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LINEAR ALGEBRA, CALCULUS AND STATISTICS (22MA11C)

UNIT 5: STATISTICS
TUTORIAL SHEETS – 1

Objective type Questions:

1. Formula for calculating moment about the origin is _________


2. The relation between second order moment about mean and moments about any arbitrary
point is ____________.
3. For a distribution the mean is 12 and the variance is 19. Then the second moment about the
mean is _____________.
4. The first four moments of a distribution about the value 4 of the variables are -1.5, 17, -30 and
108. The third moment about the mean is ____________.

Descriptive Questions:

1. From the following frequency distribution compute first four moments about the mean
and also find the measures 𝛽1 and 𝛽2.
x 4 8 12 16 20
f 2 2 1 4 1

2. The first four moments of distribution about the value 5 of the variable are 2, 20, 40
and 50. Calculate mean, 𝜇2 , 𝜇3 , 𝜇4 , 𝛽1 and 𝛽2 .

3. From the following frequency distribution compute first four moments about the
mean and also find the measures 𝛽1 and 𝛽2 .

x 1 2 3 4 5 6
f 1 6 13 25 30 22

4. The distance (in km) of 60 engineers from their residence to their place of work were found as
follows:

Distance (in km) 0-5 5-10 10-15 15-20 20-25 25-30

No. of Engineers 8 11 15 12 9 5
TUTORIAL SHEETS – 2

Objective type Questions:

1. The normal equations to fit a straight line of the form 𝑃 = 𝑎𝑊 + 𝑏 is ____.

2. For a statistical data with 𝑛 = 5, ∑𝑥 = 30, ∑𝑦 = 40, ∑𝑥 2 = 220 and ∑𝑥𝑦 = 266,
the straight line of best fit by the method of least squares is _____.

3. In a tensile test of a metal bar, the following observations were made, where 𝑥 is the
load and 𝑦 is the elongation and the following pairs of values of 𝑥 and y are
obtained:(1,14), (2,27) and (5,68). Using the method of least squares, find a linear
law connecting 𝑦 = 𝑎 + 𝑏𝑥. The value of 𝑦 when 𝑥 = 7 is ___________.

4. The growth of bacteria 𝑦 in a community after 𝑥 hours is given by the pair of values
(𝑥, 𝑦) as (0,32), (2,65) and (5,130). Use the method of least squares to fit a curve of
the form 𝑦 = 𝑎𝑏 𝑥 to the data. The values of a= ________.

Descriptive Questions:

1. A simply supported beam carries a concentrated load P at its mid-point.


Corresponding to various values of P the maximum deflection Y is measured and is
given in the following table.

𝑃 100 120 140 160 180 200


𝑌 0.45 0.55 0.60 0.70 0.80 0.85
Fit a law of the form 𝑌 = 𝑎 + 𝑏𝑃 and hence estimate Y when P is 150.
2. Fit a second-degree parabola 𝑦 = 𝑎𝑥 2 + 𝑏𝑥 + 𝑐 in the least square sense for the
following data and hence estimate 𝑦 at 𝑥 = 6.

𝑥 1 2 3 4 5
𝑦 10 12 13 16 19

3. An experiment on life time 𝑡 of cutting speeds 𝑣 (units) are given below

𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑒𝑑 ( 𝑣) 350 400 500 600


𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒 (𝑡) 61 26 7 2.6
Fit a relation of the form 𝑣 = 𝑎𝑡 𝑏 .

4. Fit a curve of the form 𝑦 = 𝑎𝑏 𝑥 for the data and hence find the estimation for y when
𝑥 = 8.
𝑥 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
𝑦 87 97 113 129 202 195 193
TUTORIAL SHEETS – 3
Objective type Questions:

1. The equations of regression lines are 𝑦 = 0.5𝑥 + 𝑎 and 𝑥 = 0.4𝑦 + 𝑏. The correlation
coefficient is _________.
2. Regression coefficient of 𝑦 on 𝑥 is 0.7 and that of 𝑥 on 𝑦 3.2. Is the correlation
coefficient 𝑟 consistent?

3. The following data regarding the heights (𝑦) and the weights (𝑥) of twelve college
students are given 𝜎𝑥 = 16.8, 𝜎𝑦 = 10.8, ∑(𝑥 − 𝑥̅ )(𝑦 − 𝑦̅) = 2020. For the given
data the regression coefficient of 𝑥 on 𝑦 is _______.

4. If 𝑦 = 𝑥 + 1 and 𝑥 = 3𝑦 − 7 are the two lines of regression then 𝑥̅ =____ and


𝑦̅ =_____ and 𝑟 =____.

Descriptive Questions:

1. Obtain the lines of regression and hence find the coefficient of correlation for the data
𝑥 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
𝑦 9 8 10 12 11 13 14

2. The following data gives the age of husband (𝑥) and the age of wife (𝑦) in years.
Form the two regression lines and calculate the age of husband corresponding to 16
years age of wife
𝑥 36 23 27 28 28 29 30 31 33 35
𝑦 29 18 20 22 27 21 29 27 29 28

3. The following results were obtained from records of correlation data of age (x) and
blood pressure (y): variance of 𝑦 is 16, equation of lines of regression of 𝑦 on 𝑥 is
5𝑦 = 8𝑥 − 17 and 𝑥 on 𝑦 is 5𝑥 = 2𝑦 + 14. Determine
(a) the mean values of x and 𝑦
(b) coefficient of correlation between 𝑥 and 𝑦
(c) standard deviation of 𝑥.

4. A computer operator, while calculating correlation coefficient between two variables


𝑥 and 𝑦 from 20 pairs of observations obtained the following results.
𝑛 = 20, ∑𝑥 = 100, ∑𝑦 = 120, ∑𝑥𝑦 = 700, ∑𝑥 2 = 640, ∑𝑦 2 = 860
On further verification it was found that two pairs of values were entered wrongly.
They were copied as (8,10) and (4,6) while the correct values were (10,8) and
(14,16) respectively. Obtain the correct value of correlation coefficient.

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