Assignment No.

Programme Name: M.Com/ MBA Semester: 1 Credit: 3

Course Title: Quantitative Techniques for Course Code: MCM 602/MBA602

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Max. Marks:30 Weightage: 15 Marks

Instructions:
 Sec-A is compulsory which consists of 10 Multiple Choice Questions (1 mark per question)
 Attempt any five questions from Sec-B out of seven questions (4 marks each)

Assignment No.2
1. Statistics are a. around the mode
a. Descriptive statistics b. around the mean
b. Inferential statistics c. around the median
c. Both (a) and (b) d. around the variance
d. None of these
7. Coefficient of determination is defined as
2. In an individual series, the frequency of each
a. r3
observation is.
b. 1-r2
a. Equal
c. 1+r2
b. Different
d. r2
c. Both (a) and (b)
d. None of these 8. In random experiment, observations of random
3. Which of the following can be calculated from variable are classified as ___________
a cumulative frequency curve? a) Events
a. Mean b) Composition
b. Mode c) Trials
c. Median d) Functions
d. None 9. The curve of normal distribution is………. The
4. The most commonly used measure of horizontal axis.
dispersion is…… a. Unimodal
a. Range b. Bimodal
b. Standard deviation c. Multimodal
c. Coefficient of variation d. d. None of these
d. Quartile deviation 10. Stratified random sampling is preferred when the
parent population is found to be ……………….
5. Compute the coefficient of range from the
With respect to the characteristics under study
following data
a. Heterogeneous
91,54,44,56,71,25,09,27,72,62.
b. Homogeneous
a. 0.79
c. Effective
b. 0.82
d. None of these
c. 0.85
d. 0.76

6.  Kurtosis defines peakness of curve in region

which is
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Sr. Questions
No.
1. Explain different types of diagrams that are used in preparing statistical data.
2. Give different measures of central tendency with their formulae. Also state the
situations where these measures can be used.
3. A train runs 25 miles at a speed of 30mph, another 50 miles at a speed of 40 mph, then
due to repairs of the track travels for 6 minutes at a speed of 10 mph and finally covers
the remaining distance of 24 miles at a speed of 24 mph. What is the average speed in
miles per hour?
4. Calculate the mode from the following data:
Marks between No. Of students
10 and 15 4
10 and 20 12
10 and 25 30
10 and 30 60
10 and 35 80
10 and 40 90
10 and 45 95
10 and 50 97
5.  Calculate Karl Pearson’s coefficient of correlation between expenditure on advertising
and sales from the data given below.
Advertising Sales (lakh
expenses (‘000 Rs.) Rs.)
39 47
65 53
62 58
90 86
82 62
75 68
25 60
98 91
36 51
78 84
6. A survey was conducted to study the relationship between expenditure on
accommodation (X) and expenditure on food and entertainment (Y) and the following
results were obtained:
Mean S.D.
Expenditure on Rs. 173 63.15
accommodation:
Expenditure on food and Rs. 47.8 22.98
entertainment:
Coefficient of correlation = +0.57
 Write down the equation of regression of X on Y and estimate the expenditure on food
and entertainment, if the expenditure on accommodation is Rs. 200.
7. What is linear regression? Why are there, in general, two regression lines? When do
they coincide? Explain the use of regression equation in economic enquiry.