KARNATAKA STATE PU STATISTICS

LECTURERS’ FORUM

I PUC STATISTICS
PRACTICAL ASSIGNMENTS
RECORD BOOK
2024 - 25

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Student Reg No: College Code:

----------------------- PRE-UNIVERSITY COLLEGE

Place: Dist :

Department of Statistics

CERTIFICATE
This is to certify that __________________________ has

Satisfactorily completed the course of experiment in Statistics practical

prescribed by Pre-university Board for I year P.U course in the

academic year 20…. / ….

Signature of the Lecturer

in – charge of batch.

Date :
Head of the department

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ASSIGNMENT 1: Constructing univariate and bivariate frequency distribution
tables for the given set of observations.

1. Number of goals in 20 matches are given below:

5, 0, 1, 4, 3, 2, 3, 1, 3, 5, 2, 0, 2, 2, 3, 4, 2, 4, 4, 2.
Represent the data in the form of a discrete frequency distribution.

2. Marks scored by 30 students are given below. Construct a frequency distribution table by taking
Class intervals: 0 – 5, 5 – 10, 10 – 15,…….

18 17 20 07 23 10 16 17 18 24 05 23 12 19 08
19 20 24 16 12 02 18 17 23 22 13 10 04 08 14

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3. Construct a frequency distribution table for the following data. Take class intervals of width 10
each.
21 12 33 45 56 14 19 36 54 55 17 14 28 21 35
56 41 34 18 38 25 28 46 17 23 18 20 40 50 30

4. Following data gives marks of 30 students in a test.

25 46 12 24 40 15 21 05 28 36 18 42 26 49 35
33 22 30 08 27 38 16 24 17 25 20 09 31 14 17
Prepare a frequency distribution table by using 0–10, 10–20, ……. as class intervals.

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5. The following are the weights of 30 students. Draw up a frequency distribution with class
intervals 40-44, 45-49, 50-54,........
Weight (Kg.): 50 49 51 52 63 52 42 49 54 49
46 50 53 58 44 53 51 50 48 52
58 52 55 58 62 50 50 47 54 55

6. Following is the data regarding IQ of 40 children in a school. Prepare a frequency

distribution with C.I.: < 90. 90-110, 110-120, ≥ 120.

106 118 112 120 103 105 99 139 65 113

100 108 100 112 110 109 117 98 103 99
108 116 93 100 120 110 95 101 105 98
82 108 118 126 106 115 97 99 101 92

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7. Prepare a frequency distribution by taking the lowest class as 50-55 using exclusive method for
the following data.
62 65 69 70 67 63 69 70
54 50 57 58 55 70 60 71
63 62 71 56 67 58 62 57
61 63 69 67 61 60 59 58

8. Height (in c.m.) and weight (in k.g.) of 30 students are given . construct a bi-variate frequency
distribution table by taking C.I. 130 – 140, 140 – 150, … for height and 30 – 40, 40 – 50 …. for
weight.
H 142 161 147 138 144 161 152 158 152 165 151 159 141 153 158
W 51 49 38 36 45 63 48 56 55 68 39 62 39 48 63

H 147 154 150 140 138 152 158 151 165 159 169 162 153 159 164
W 49 58 39 39 36 54 61 49 67 57 69 59 48 62 65

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ASSIGNMENT 2: Drafting blank tables and tabulating the classified data.

1. Draft a blank table to show the distribution of population according to:

(i) Sex: Male, Female, Others
(ii) Age group: below 18, 18 – 60, 60 and above
(iii) (iii) Area: Rural, urban.

2. Draft a blank table to show the distribution of students according to:

Gender: Boys, Girls
Class : IPUC, IIPUC
Section: Science, Commerce, Arts

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3. Draft a blank table to show the distribution of politicians according to:
(i) Sex: Male, Female
(ii) Party: Congress, BJP, JDS, Others
(iii) Designation: MLA, MP

4. Prepare a blank table to show the distribution of students according to:

(i) Gender: Male, Female
(ii) Faculty: Arts, Science, Commerce
(iii) College: Government, Aided, Unaided.

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5. Draft a blank table to show the distribution of the population according to :
(i) Gender : Male, Female
(ii) Salary(Rs.) : Below 10000, 10000-20000 , 20000 and above
(iii) Area : Rural, Urban
(iv) Age group (years) : 18-30, 30-50, 50 and above

6. Tabulate the following data about the coffee drinking habit in two towns.
Town A : 53% were males, 24% were coffee drinkers, 17% were male coffee drinkers.
Town B : 51% were males, 30% were coffee drinkers, 20% were male coffee drinkers.

