ASSIGNMENT ON BUSINESS STATISTICS

[SUBMITION DATE 10/12/2013]

ANSWER ALL THE QUESTIONS BELOW

1. Calculate the mean for pH levels of soil 6.8, 6.6, 5.2, 5.6, 5.8
2. Given the following frequency distribution, calculate the arithmetic mean
Marks : 64 63 62 61 60 59
Number of Students : 8 18 12 9 7 6

3. If the weights of sorghum ear heads are 45, 60, 48, 100, 65 gms, calculate the median

4. If the sorghum ear- heads are 5, 48, 60, 65, 65, 100 gms, calculate the median.
5. The following data pertaining to the number of insects per plant. Find median number
of insects per plant.
6.

Number of insects per plant (x) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

No. of plants(f) 1 3 5 6 10 13 9 5 3 2 2 1

7. Find the mode for the following seed weight 2 , 7, 10, 15, 10, 17, 8, 10, 2 gms

8. Find the mode for the following

Weight of sorghum in gms No. of ear head(f)
(x) 50 4
65 6
75 16
80 8
95 7
100 4
9. If the weights of sorghum ear heads are 45, 60, 48,100, 65 gms. Find the Geometric
mean for the following data
Weight of ear head x (g) Log x
45 1.653
60 1.778
48 1.681
100 2.000
65 1.813

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10. From the given data 5, 10,17,24,30 calculate H.M.
X 1
5 0.2000
10 0.1000
17 0.0588
24 0.0417
30 0.4338
11. The following are the paddy yields (kg/plot) from 14 plots:
30,32,35,38,40.42,48,49,52,55,58,60,62,and 65 ( after arranging in ascending order).
th th
Compute 25 percentile and 75 percentile:
12. Compute quartiles for the data given below (grains/panicles) 25, 18, 30, 8, 15, 5, 10, 35,
40, 45
13. Differentiate between Primary and Secondary Data.
14. What is Law of ‘Statistical Regularity’ and the Law of ’Inertia of Large Numbers’?
15. Define Random Sampling.

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