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BA5106 Statistics for Management Important Questions

Unit I – V
Part B & Part C Important Questions
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1. Compute Mean, variance and standard deviation for the discrete probability distribution
X -5 -1 0 2 8 10 15
P(x) 0.2 0.1 0 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.1
2. Two dice are thrown together once. Find the probabilities for getting the sum of the two
numbers (i) equal to 5, (ii) multiple of 3, (iii) divisible by 4.
3. (a) State Bayes’ theorem and mention a situation in commerce for its application. (b) Box A
contains 4 white and 6 red and 2 black. Another box B contains 5 white and 3 red and 2 black

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balls. A ball is chosen at random from box A and transferred to box B. Then a ball is drawn
from box B and found to be red. Find the probability that the transferred ball was white.
4. If X follows a normal distribution with mean 100cm and variance 25 cm, find the
probabilities for (i) X ≤ 98 (ii) X ≥ 102, and (iii) 96 ≤ X ≤ 103.

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5. In the production of electric bulbs, the quality specification of their life was found to
normally distribute with average life of 2100 hours and standard deviation of 80 hours. In a
sample of 1500 bulbs, find out the expected number of bulbs likely to burn for (i) more than
2200 hours, (ii) less than 1950 hours and (iii) more than 2000 hrs but less than 2150 hrs.
6. There are 5000 students in a University. The average age of all the students is 24 years with
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standard deviation of 8 years. A random sample of 50 students is selected. (i) Determine the
standard error of the mean. (ii) What is the probability that the sample mean will be larger
than 22.5 years (iii) What is the probability that the sample mean will be between 25 and 28.5
years.
7. Explain the methods of drawing simple random sample from a finite population.
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8. (a) Explain Stratified sampling technique and discuss how it is better than simple random
sampling in a particular situation. (b) Discuss the standard error of proportion.
9. From a population of size 600, a sample of 60 individuals revealed mean and standard
deviation as 6.2 and 1.45 respectively. (i) Find the estimated standard error (ii) Construct
96% confidence interval for the mean.
10. From a population of 500 items with a mean of 100 gms and standard deviation of 12.5 gms,
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65 items were chosen. (i) What is the standard error? (ii) Find P(99.5 < X`< 101.5).
11. The following sample was drawn from a normal population. 45 60 55 58 42 35 60 65 55 40
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Test at 1% level of significance if the population mean could be 50.

12. The following data relate to the number of units produced per week by three methods.
Method 1 : 170 192 190 120 Method 2 : 160 165 170 172 Method 3 : 182 190 170 178 185
Prepare ANOVA table and write your comments.
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13. Test if the following samples could have come from two populations with the same means,
assuming the population variances are equal.
Sample I Sample II
Sample size 12 10
Sample Mean 40.5 43.8
Sample variance 2.6 3.2
14. Apply ANOVA technique and write your comment regarding the sales(in Rs. Lacs)

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15. The weights of 8 persons are found to be 60, 65, 70, 68, 62, 63, 60, and 66 kgs. The weights
of another group of 12 persons are found to be 70, 60, 58, 56, 50, 48, 52, 56, 52, 50, 54, and

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50. Can we conclude that both samples have come from populations with same variances?
16. A random sample of 200 defective articles showed the following distribution.
Class: 16-20 21-25 26-30 31-35 36-40

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No. of items: 32 42 40 50 36
Test at 5% level of significance if the average number of defective articles for all the
production could be equal to 35.
17. The following are the prices in Rs. per kg of a commodity from 2 random samples of shops
from 2 cities A&B. Apply the run test to examine whether the distribution of prices of
commodity in the two cities is the same.
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18. Ten competitors in a beauty contest are ranked by 3 judges in the following order. Find out
which pair of Judges has awarded the ranks to the nearest common taste of beauty.
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19. Two sample polls of votes for two candidates A and B for a public office are taken, one from
among the residents of rural areas and one from the residents of urban areas. The results are
given in the table. Examine whether the nature of the area is related to voting preference in
this election.
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20. The scores of a written examination of 24 students, who were trained by using three different
methods, are given below. Use Kruskal-Wallis test at α = 5% level of significance, whether
the three methods of training yield the same results.

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21. In a study of sedimentary rocks, the following data were obtained from samples of 32 grains
from two kinds of sand :

Apply Mann-Whitney U test with suitable null and alternative hypotheses.

22. Find seasonal variations by the ratio-to-trend method from the data given below:

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Year I Quarter II Quarter III Quarter IV Quarter
2007 30 40 36 34
2008 34 52 50 44

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2009 40 58 54 48
2010 54 76 68 62
2011 80 92 56 82
23. i. What are the assumptions made by the regression model in estimating the parameters and
in significance testing? ii. In what ways can regression analysis be used?

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24. The percentage of students getting dream placements in campus selection in a leading
technical institution during the past five years are as follows: Find the linear equation that
describes the data. Also calculate the percentage of trend.
Year 2008 2009
8.7
2010
10.2
2011
7.6
2012
7.4
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25. Given below are the figures of production (in thousand quintals) of a sugar factory. Fit a
straight line trend by the least squares method and tabulate the trend values.
Year 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998
Production 75 80 95 85 95 100 105
26. Given that overheads expenses and units produced at different plants of a company. Develop
the regression equation and predict the overhead with 50 units are produced.
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Overhead 191 170 272 155 280 173 234 116 153 178
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Units 40 42 53 35 42 39 48 30 37 40
27. Data on rainfall and crop production for the past seven years are as follows: Find the
correlation coefficient and comment on the relationship.
Rainfall in inches 20 22 24 26 28 30 32
Crop production 30 35 40 50 60 60 55
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28. The following data pertains of X = Revenue (in ‘000 of rupees) generated at a Corporate
Hospital and Y = Number of Patients (in ’00) arrived for the last ten years. Find the Karl
Pearson’s coefficient of correlation and give your comment.
X 86 95 75 85 90 98 112 74 100 110
Y 21 24 18 24 22 30 27 18 25 28

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