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7. In a sample study regarding literate persons in an area, the following data was obtained.
Male population : 58%
Literates : 80%
Male literates : 50%
Tabulate the above data.

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ASSIGNMENT 3: Presentation of data using one and two dimensional diagrams.

1. The following data gives the scores of a batter in seven different matches. Represent the data by
simple bars.
Match I II III IV V VI VII
Scores 28 54 81 92 14 40 65

2. Represent the following data by simple bar diagram.

Year 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Student strength 180 220 170 150 200

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3. Draw a multiple bar diagram to represent food grain production in different years for the
following data.
Food grain Production (in tons)
2020 2021 2022
Rice 90 100 150
Ragi 150 140 120
Wheat 250 280 200

4. The data regarding strength of a college in different years are given below. Draw a multiple bar
diagram to represent the data.
Faculty Students in the year
2020 2021 2022
Arts 60 80 70
Commerce 120 110 140
Science 140 130 160

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5. Data regarding – consumption, production and import of fertilisers (Lakh tonnes) are given
below. Represent the data by multiple bar diagram.
Year Consumption Production Imports
2014 – 15 256 165 91
2015 – 16 268 178 100
2016 – 17 259 179 78

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6. Represent the following data by sub-divided (component) bar diagram.
Item Expenditure (Rs.)
Family A Family B
Food 2000 1500
Cloth 1000 2000
Rent 1500 2000
Education 1000 1500
Other 2500 3000

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7. Represent the following data by sub-divided bar diagram.
College Number of students Total
Arts Science Commerce
A 900 960 1140 3000
B 750 600 650 2000

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8. Expenditure of a family given below. Represent the data by percentage bar diagram.
Item Expenses (Rs.)
Food 1500
Cloth 2000
Rent 2000
Education 1500
Other 3000

9. The following data relates to the expenditure of a family per month. Draw a pie diagram.
Items Expense (Rs)
Food 2000
Cloth 1500
Rent 2000
Education 3000
Other 1500

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10. Infant mortality rates (per 1000) in some regions in the year 2019 given below. Represent the
data by a pie- diagram.
Region IMR
Andhra Pradesh 29
D & N Haveli 11
Goa 08
Karnataka 21
Kerala 06
Tamil Nadu 15

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ASSIGNMENT 4: Representation of frequency distributions by various types of graphs.

1. Draw histogram for the following data and find the value of mode from it.
C.I. 0 – 10 10 – 20 20 – 30 30 – 40 40 – 50
f 5 18 32 11 8

2. Draw Histogram and locate the mode from the graph for the following data
Age (in years) 0-10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60 60-70
No. of persons 2 10 25 40 30 20 8

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3. Draw histogram for the following data and locate the mode from the graph.
C. I. 0–5 5 – 10 10 – 15 15 – 20 20 – 25 25 – 30
Frequency 21 32 44 26 20 10

4. Represent the following data by histogram and locate mode from the graph.
Height (c.m.) 130 – 139 140 – 149 150 – 159 160 – 169 170 – 179 180 - 189
No. of persons 03 25 46 32 12 06

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5. Marks scored by 104 students of a college in the mid-term exam given below. Draw histogram.
Marks 0 – 24 24 – 40 40 – 48 48 – 68 68 – 80
No. of students 12 16 24 40 12

6. Draw a frequency polygon to the following frequency distribution.

C.I. 10 – 20 20 – 30 30 – 40 40 – 50 50 – 60
Frequency 12 26 53 40 30

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7. Draw a frequency curve from the following frequency distribution.
Profit (’00) 50 - 100 100 – 150 150 – 200 200 – 250 250 – 300
Shops 21 52 76 25 10

8. Draw Histogram and obtain frequency polygon and frequency curve from the following
frequency distribution.
C.I. 1000 - 2000 2000 – 3000 3000 – 4000 4000 – 5000 5000 – 6000
Frequency 14 26 48 18 08

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9. Draw less than and more than ogives to the following frequency distribution and hence, locate the
value of median.
C.I. 0 – 10 10 – 20 20 – 30 30 – 40 40 – 50 50 – 60
Frequency 09 16 25 30 13 07

