SRM INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
RAMAPURAM
FACULTY OF MANAGEMENT
DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
UBA24103T/ BUSINESS STATISTICS AND LOGIC
Question Bank
2 Marks
1. Define Statistics.
2. What are the limitations of statistics?
3. State the functions of statistics?
4. What is the scope of statistics?
5. Define Measures of central tendency.
6. Write down any two merits of mean.
7. What is the formula for Mean Deviation about mean, Mean Deviation about Median?
8. Define Harmonic Mean and write down the formula for Harmonic Mean when the frequency is given.
9. Define Quartile Deviation and its coefficient.
10. Write about Mathematical probability.
11. Define Favourable events.
12. Two unbiased coins are tossed together. Find the probability of getting tail in the both coins.
13. State Bayes theorem.
14. Write down the statement of addition theorem.
15. Define correlation
16. Write any two differences between correlation and regression.
17. If bxy= 8,byx= 20 then find r.
18. What are the regression equations?
19. Define Probability.
20. Define independent events.
21. What is the probability of the leap year selected at random has 53 Friday?
22. Write down the statement of Bayes theorem
23. Define multiplication theorem.
24. Define regression.
25. Write any two properties of correlation.
26. What is the relationship between correlation and regression?
27. Write the types of regression equations.
28. State the significance of diagrammatic representation of data.
29. What do you understand by tabulation of statistical data?
30. What is tabulation?
31. State the uses of diagrams.
32. What is the nature of statistics?
33. Define Measures of variation.
34. Find the median of the following data
84,91,72,68,87,78
35. Write down the formula for empirical relation?
36. What is standard Deviation?
37. Write any three advantages of diagrammatic presentation.
38. Define Arithmetic mean.
39. Define Quartile Deviation and its coefficient.
40. What is Mean deviation?
41. Define Spearman’s Rank correlation coefficient.
42. Given bxy = 0.26 , byx = 3.244 then find r?
43. Two dice are thrown. Find the probability that both the dice show the same number.
44. Write about random experiment.
45. Define Arithmetic Progression.
46. If in a certain language MYSTIFY is coded as NZTUJGZ, how is MENESIS coded in that language?
47. Write any three advantages of Graphic presentations.
48. Define Harmonic Mean.
49. List out the methods of Measuring dispersion.
50. What are the types of correlation?
51. State Regression Equations.
52. Define Poisson distribution
53. Find the probability of getting a total of more than 15 in one throw with 3 dice
54. Find the missing term of the series 2, 7 , 16, -----, 46, 67, 92
55. Find the odd one from the series 16, 25, 36, 62, 144, 225
Part B
1. Explain the concept of classification of data with examples.
2. Explain various types of diagrams used in statistics.
3. Find Mean, Median and Mode for the following data and also verify the empirical relation
between them.
Class 1-10 11-20 21-30 31-40 41-50
Frequency 3 7 13 17 12
Class 51-60 61-70 71-80 81-90 91-100
Frequency 10 8 8 6 6
4. Compute Quartile Deviation from the data given below.
CI 0-20 20-40 40-60 60-80 80-100
Frequency 25 60 100 75 40
5. Explain what is meant by tabulation. Point out some of the importance in statistical investigation.
6. The frequency distribution of wages in a certain factory is as follows.Draw an ogive curve.
Wages 250-259 260-269 270-279 280-289
Number of 10 18 27 20
workers
Wages 290-299 300-309 310-319
Number of 15 8 2
workers
7. Find Mean, Median and Mode for the following data and also verify the empirical relation
between them.
Class 50-53 53-56 56-59 59-62 62-65
Frequency 3 8 19 30 36
Class 65-68 68-71 71-74 74-77
Frequency 28 16 10 5
8. Compute the Bowley’s coefficient of Skewness
CI 0-10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50
Frequency 10 25 20 15 10
CI 50- 60-70 70-80
60
Frequency 35 25 10
9. In a shooting test, the probability of hitting the target is ½ for A, 2/3 for B and 3/4 for C. If all of them
fire at the target, find the probability that (a) none of them hits the target, and (b) at least one of them hits
the target.
10. From a city population the probability of selecting (i) a male or a smoker is 7/10 , (ii) A male smoker is
2/5 ,(iii) A male if a smoker is already selected is 2/3
Find the probability of selecting (a) a non smoker (b) a male (c) a smoker if a male is first selected
11.
