

4. What is Binomial Distribution ? Explain its


characteristics. What are its mean and variance ?
Highlight its relation with normal distribution.

EEC-013 1 .P.T.O.
SECTION B 4x12=48

5. What are the advantages of stratified random


sampling ? Give a hypothetical example.

6. What is a life table ? Explain its uses and


limitations.

7. Explain Karl Pearson's and Bowley's measures of


skewness.

8. What do you understand by secular trend ?


Briefly discuss the methods of fitting polynomials
to illustrate this trend.

9. What is t-test ? How is the test used to examine


the significance of the difference between two
sample means ?

10. (a) Explain the concept of sampling


distribution of sample mean. 6
(b) Write the properties of the Chi-square
distribution. 6

EEC-013 2
SECTION C 2x6=12

11. From the following data construct a histogram :


Class Frequency
0-10
10 — 20
20 — 30 14
30 — 40 16
40 — 50 14
50 — 60
60 — 70

12. The probability that a boy will get a scholarship


is 0.40 and that a girl will get a scholarship is
0.50. What is the probability that at least one of
them will get a scholarship ?

13. Write a short note on the uses of contingency


table.

14. What is a hypothesis ? Distinguish between null


hypothesis and alternative hypothesis.

EEC-013 3 P.T.O.

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