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10. Draw less than ogive and locate median from the graph.
Wages(Rs) < 300 < 400 < 500 < 600 < 700 < 800
No. of workers 04 15 45 56 71 90

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ASSIGNMENT 5: Finding averages and partition values for the given uni-variate frequency
distribution.
1. Calculate the Arithmetic mean for the following data.
Marks 0 – 20 20 – 40 40 – 60 60 – 80 80 – 100
No. of students 02 08 32 24 14
(Ans.: 60)

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2. Compute tha Arithmetic mean for the following data.
Weight (gm) 100 – 199 200 – 299 300 – 399 400 – 499 500 – 599 600 – 699
No. of fruits 10 24 32 60 14 04
(Ans.: 388.388)

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3. Find the missing frequency for the following data, if A.M. = 30.5.
x 10 20 30 40 50
f 08 10 - 15 07
(Ans.: 20)

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4. Find the missing frequency if Arithmetic mean of the distribution is 11.
C.I. 0–4 4–8 8 – 12 12 – 16 16 – 20 20 - 24
f 03 10 - 14 07 01
(Ans.: 25)

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5. The mean monthly salary paid to all the employees of a company was Rs 10,000. The mean
monthly salary paid to male and female employees was Rs 10,400 and Rs 8400 respectively.
Find the percentage of males and females employed by the company. (Ans.: 80, 20 )

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6. The mean marks of students in a class is 80. If the mean marks of boys is 78 and that of girls is
83, find the proportion of boys and girls in the class.
( Ans.: 0.6, 0.4 )

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7. Calculate the median for the following frequency distribution regarding height of persons.
Height (c.m.) Less than 140 140-150 150-160 160-170 170-180 180 and above
No. of persons 03 15 29 24 11 02
(Ans.: 156 )

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8. Compute the median for the following data.
Daily wage (Rs) 200-299 300-399 400-499 500-599 600-699 700-799
Workers 05 24 50 60 15 03
(Ans.: 498.50)

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9. Find the missing frequency for the following data, if the median is 26.
Marks 0 – 10 10 – 20 20 – 30 30 – 40 40 – 50
Students 04 07 15 - 06
(Ans.: 08 )

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10. The following table represents the number of minutes that students spend studying the Statistics
subject in a day. Calculate the mode.
Studying time (in 1-10 11-20 21-30 31-40 41-50 51-60
minutes)
No. of students 02 14 22 28 10 04
(Ans.: 33 )

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11. The life spans, in days, of the bees in a colony are recorded. Find the mode.
Life span (days) 0 – 20 20 – 40 40 – 60 60 – 80 80 – 100
Number of bees 10 28 72 36 07
(Ans.: 51 )

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12. The speed of 11 cars registered as below:
83, 91, 88, 101, 96, 88, 97, 88, 92, 88, 89, 91, 89, 88.
What is the mean, the middle and the most common speed value?
(Ans.: 91, 89, 88 )

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13. The number of bacteria (x 103) observed in an experiment at hourly intervals as follows: 10,
25, 76, 148, 302. Find the geometric mean.
(Ans.: 61.07)

14. Calculate G.M. for the following data.

X 5 10 15 20 25 30
f 3 7 12 8 5 1
(Ans.: 14.76)

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15. A record of dividend declared (in percentage) in the past four years by 30 companies is as
follows:
Dividend declared(%) 0 – 10 10 – 20 20 – 30 30 – 40
No. of companies 08 14 06 02
Find the average percentage of dividend declared by using geometric mean.
(Ans.: 13.11% )

16. Your investment earns 20% during the first year, 25% during the second year, but then realizes a
loss of 10% in the third year. Calculate the geometric mean rate of return. (Ans.:
10.5% G.M. = 110.5)

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17. Calculate Harmonic mean from the data given below.
X 12 14 16 18 20
f 3 5 9 4 2
(Ans.: 15.42)

18. Calculate the harmonic mean for the following distribution.

C.I. 0 – 5 5 – 10 10 – 15 15 – 20 20 – 25
f 20 25 32 28 18
(Ans.: 7.55)

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19. If X: 1, 4; show that A.M. > G.M. > H.M. (Ans.: A.M. = 2.5, G = 2, H = 1.6 )

