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(a) S a m p l e s of f i n a l e x a m i n a t i o n sc'ores for t w o S.No. 9830 P 12 M B M 8/P 12 M B S 8

s t a t i s t i c s classes w i t h d i f f e r e n t i n s t r u c t o r s
provided the following results:
Sample size Mean Standard deviation (For c a n d i d a t e s a d m i t t e d f r o m 2 0 1 2 - 2 0 1 3 o n w a r d s )
Instructor A 12 72 8
M.B.A. DEGREE E X A M I N A T I O N , N O V E M B E R 2017.
Instructors 15 78 10
Media and Entertainment/Super Specialization
Test, w h e t h e r these d a t a are s u f f i c i e n t to
conclude t h a t t h e m e a n scores for t h e t w o
STATISTICS FOR M A N A G E M E N T
classes d i f f e r ( a = 5 % ) .
Time : Three hours M a x i m u m : 75 m a r k s
Or

(b) - A c e r t a i n d r u g is c l a i m e d to be effective i n S E C T I O N A — (25 m a r k s )

c u r i n g cold. I n a n e x p e r i m e n t on 500 persons
w i t h cold, h a l f of t h e m w e r e g i v e n t h e d r u g
P a r t I - (1 X 1 0 = 10)
a n d h a l f of t h e m w e r e g i v e n s u g a r p i l l s . T h e
p a t i e n t ' s reactions to t h e t r e a t m e n t are
recorded i n t h e f o l l o w i n g t a b l e . (Compulsory)
Helped Harmed N o effect
Drug 150 30 70 1. I n t w o factories A a n d B engaged i n t h e same
industry, the average monthly wages and
Sugar pills 130 40 80
s t a n d a r d d e v i a t i o n are as follows:
F r o m t h e d a t a , can i t be c o n c l u d e d t h a t t h e r e Factory Average monthly wages S . D . of w a g e s No. of
is a s i g n i f i c a n t difference i n t h e effect of the (Rs.) (Rs.) persons

drug and s u g a r p i l l s a t 5% level of A 4,600 500 100

significance.
B 4,900 400 80

(a) W h i c h f a c t o r y A a n d B p a y s l a r g e r a m o u n t as
m o n t h l y wages?

(b) W h i c h f a c t o r y shows g r e a t e r variability in

t h e d i s t r i b u t i o n of wages?

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 P A R T I I - (3 X 5 = 15) (a) C o i i i p u t e Lasperey's, Paasche's a n d F i s h e r ' s
A n s w e r A L L questions. p r i c e i n d e x n u m b e r for 2015, u s i n g t h e
following data.
2. Explain the different types of frequency
2014 2015
distribution. Commodity Price (Rs.) Qty Price (Rs.) Qty
3. G i v e t h e m e a n i n g a n d m e a s u r e s of skewness. A 15 5 22 12
4. Differentiate probability and non-probability B 20 5 27 4
C 4 10 7 5
sampling.
Or
S E C T I O N B — (5 X 10 = 50) (b) F i t a s t r a i g h t l i n e t r e n d by t h e m e t h o d of
A n s w e r A L L questions. l e a s t squares to t h e d a t a g i v e n below.
Year: 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
5. (a) L i s t and explain the different graphic Sales: 9 11 13 12 14 15 17
r e p r e s e n t a t i o n of d a t a .
Or E s t i m a t e t h e l i k e l y sales for t h e y e a r 2014.

(b) S t a t e t h e business a p p l i c a t i o n s of t i m e series

(a) A bag c o n t a i n s 8 r e d a n d 5 w h i t e b a l l s . T h e
analysis and index numbers.
successive d r a w i n g s of 3 b a l l s are made such
6. (a) C a l c u l a t e t h e m e d i a n a n d a r i t h m e t i c m e a n of t h a t (i) balls are r e p l a c e d before t h e second
the f r e q u e n c y d i s t r i b u t i o n g i v e n below. t r i a l , (ii) b a l l s are n o t r e p l a c e d before t h e
Height No. of students Height No. of students second t r a i l . F i n d t h e p r o b a b i l i t y t h a t t h e
(in cms) (in cms) f i r s t d r a w i n g w i l l give 3 w h i t e a n d t h e second
130-134 5 150-154 17 3 red balls.
135-139 15 155-159 10
Or
140-144 28 160-64 1
145-149 24 (b) A s a r e s u l t of tests on 20,000 electric b u l b s
Or m a n u f a c t u r e d by a company, i t was f o u n d t h e
' life t i m e of the bulbs was normally
(b) C a l c u l a t e t h e r a n k c o r r e l a t i o n coefficient for d i s t r i b u t e d w i t h a n average life of 2040 h o u r s
the f o l l o w i n g d a t a of m a r k s of 2 tests g i v e n to a n d s t a n d a r d d e v i a t i o n of 60 h o u r s . O n t h e
c a n d i d a t e s for a c l e r i c a l job. basis of t h e i n f o r m a t i o n , e s t i m a t e t h e n u m b e r
Preliminary test: 92 89 87 86 83 77 71 61 53 50
. of b u l b s t h a t is expected to l i g h t for (i) more
t h a n 2150 h o u r s a n d ( i i ) less t h a n 1960
Final test: 86 83 91 77 68 85 52 82 37 57
, hours.

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