Sa Ese-1
Sa Ese-1
Instructions:
(1) Solve ANY FIVE questions.
(2) Read the questions carefully.
(3) Assume suitable data wherever required but justify it.
(4) All questions carry equal marks.
(5) Answer to each new question is to be started on a fresh page.
(6) Figure to the right indicate full marks.
(7) Draw the neat, labelled diagrams wherever necessary.
Question Max.
No. Marks
Q1 (a) What do you understand by Standard Deviation? Explain its usefulness. 5
Q1 (b) Discuss the concept of Regression and point out its importance in business forecasting. 5
Q2 (a) Explain the term ‘Random Variable’ and ‘Probability Distribution of a random variable’. 5
Q4 Set up an analysis of variance table using direct method for the following per acre production data 10
for three varieties of rice, each grown on 4 plots and state if the variety differences are significant.
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Q5 (a) Discuss Type I and Type II error in hypothesis testing with the help of an example. 5
Q5 (b) Explain ‘confidence interval of a population parameter’ with the help of an appropriate example. 5
Q6 Two researchers classified some people in age groups based on sampling studies. 10
Age groups
Researcher Teenagers Adults Senior Citizens Total
1 160 30 10 200
2 140 120 40 300
Total 300 150 50 500
Show that the sampling technique of at least one research worker is defective.
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Critical values of F - Distribution (at 5%)
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