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20. Find the values of Q1, Q2 and Q3 for the following data.
30, 12, 44, 38, 20, 24, 42, 32, 21.
(Ans.: 20.5, 30, 40 )

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21. Calculate the values of three quartiles from the following observations.
60, 31, 74, 82, 24, 41, 57, 62, 18, 75.
(Ans.: 29.25, 58.5, 74.25 )

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22. Compute the quartiles from the following data.
Weight (k.g.) 40 – 45 45 – 50 50 – 55 55 – 60 60 – 65 65 – 70
Persons 03 10 22 26 15 04
(Ans.: 51.59, 55.96, 59.8 )

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23.Calculate first quartile and sixth decile from the following data.
X 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66
f 2 3 6 15 10 5 4 3 2
(Ans: 61, 62 )

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24. Find 3rd decile and 70th percentile for the following data.
C.I. 0 – 20 20 – 40 40 – 60 60 – 80 80 – 100
f 16 40 52 30 12
(Ans.: 34.5, 58.846 )

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25. Find the 90th percentile from the following data.
C – I 10 – 30 30 – 50 50 – 70 70 – 90 90 – 110 110 – 130 130 – 150
f 6 22 35 46 21 16 4
(Ans.: 116.25 )

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ASSIGNMENT 6: Computation of measures of dispersion, skewness and kurtosis for the given
uni-variate frequency distribution.

1. Calculate the quartile deviation and its co-efficient for the data given below. 7, 15, 4, 11, 6,
14, 9.
(Ans.: 4, 0.4 )

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2. Compute the semi inter-quartile range and its co-efficient from the following data. 12, 8, 10,
6, 19, 12, 25, 24, 17.
(Ans.: 6.25, 0.4098)

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3. Calculate the Q.D. from the following data.
40, 32, 38, 46, 24, 30, 20.
(Ans.: 8)

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4. Compute the co-efficient of quartile deviation from the data given below:
X 2 4 6 8 10 12
f 03 05 10 12 06 04
(Ans.: 0.2258)

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5. Calculate the quartile deviation and its co-efficient from the following data.
Weight(k.g.) 41 – 50 51 – 60 61 – 70 71 – 80 81 – 90 91 – 100
Persons 04 16 20 34 14 02
(Ans.: 8.419 0.1199)

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6. Calculate the quartile deviation and its co-efficient from the following frequency distribution.
Points 0 – 100 100 – 200 200 – 300 300 – 400 400 – 500
No. of games 25 65 88 40 12
(Ans.: 71.875 0.3239 )

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7. Calculate the mean deviation from the mean and its co-fficient for the following data. 27,
20, 12, 18, 10, 15.
(Ans.: 4.67 0.2747)

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8. Compute the mean deviation from the mean and its relative measure from the data given below.
X 10 20 30 40 50
f 04 08 11 06 03
(Ans.: 9.0625 0.3152)

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9. Calculate mean deviation from mean and its coefficient.
C.I. 0 -10 10 – 20 20 – 30 30 – 40 40 – 50
f 06 10 12 08 04
(Ans.: 9.8 0.417 )

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10. Calculate the mean deviation from median for the following data: 125, 110, 140, 100,
150.
(Ans.: 16)

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11. Calculate M.D. from median and its coefficient.
X 10 15 20 25 30
f 4 10 14 6 2
(Ans.: 3.889 0.19445)

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12. Calculate Mean Deviation from Mode and its co-efficient to the following data.
Marks 10 11 12 13
No. of students 3 12 18 12
(Ans.: 0.667 0.0556 )

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13. Calculate the Standard deviation to the following series:
25, 50, 45, 30, 70, 42, 36, 48, 34, 60.
(Ans.: 13.077 )

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14. Calculate the Standard deviation for the following data.
x 10 15 20 25 30
f 4 8 10 6 3
(Ans.: 5.784)

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15. Calculate the Standard deviation for the following data.
C.I. 0 – 20 20 – 40 40 - 60 60 - 80 80 - 100
f 10 18 24 12 7
(Ans.: 23.253 )

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16. The mean and S.D. of a set of 10 observations are 34 and 3 respectively. The mean and S.D.
of another set of 20 observations are 37 and 2 respectively. Find the mean and S.D. of the
combined set. (Ans.: 2.769)

17. For the following data, calculate the coefficient of variation.

10, 17, 08, 12, 19, 20, 16 (Ans.: 29.375)

