Statistics 2024-25
Statistics 2024-25
where, x is a positive integer. Determine the mean and standard deviation of the marks.
Q3. Calculate the mean deviation about median for the following data:
Q4. Find the mean and standard deviation using the short - cut method.
Q5. Find the mean deviation about mean for the data:
Q6. If mean and standard deviation of 100 items are 50 and 4 respectively, then find the sum
of all the items and the sum of the squares of items.
Q7. While calculating the mean and variance of 10 readings, a student wrongly used the
reading 52 for the correct reading 25. He obtained the mean and variance as 45 and 16
respectively. Find the correct mean and the variance.
Q8. The mean and standard deviation of 20 observations are found to be 10 and 2,
respectively. On rechecking, it was found that an observation 8 was incorrect. Calculate the
correct mean and standard deviation in each of the following cases:
(i) If wrong item is omitted (ii) If it is replaced by 12
Q9. The table given below shows the scores of 40 students in a MCQ test:
Marks 0–10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60 60-70 70-80 80-90 90-100
No. of
2 3 1 2 4 2 6 1 2 3
students
Find the percentile rank of 38 marks.
Q10. Calculate Karl Pearson’s coefficient of skewness for the following data:
Wages 0 – 10 10 - 20 20 - 30 30 - 40 40 - 50 50 - 60 60 - 70
No. of
10 12 24 32 28 11 3
persons
Q11. Calculate the covariance between height and weight of the following five persons:
Height (in cm) 150 148 148 152 154
Weight (in kg) 65 64 63 65 67
Q12. Find Karl Pearson’s coefficient of correlation between X and Y for the following data:
X: 16 18 21 20 22 26 27 15
Y: 22 25 24 26 25 30 33 14
Q15. Calculate the coefficient of skewness and kurtosis based on moments for the following
distribution:
xi 4.5 14.5 24.5 34.5 44.5 54.5 64.5 74.5 84.5 94.5
fi 1 5 12 22 17 9 4 3 1 1