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BUSINESS STATISTICS – II

REGRESSION ANALYSIS

1. Fit a straight line regression equation of Y on X from the following data :


X : 10 12 13 16 17 20 25 29
Y : 10 12 24 27 29 33 37 42

2. Find the two regression equations from the following data :


X : 1 2 3 4 5
Y : 2 3 5 4 6

3. The following table gives the age of cars of a certain make and annual maintenance cost.
Obtain the regression for costs related to age.

Age of Cars in years : 2 4 6 8


Maintenance Cost in hundreds of Rs. : 10 20 25 30

4. From the following data, obtain the two regression lines :


X : 2 6 8 11 13 13 13 14
Y : 8 6 10 12 12 14 14 20

5. Find the regression equations from the following data :


Age of Husband : 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27
Age of Wife : 17 17 18 18 19 19 19 20 21` 22

6. The following are the marks in Statistics (X) and Mathematics (Y) of ten students :
X : 56 55 58 58 57 56 60 64 69 57
Y : 68 67 67 70 65 68 70 66 68 66

Calculate the coefficient of correlation and estimate the marks in Mathematics of


student who secured 62 marks in Statistics.

7. In a correlation study the following values are obtained :

X Y
Mean 65 67
Standard Deviation 2.5 3.5
Coefficient of correlation 0.8
Find the two regression equations that are associated with the above values.

8. The correlation coefficient between the variables X and Y is 0.60. If SD of X is 1.5


and SD of Y is 2.0, Mean of X is 10 and Mean of Y is 20, find the equations of
the regression lines. (i) Y on X and (ii) X on Y.
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9. You are given the following information about advertising and sales.

Adv. Expenses (X) Sales (Y)


(Rs. Lakhs) (Rs. Lakhs)
Mean 10 90
Standard deviation 3 12
Correlation Coefficient 0.8
(a) Calculate the two regression lines.
(b) Find the likely sales when advertisement expenditure is Rs. 15 lakhs.
(c) What should be the advertisement expenditure if the company wants to attain a
sale target of Rs. 120.

10. Given the following data :


X Y
Arithmetic Mean 36 85
Standard Deviation 11 8
Correlation Coefficient 0.66
(a) Find the regression equation of X on Y.
(b) Estimate the value of X when Y is 60.

11. From the following information, obtain two regression equations and estimate the yield of
crops when the rainfall is 30 cms and the rainfall required to get 600 kg of yield.
Rainfall (cms) Yield (Kgs)
Mean 26.7 510
Variance 25 121
Correlation Coefficient 0.8

12. Given :
X Y
Mean 18 100
Standard Deviation 14 20
Coeffient of Correlation 0.8
(i) Find the most probable value of Y if X is 70 and most probable value of X if Y
is 90.
(ii) If the regression coefficients are 0.8 and 0.6, what would be the value of
coefficient of correlation.

Short Answer Questions

1. Given the two regression coefficients X on Y is +0.542 and Y on X = +0.905.


Calculate the coefficient of correlation between X and Y.

2. If the regression coefficient of X on Y = 0.847 and Y on X = 0.732, find coefficient


of correlation.
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3. Comment on the following :

For a bivariate distribution, the coefficient of regression of Y on X is 4.2 and


coefficient of regression of X on Y is 0.5.

4. A student calculated the coefficient of regression of X on Y and Y on X as +0.9 and


-0.3. Do you think the calculations are correct ?

5. If the correlation coefficient (r) = 0.86 and regression coefficient of X on Y = 1.2, find
the regression coefficient of Y on X.

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