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18. Following is data regarding marks obtained by two students X and Y.
Student - X Student -Y
Mean marks 50 80
S.D. of marks 3 4
Find i) Who is better ? ii) Who is more consistent?
(Ans.: C.V.X = 6 C.V.Y = 5 )

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19. Following are the runs scored by two cricketers in 6 innings.
Cricketer – A 20 32 55 12 80 101
Cricketer – B 40 60 72 54 15 35
Find i) Who is better scorer? ii) who is more consistent in scoring?
(Ans.: A: Mean = 50 S.D. = 32.1299 C.V. = 64.259
B: Mean = 46 S.D. = 18.5 C.V. = 40.21)

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20. Goals scored by two teams A and B in foot ball season are as follows:
No. of goals scored No. of matches
(x) Team – A Team – B
0 11 22
1 10 08
2 07 07
3 08 08
4 04 03
Find which team is more consistent in scoring?
(Ans.: C.V.A = 83.87 C.V.B = 110.76 )

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21. Calculate the Karl-Pearson’s coefficient of skewness for the following data.
x 10 20 30 40 50
f 04 08 14 10 06
(Ans.: 0.123)

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22. Calculate Karl-Pearson’s coefficient of skewness from the following data.
Marks scored 0 – 20 20 – 40 40 – 60 60 – 80 80 – 100
No. of students 08 12 30 20 10
(Ans.: 0.00633)

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23. Compute the Bowley’s co-efficient of skewness for the data given below.
Marks 0 – 10 10 – 20 20 – 30 30 – 40 40 – 50
Students 06 12 20 14 08
(Ans.: 0.0286 )

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24. Calculate the Bowley’s coefficient of skewness from the following data.
Daily wages (in Rs) 0 - 200 200 - 400 400 - 600 600 - 800 800 - 1000
No. of workers 3 7 20 7 3
(Ans.: 0 )

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25. Calculate the coefficient of skewness based on quartiles to the data given below.
C.I. 10 – 19 20 – 29 30 – 39 40 – 49 50 – 59 60 – 69
f 5 8 15 17 6 2
(Ans.: -0.055)

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ASSIGNMENT 7: Obtaining a degree of relationship between variables using correlation
techniques.
1. Compute the Karl-Pearson’s co-efficient of correlation for the following data regarding price and
demand of a certain commodity.
Price (In Rs) 40 45 42 46 48 50
Demand (’000 units) 28 23 30 24 21 20
(Ans.: - 0.8944)

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2. Calculate the Karl-Pearson’s coefficient of correlation between Gestational Age (weeks) and
Crown-Heel Length (cm) of 10 newborns.
G.A. (x) 30 34 28 37 35 40 42 31 32 38
CHL (y) 47.0 46.8 46.2 47.0 47.8 48.2 48.0 46.4 46.6 47.8
(Ans.: 0.8664 )

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3. Find the Karl-Pearson’s co-efficient of correlation between the sales and expenses from the data
given below.
Firm 1 2 3 4 5 6
Sales (Crore Rs) 50 45 30 60 15 26
Expenses (Crore Rs) 11 14 08 15 04 05
(Ans.: 0.9504 )

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4. Internal Assessment marks based on a test in the two subjects ‘Statistics’(x) and ‘Accountancy’(y)
of students are given below. Calculate the Karl-Pearson’s product-moment co-efficient of
correlation.
X↓ Y→ 1 2 3 4 5
1 - - 01 01 -
2 - 03 07 02 01
3 - 05 09 06 02
4 - 01 11 13 08
5 - - 03 05 02

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5. Find the Karl-Pearson’s co-efficient of correlation between the age and the sum assured from the
following data.
Age Sum Assured ( Lakh Rs)
1 2 3 4 5
20 – 30 04 16 03 07 01
30 – 40 02 08 15 07 01
40 – 50 03 09 12 06 02
50 – 60 08 04 02 - -
(Ans.: -0.256 )

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6. Calculate the Karl – Pearson’s coefficient of correlation for the following data.
x↓ y→ 20 – 29 30 – 39 40 – 49 50 – 59
10 – 14 10 10 - -
14 – 18 - 20 8 -
18 – 22 - 10 25 6
22 – 26 - - 7 4
(Ans.: 0.7401)

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7. Compute the Karl Pearson’s coefficient of correlation from the following data.
x↓ y→ 0 – 20 20 – 40 40 – 60
0 – 20 - 4 8
20 – 40 1 6 4
40 – 60 2 8 2
60 – 80 7 4 1
(Ans.: 0.5899)

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8.Calculate the Spearman’s co-efficient of rank correlation for the following data.
Preparatory exam marks 55 43 11 60 48 51 19 24 13

Annual exam marks 50 42 40 95 51 62 39 46 30

Ans.: (0.8833 )

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 8.Calculate the
Spearman’s co-efficient of
rank correlation for the
following data.

