[Feb-21]

[MBH-115]
` BBA(MA) Degree Examinations

I SEMESTER
BUSINESS STATISTICS
(Effective from the admitted batch 2020–21)
Time: 3 Hours Max. Marks: 60
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Instructions: Must answer all parts of the unit in one place only.
Figures in the right-hand margin indicate marks allotted.
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SECTION-A
1. Answer the following. Each answer should not exceed one page. (10 x 2 = 20M)
Blooms
Taxonomy
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a) What is Economic Survey?
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b) Define Cluster Sampling CO1 1
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c) How do you calculate a Median
d) What is the use of Coefficient of Variation CO2 1
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e) How to calculate Spearman’s Correlation
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f) Define Regression Coefficient
g) Types of Probability CO4 1
h) Examples of Independent Events CO4 1
i) Layout of a Research Report CO5 1
j) Times Series Analysis Uses CO5 1
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SECTION-B
Answer any two questions in each Unit from following: (5 x 8 = 40M)

(Each question carries 4 marks and each Unit carries 8 marks)

UNIT-I
Blooms
Taxonomy
CO PO Level
2. a) Explain the Different Sampling Techniques? Why CO1 3,2
probability sampling is generally preferred in comparison to
non-probability sampling.

OR
b) Define a questionnaire? Describe the guiding CO1 1
considerations in the construction of questionnaire?

UNIT-II
3. a) The below Table gives the frequency distribution of the CO2 4
number of orders received each day during the past 50 days at
the office of a mail-order company. Calculate the Mean and
Median.
 No. of
Orders No. of Days
10-12 4
13-15 12
16*18 20
19-21 14
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b) The following data set belongs to a sample: CO2 4
14 , 18 , -1, 8, 8, -16
Calculate the range, variance, and standard deviation.

UNIT-III
4. a) Calculate Karl Pearson’s Coefficient of Correlation and CO3 4,5
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3 6 3 4 6
Income 55 83 8 1 3 9 7
Expendit 1 1 1 1
ure 14 24 3 6 9 5 7

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b) The following information on the ages (in years) and CO3 2
prices (in Thousands of dollars) of cars. Predict the price of a
7-year-old car from the following data.
X(Age 3
) 8 3 6 9 2 5 6
Y(Pric 1 3. 26. 13. 10. 23.
e) 4.5 21 0 3 7 4 9 5

UNIT-IV
5. a) Define Probability and Explain various rules for calculating CO4 2
Probability.

b) Compute the Cost of Living Index number using Laspeyre’s CO4 3

method from following information:

Commodit Unit Consumption Price in Base Price in

y in Base Period Period Current Period
Wheat 200 1.0 1.2
Rice 50 3.0 3.5
Pulses 50 4.0 5.0
Ghee 20 20.0 30.0

c) How do you compute Laspeyre’s Index and Paasche’s Index CO4 3

Model.

UNIT-V
6. a) Illustrate the Significance of Report Writing. CO5 4
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b) The owner of small manufacturing company has been CO5 3
concerned about the increase in manufacturing costs over the past 5
years. The following data provide a time-series of the cost per unit
for the company’s leading product over the past 5years.

Year Cost per Unit

 2011 332
2012 317
2013 357
2014 392
2015 402

Calculate a 3-Year moving average for the unit cost of the product.

c) Discuss in brief steps involved in Report Writing. C05 1