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Loyola College (Autonomous), Chennai - 600 034: B.Sc. November 2016 16UST1MC01/ST 1502/ST 1500 - STATISTICAL METHODS

The document is an exam for a statistics course covering various statistical concepts and calculations. It contains 22 questions across 3 sections: Section A contains 10 multiple choice questions; Section B contains 5 long-form questions; and Section C contains 2 long-form questions requiring calculations. The questions cover topics such as measures of central tendency, dispersion, skewness, regression, correlation, and constructing statistical tables and distributions. Students are required to perform calculations and explain statistical concepts and methods.

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Loyola College (Autonomous), Chennai - 600 034: B.Sc. November 2016 16UST1MC01/ST 1502/ST 1500 - STATISTICAL METHODS

The document is an exam for a statistics course covering various statistical concepts and calculations. It contains 22 questions across 3 sections: Section A contains 10 multiple choice questions; Section B contains 5 long-form questions; and Section C contains 2 long-form questions requiring calculations. The questions cover topics such as measures of central tendency, dispersion, skewness, regression, correlation, and constructing statistical tables and distributions. Students are required to perform calculations and explain statistical concepts and methods.

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LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034

B.Sc. DEGREE EXAMINATION – STATISTICS


FIRST SEMESTER – NOVEMBER 2016
16UST1MC01/ST 1502/ST 1500 – STATISTICAL METHODS

Date: 05-11-2016 Dept. No. Max. : 100 Marks


Time: 01:00-04:00

SECTION – A (10 x 2 = 20 Marks)


Answer ALL the questions
1. What does census method imply?
2. Distinguish between Primary data and Secondary data.
3. State any four limitations of diagrammatic representation.
4. Mention the desirable properties of a good measure of central tendency.
5. An analysis of monthly wages paid to the workers of two firms A and B belonging to the same
industry gives the following results.
Firm A Firm B
Number of workers 500 600
Average daily wage Rs.186 Rs.175
Variance of distribution of wages 81 100
In which firm A or B is there greater variability in individual wages?
6. A frequency distribution gave the following results:-
C.V = 5, Karl Pearson’s coefficient of Skewness = 0.5 and σ = 2
Find the mean and mode of the distribution.
7. What do you mean by Linear Regression?
8. Given the two regression equations 8X – 10Y + 66 = 0 and 40X – 18Y = 214
Find the mean values of X and Y.

9 Find the missing frequencies from the following data:

(A) = 400 ; (AB) = 250 ; (B) = 500 ; N = 1200.

10 When do you say that the attributes are independent?

SECTION –B ( 5 X 8 = 40 Marks )

Answer any FIVE questions:-


11 Explain the method of collection of Primary data.
12. Write down the objectives of Tabulation.
13. A company has three establishments A, B and C in three cities. Analysis of the monthly
salaries paid to the employees in three establishments is given below:
A B C

Number of employees 25 20 40
Average monthly salary (Rs) 300 305 340
Standard deviation of monthly salary (Rs) 40 50 45
Find the average and standard deviation of the monthly salaries of all the 85 employees.

14. When do you say the distribution is Skewed? Write down the objective of studying Skewness.

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15. Explain the concept of Principle of Least Squares.

16. The annual production of a commodity is given as follows:

Year : 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996

Production : 70 80 90 95 102 110 115

Fit a Straight line by the method of least squares.

17. Calculate the Correlation Coefficient from the following data.

X 12 9 8 10 11 13 7

Y 14 8 6 9 11 12 3

18. From the following data find out whether the data is consistent or not

(i) ( AB) = 50 ; ( αB) = 25 ; ( α ) = 100 and N = 200

(ii) (AB) = 200 ; N = 1000 ; ( A ) = 150 ; ( B ) = 300

SECTION – C ( 2 x 20 = 40 Marks )

Answer any TWO Questions

19 a) Briefly write the essential parts of a Statistical table.

b) Calculate mean, median and mode for the following frequency distribution

CI : 0 -8 8 - 16 16 – 24 24 - 32 32- 40 40- 48

f : 8 7 16 24 15 7

20. a) Why standard deviation is said to be a good measure of dispersion?

b) Find Quartile co-efficient of Skewness from the following frequency distribution.

Income : : 30 – 40 40- 50 50- 60 60 – 70 70 – 80 80 – 90 90 – 100

Number of Persons 8 24 48 68 30 13 9

21. a) Write down the relation between Regression analysis and Correlation analysis.

b) What are Regression Co-efficients? Write down the properties of Regression co-efficients.

22. Using the following data obtain the two regression equations

X 16 21 26 23 28 24 17 22 21

Y 33 38 50 39 52 47 35 43 41

Find the value of Y when X = 18 and find the value of X when Y = 45.

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