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    ST.

    MARY’S COLLEGE, THRISSUR


    BCOM THIRD SEMESTER INTERNAL EXAMINATION OCTOBER

    BCM3A11 BASIC NUMERICAL METHODS


    Time: 2 Hours Marks: 60 Marks
    PART A
    Answer all questions (12*2 =24, maximum ceiling of 20 marks)
    1. What do you understand by dispersion?
    2. Why is standard deviation considered to be the best measure of dispersion?
    3. Explain the term skewness?
    4. What is meant by kurtosis?How do you measure kurtosis?
    5. What is Lorenz curve?
    6. What is a symmetric distribution?
    7. Define mean deviation?
    8. What are the uses of Range?
    9. Write notes on variance?
    10. When is HM used?
    11. Point out two situations where mode is a good average
    12. Compare mean median and mode.
    PART B
    Answer all questions (7*5 =35, maximum ceiling of 30 marks)
    13. What are relative measures of dispersion?How do they differ from absolute measures of
    dispersion?
    14. Calculate median from the following data.

    Value 0-10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60 60-70 70-80


    Frequenc 4 12 24 36 20 16 8 5
    y

    15. From the following data of marks obtained by 60 students of a class, Calculate the arithmetic
    mean .
    Marks 20 30 40 50 60 70
    No of 8 12 20 10 60 4
    students

    16. Calculate the mean deviation and coefficient of MD of the income group of 5 members given
    below (mean deviation from median)
    Rs 4,000 , 4,200 , 4,400, 4,600, 4,800
    17. Calculate SD by actual mean
    x 40-50 50-60 60-70 70-80 80-90 90-100
    f 2 5 12 18 8 5
    18. If Karl Pearson’s
    coefficient of Skewness= 0.42,mean=86 and median=80,find the coefficient of variation
    19. Find the H.M of 125,130,75,10,45,5.

    PART C
    Answer one question (10 marks)
    20. Find out measure of skewness and Kurtosis of the following data using moments.

    Income (mid values) 25 45 65 85


    No of persons 2 4 3 1
    21. The following table gives the fluctuations in the prices of shares in rupees of two companies A
    and B. Find out which of them shows greater variability . Comment on the results.
    Share A 318 322 325 312 324 315 308 319
    Share B 2542 2522 2534 2532 2545 2530 2566 2555

    All the Best

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