Marks in Accountancy 72 80 42 40 64 50 30

Marks in Statistics 68 60 41 51 65 35 24

(Ans.: 0.75)

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10. Calculate the Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient from the following data.
x 80 78 75 75 68 67 60 59
y 12 13 14 14 14 16 15 17
(Ans.: -0.9286)

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ASSIGNMENT 8: Estimation of unknown value of a variable with the help of known values of
other variable by using regression analysis.

1. Following table shows the respective heights ( x & y) of a sample of 6 fathers and their oldest
sons.
Height of father (inches) 65 62 64 66 68 71
Height of son (inches) 68 60 65 66 71 70
(i) Obtain the two regression equations.
(ii) Estimate the height of a father, whose son’s height is 64 inches. (iii) Estimate the
height of a son, whose father’s height is 70 inches.

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2. ‘Supply’ and ‘Price’ of a commodity in different time periods are given below.
Supply (Quintal) 30 34 33 40 43
Price (Rs) 80 78 75 71 72
Estimate the Price of the commodity when supply is 35 quintal.

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3. The following data relates to advertising expenditure (in Lakh Rs) and their corresponding sales
(in Crore Rs).
Advertising expenditure 10 12 14 18 16
Sales 20 25 22 28 30
(i) Obtain the two regression equations.
(ii) Estimate the sales corresponding to advertising expenditure of Rs 20 Lakhs. (iii)
Estimate the advertising expenditure for a sales target of Rs 35 Crores.

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4. Data regarding ages of husband and wife given below.
Age of husband Age of wife
Mean 28 25
Standard deviation 4 2
Co- efficient of correlation, γ = 0.8.
(i) Obtain the two regression equations.
(ii) Estimate the age of a husband, whose wife’s age is 30. (iii) Estimate the
age of a wife, whose husband’s age is 30.

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5. Estimate the value of ‘x’ when y = 20 using the following data.
x y
Mean 25 30
S.D. 5 4
Coefficient of correlation, γ = 0.8.
(Ans.: 15)

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6. From the following data regarding the amount of rain fall (x) and the production of rice (y ),
find the most likely production corresponding to the rainfall of 42cms.
Rainfall (cm) Production (qtl.)
Mean 34 48
Standard deviation 5 8
Coefficient of correlation, γ = 0.8
(Ans.: 58.24)

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7. Given the following data.
X Y
A.M. 36 85
S.D. 11 8
Correlation between X and Y is 0.66. Estimate the value of X when Y = 75.
(Ans.: 26.925 )

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8. The regression equation of X on Y is: 40x – 18y – 214 = 0 The regression equation of Y on X
is: 8x – 10y + 66 = 0 Find the values of , and γ.
( Ans.: 13, 17, 0.6 )

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9. The regression equation of X on Y is: 3x + 2y = 18 The regression equation of Y on X is: 2x
+ 3y = 15 Find the values of , and γ.
( Ans.: 4.8, 1.8, -0.67 )

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ASSIGNMENT 9: Applying Yule’s method to find the degree of association between attributes.

1. Calculate the Yule’s coefficient of association for the data given below.
Smokers Non-smokers
Tea drinkers 40 33
Non- tea drinkers 3 12
(Ans. : 0.658)

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2. Calculate the Yule’s coefficient of association from the following data. N = 2500, (α) =
2100, (β) = 900 and (AB) = 400. (Ans.: 1)

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3. In the case of two attributes, if N = 200 , (AB) = 20 , (A) = 100 and (B) = 50, find the
remaining classes and their frequencies. Calculate the Yule’s coefficient of association. (
-0.2631)

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4. Following table gives the results of BCG vaccine against TB given to infants in a hospital.
Not affected Affected
Vaccinated 431 5
Not vaccinated 291 9
Compute Yule’s coefficient of association and conclude.
(Ans.: 0.4544 )

