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(7 pages) Reg. No. : ..........................................

Code No. : 5835 Sub. Code : WZOE 12

M.Sc. (CBCS) DEGREE EXAMINATION, APRIL 2024


First Semester
Zoology
Elective — BIOSTATISTICS
(For those who joined in July 2023 onwards)
Time : Three hours Maximum : 75 marks

PART A — (15 × 1 = 15 marks)

Answer ALL the questions.


Choose the correct answer :

1. What is it called when the data source is gathered


and compiled with others
(a) Primary data (b) Secondary data
(c) Tertiary data (d) None of these

2. When data is classified according to the magnitude


is called
(a) Chronological data (b) Qualitative data
(c) Quantitative data (d) Continuous data
3. A circle divided into sectors proportional to the
frequency of items shown is called
(a) Bar diagram (b) Pie diagram
(c) Histogram (d) Frequency polygon

4. The mast stable meascones of central tendency is


(a) Mean (b) Median
(c) Mode (d) Harmonics mean

5. Select the value of the variable which occurs mast


frequency in a distribution
(a) Mean (b) Median
(c) Mode (d) Kurtosis

6. Mean deviation can be computed from


(a) Arithmetic mean (b) Median
(c) Mode (d) All of these

7. What will be the probability of getting even


numbers, if a dice is thrown
1
(a) (b) 2
2
4 5
(c) (d)
2 2

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8. Binomial distribution was worked out by
(a) Blaise pascal (b) James Bernoulli
(c) Carl Gauss (d) Laplace

9. A table with all possible value of a random


variable and its corresponding probabilities is
called
(a) Probability distribution
(b) Probability mass function
(c) Probability density function
(d) Cumulative distributor

10. The original hypothesis is known as


(a) Null hypotheses
(b) Alternate hypothesis
(c) Both (a) of (b)
(d) None of these

11. The t-test is used to compare


(a) Two sample mean from independent group
(b) Two sample mean from dependent group
(c) Two sample variance from independent
group
(d) Two sample variance from dependent group

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12. The correlation co-efficient is the measure of
(a) Standard deviation
(b) Mean
(c) Correlation
(d) Probability

13. ANOVA is used to compare


(a) Three or more sample mean from dependent
group
(b) Three or more sample mean from
independent group
(c) Two sample mean from dependent group
(d) Two sample mean from independent group

14. The total sum of squares in ANOVA represents


(a) The total variation in the data
(b) The sum of squares within groups
(c) The sum of squares between groups
(d) The mean of the data

15. Which SPSS procedure is used to compare means


accrues two more groups
(a) t-test (b) ANOVA
(c) Chi-square test (d) Correlation

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[P.T.O.]
PART B — (5 × 4 = 20 marks)

Answer ALL questions, choosing either (a) or (b).

Each answer should not exceed 250 words.

16. (a) What are the sources and implications of


secondary data?

Or
(b) Comment on Ogive curve.

17. (a) The following data give the values of fish


weight (g) calculate the mean, median and
mode.
60, 72, 85, 100, 60, 77, 89, 94, 65 and 80

Or
(b) Write the merits and demerits of median.

18. (a) Explain the probability theories.

Or
(b) Describe the properties of the normal
distribution curve.

19. (a) Write a short notes on hypothesis testing.

Or
(b) Explain the correlation and its types.

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20. (a) Short notes on Analysis of variance.

Or
(b) List out the applications of statistical
solturmes.

PART C — (5 × 8 = 40 marks)

Answer ALL questions, choosing either (a) or (b).

Each answer should not exceed 600 words.

21. (a) Write an essay on sources and collection


methods of primary data.

Or
(b) Elucidate the diagrammatic presentation of
data.

22. (a) Find out the mean for the following data.

Fish wt. (g) 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50


No. of fishes 12 20 10 24
Fish wt. (g) 50-60 60-70 70-80
No. of fishes 32 18 10

Or

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(b) Calculate the standard deviation for the
following data.
X 10 20 30 40 50 60
F 10 16 21 18 14 9
23. (a) Discuss the various theorem for calculating
the probability.
Or
(b) Describe the properties and applications of
Poisson distribution.
24. (a) Elucidate the properties and applications of
students ‘t-test’.
Or
(b) Find out the Karl Pearsons correlation co-
efficient between x and y from the following
data.
X 10 14 20 13 23 11 15
Y 7 6 8 10 4 5 3
25. (a) Illustrate the one way and two way analysis
of variance.
Or
(b) Detailed account on data analysis with
SPSS.
________________

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