Find the correlation coefficient for the following data
X 52 63 45 36 72 65 47 25
Y 62 53 51 25 79 43 60 33
12.
Find two regression equations from the following data and find X value when Y=20.
X 48 50 53 49 51 55 53 49
Y 36 32 33 38 37 31 35 30
13. Two Unbiased dice are thrown find the probability
(i) both show the same number , (ii) the total of numbers on dice 8, (iii) the total of numbers on dice 13
(iv) the total of numbers on dice any from 2 to 12.
14. An urn contains 10 white and 3 black balls. Another urn contains 3 white and 5 black balls. Two balls
drawn at random from the first urn and placed in the second urn and then 1 ball is taken at random from
the later. What is the probability that it is a white ball?
15. Ten competitors in a beauty contest are ranked by three judges x,y,z in the following order. Use Rank
Correlation coefficient to determine which pair of judges has the nearest approach to common tastes in
beauty.
X 1 6 5 10 3 2 4 9 7 8
Y 3 5 8 4 7 10 2 1 6 9
Z 6 4 9 8 1 2 3 10 5 7
16.
Find the two regression equations for the following data.
X 6 2 10 4 8
Y 9 11 5 8 7
17. Marks scored by 30 students are given
42, 55, 48, 47, 53, 48, 33, 32, 42, 55, 44, 38, 60, 65, 71, 80, 41, 53, 47, 48, 55, 20, 31, 34, 42, 51, 35, 30,
26, 25
(i) Convert the marks into a continuous series of a class interval of 10
(ii) Draw a Histogram and Frequency Polygon on the basis of the table.
18. Calculate mean, median and mode for the following data
CI 0-10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60 60-70 70-80
F 15 20 29 20 12 24 72 64
19.
Find the Quartile Q1 and Q3 from the following distribution.
Age Below 20-25 25- 30- 35- 40- 45- 50 and
20 30 35 40 45 50 above
No. of 13 29 46 60 112 94 45 21
persons
20. Find Karl Pearson Coefficient of Skewness from the following data
CI 0-10 10- 20- 30- 40- 50-
20 30 40 50 60
F 10 15 40 30 25 4
21. Calculate the Rank Correlation and Coefficient of correlation between X and Y
X 1 3 5 8 9 10
Y 3 4 8 10 12 11
22.
Find the two Regression Equations for the following data and also find the Regression coefficient
X 2 4 6 8 10 12 14
Y 4 2 5 10 4 11 12
23. From a city population, the probability of selecting (i) a male or a smoker is 7/10 (ii) a male smoker is
2/5 (iii) a male if a smoker is already selected is 2/3
Find the probability of selecting
(a) a non smoker (b) a male
24.
Fit a Poisson Distribution to the following data and calculate the expected frequencies
X 0 1 2 3 4 Total
Y 122 60 15 2 1 200
25. An arithmetic progression has 3 as its first term. Also the sum of the first 8 terms is twice the sum of the
first 5 terms. Find the common difference
26. Find the sum of the Geometric Series 2+6+18+54+ . . .
27. Use the following table to draw an Ogive curve and determine the median and the lower and upper
quartiles
X 70- 80- 90- 100- 110- 120- 130- 140-
80 90 100 110 120 130 140 150
F 12 18 35 42 50 45 20 8
28. Calculate Mean, median and mode for the following data.
X 0-8 8-16 16-24 24-32 32-40 40-48 48-56
F 14 34 56 37 43 21 15
29. Calculate Standard deviation and coefficient of variation for the following data
X 0-10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60
CF 7 10 8 12 14 17
30.
Calculate Bowley’s coefficient of skewness for the following data
X 0-10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60
CF 10 8 20 6 4 12
31. Calculate the Rank correlation for the following data.
X 21 25 26 24 22 30 19 24 28 32
Y 19 20 24 21 21 24 18 22 19 30
32.
The following table gives the various values of two variables
X 42 44 58 55 89 98 66
Y 56 49 53 58 65 76 58
Determine the regression equation X on Y
33. Five cards are drawn from a pack. Find the probability that
(a) 4 are aces
(b) 4 are aces and 1 is a king
(c) 3 are tens and 2 are jacks
(d) 9,10,jack,queen,king are obtained in any order
(e) at least 1 ace is obtained
34. Fit a Binomial distribution to the following data
X 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
Y 5 18 28 12 7 6 4
35. Find the sum of the first 50 terms of the sequence 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, . . .
36. Find the sum of the series using GP 2, 22, 222, . . .