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5. 2000 candidates appeared for a competitive examination. 400 came out successful. 350 had
attended a coaching class and of these 200 came out successful. Estimate the utility of
coaching classes, using Yule’s coefficient of association. (Ans.: 0.8125)

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ASSIGNMENT 10: Interpolation or extrapolation of a missing value using binomial expansion
method.
1. Interpolate the value of index number for the year 1983.
Year 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985
Index number 100 107 ? 157 212
(Ans.: 124)

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2. Interpolate the sales for the year 2018 from data given below.
Years 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Sales (in 000’s Rs) 10 - 74 110 140 200
(Ans.: 30 )

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3. Interpolate the production for the year 2021 from the data given below.
Years 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Production (tons) 10 18 28 - 54
(Ans.: 40 )

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4. Extrapolate the sales for the year 2019.
Year 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Sales(000) 13 19 25 38 65 ?
(Ans.: 113)

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 ASSIGNMENT 11: Finding the probability of non-mutually exclusive, mutually exclusive,
dependent and independent events.

1. A bag contains 4 blue and 3 yellow marbles. Two marbles are randomly drawn. Find the
probability of getting (i) same colour (ii) different colours. (Ans.: 0.429, 0.571)

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2. A box contains 5 red and 6 green marbles. 2 marbles are drawn at random. Find the
probability that they are of (i) same colour (ii) different colours. (Ans.: 0.455, 0.545 )

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3. A bag contains 5 green and 4 blue marbles. 2 marbles are drawn at random from the
bag. What is the probability that they are (i) green (ii) blue (iii) one green and one blue?
(Ans.: 0.278, 0.167, 0.56 )

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4. A bag contains 5 blue, 6 red and 7 green marbles. 3 marbles are randomly drawn. What
is the probability that they are of (i) same colour (ii) one of each colour? (Ans.: 0.079,
0.257)

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5. The probability of two students A and B solving a problem are and respectively. If
both of them try to solve a problem independently, what is the probability that the, (i)
problem is solved (ii) problem is not solved? (Ans.: 0.8286, 0.1714 )

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6. The probability of two students A and B solving problem are and respectively. If
both of them try independently, what is the probability that the, (i) Problem is solved
(ii) Problem is not solved ?
(Ans.: 0.76, 0.24)

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7. A,B and C hit a target with probability 0.6, 0.5 and 0.4 respectively. If they hit at the
target independently, find the probability that (i) All of them hit (ii) at least one of them
hit. (Ans.: 0.12, 0.88)

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8. A bag contains 3 red and 2 green marbles. Another bag contains 1 red and 5 green
marbles. One of the bags is randomly selected and from the selected bag a marble is
drawn at random. What is the probability that it is red? (Ans.: 0.383)

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9. A purse contains 3 silver and 5 copper coins. Another purse contains 2 silver and 4
copper coins. If a coin is selected at random from one of the two purses, what is the
probability that it is a silver coin?
(Ans.: 0.354 )

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10. A bag has 5 white and 7 black marbles. Another bag has 3 white and 7 black marbles. A
marble is drawn from the first bag and is placed in the second bag. Then a marble is drawn
from the second bag. What is the probability that it is white?
(Ans.: 0.3105)

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ASSIGNMENT 12: Calculation of missing probability term, mathematical expectation, variance
and S.D. of univariate random variable and finding correlation co-efficient
of bivariate random variables.

1. Find ‘k’ and standard deviation from the following probability distribution.
X 10 20 30 40
p(x) k 0.3 0.4 0.2
(Ans.: 0.1, 9 )

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2. A man throws a fair die. If the throw results in an even number, he gets Rs.5, otherwise he
loses Rs.10, find his expectation.
( Ans.: -2.50)

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3. Find the mathematical expectation of the number of tails obtained when a fair coin tossed twice.
(Ans.: 1)

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4. In a bivariate data, E(X) = 0 , E(Y) = 12 , E(X2) = 49 , E(Y2) = 145 and E(XY) = 3.5. Find
Cov(X,Y) and .
(Ans.: 3.5, 0.5)

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5. From the following joint probability distribution of X and Y, find the value of ‘k’ , E(X+Y)
and 𝛾.
X↓ Y→ 1 3 9
2 0.1 0.1 0.05
4 0.2 k 0.1
6 0.1 0.15 0.2
(Ans.: 0, 8.7, 0.2227)

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