STATISTICS PROBLEMS

MEASURES OF CENTRAL TENDENCY

MEAN

1) The wages of 9 workers in rupees are as follows-

150, 80,120, 60, 75, 125, 95,115,130.
Find the mean wage.

2) Compute the mean runs scored by batsmen from the following data:
Runs 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90
scored
No. of 7 18 15 25 30 20 16 7 2
batsman

3) Compute the mean wages of a worker from the following data

Wages 48-56 56-64 64-72 72-80 80-88 88-96 96-104
No. of 8 3 11 14 5 7 2
workers

4) The following table gives the lifetime in days of 100 electricity tubes of a certain
make:

Lifetime in No. of tubes

days

Less than 50 8

Less than 100 23

Less than 150 55

Less than 200 81

Less than 250 93

Less than 300 100

Find the mean lifetime of electricity tubes.

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5) From the following distribution of marks obtained by the students of a class in a
science test calculate the mean marks.

Marks Obtained No. of Students

More than 60 0

More than 50 3

More than 40 10

More than 30 20

More than 20 40

More than 10 56

More than 0 60

6) Find the missing frequency from the following distribution, if it’s mean is 15.25.
X 10 12 14 16 18 20
F 3 7 X 20 8 5

7) Find out the missing frequency from the following data if the mean height of it is
67.45
X 60-62 63-65 66-68 69-71 72-74
F 5 18 x Y 8
Total -100

8) The mean height of 50 students is 5’8’’. The height of 10 students is given below.
5’6’’,5’2’’, 5’4”,5’0’’, 4’10’’,4’8’’,6’2’’,5’8’’,5’9’’,5’3’’. Find the mean height of the
remaining 40 students.

9) An average monthly production of a certain factory for the first 8months is 3546
units and for the remaining 4 months is 3100units. Calculate the average monthly
production for the year.

10) In a class of 60 students, 10 have failed with an average mark of 15. If the total
marks of all the students are 1800, find the average marks of those who have
passed.

11) The average marks of the pre-university students is 68.4 and that of the degree
students is 71.2.if the combined average of all the students is 70,find the percentage
of students in the pre-university and degree classes.

12) Candidates obtained the following marks in a PU examination: English-60,

Kannada-50,Physics-80,Chemistry-70,Maths-90 and Biology-70. A mission to a
science institute is based on weighted mean of the marks scored, where weights for

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the different subjects are given as-1, 2,4,4,5,3 respectively. Find out the weighted
mean marks.

MEDIAN

1) Find the median of the following:

i. 43,62,15,80,56,72,34,8,25
ii. 38,43,62,15,80,56,72,34,8,25

2) Find the median for the following frequency distribution:

Marks Obtained-10, 20, 30,40,50,60,70,80,90,100
No. of students-10, 16, 18, 13,6,3,8,4,6,6

3) Find the median by using Ogives. Compare it with formula value.

Central 5 15 25 35 45
Values
Frequencie 5 11 21 16 10
s

4) From the following data, draw a less than ogive and locate the value of the
median graphically.
Marks 20 30 40 50 60 70
less than
No. of 5 13 24 39 52 60
students

5) In a class of 15students, 5 students fail in a test. The marks of 10students who

have passed were: 9, 6, 7, 8, 9, 6, 5, 4, 7, and 8, whatis the median mark of the
15students?

6) Complete the following distribution, if its median is 2600 and compute the value of
arithmetic mean using step deviation method. N = 1500.
Size 1000- 1500- 2000- 2500- 3000- 4000- 5000-
1500 2000 2500 3000 4000 5000 6000
Frequencie 120 ? 400 500 ? 50 20
s

7) Locate the median and quartiles from the following data:

Size of 4 4.5 5 5.5 6 6.5 7 7.5 8
shoes
frequenc 20 36 44 50 80 30 30 16 14
y

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8) Compute the quartiles from the following data.
CI 0-10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60 60-70 70-80
Frequenc 5 8 7 12 28 20 10 10
y

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MODE

1) From the following data compute the mean and the mode marks of all the
students of 50 schools in a city:
Marks 35-40 30-35 25-30 20-25 15-20 0- 15
obtained
No. of 7 10 15 9 5 4
schools
Average 200 250 300 200 150 100
no. of
students

2) Calculate mode from the following data.

Value 0-4 5-9 10-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60-69
Frequenc 328 350 720 664 598 524 378 244
y

3) Find the mode and the median from the following-

No. of days absent: less than 5,less than10,less than15,less than 20,less than
25,less than 30,less than 35,less than 35,less than 40,less than 45
No. of students: 29,224,465,582,634,644,650,653,655

4) The modal marks for a group of students are 24.

14 students got marks between 0-10, 27students between 20-30, 21 students got
between 30-40 and 15students between 40-50. Find the no. of students getting
marks between 10-20.

5) Draw a histogram from the following data and locate the mode. Compare it with
formula value.
Wages 0-2 2-4 4-10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-60 60-70
No. of 2 6 8 25 40 30 20 8
workers

6) Draw a histogram and locate the mode.

CI 0-10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60
frequency 14 23 35 20 8 5

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MEASURES OF DISPERSION

1) Compute the range and coefficient of range of the series and state which one is
more dispersed and which is more uniform.

Series Values of Variables

1. 13, 14,15,16,17
2. 9, 12,15,18,21
3. 1, 8,15,22,29

2) From the following marks of 12students compute standard deviation, variance and
coefficient of variation.
Marks obtained -25,30,37,43,48,54,61,67,72,80,84,89

3) Following are the wages of the workers. Find standard deviation.

Wages(Rs.)-59,32,67,43,22,17,64,55,47,80,25.

4) Compute the standard deviation andcoefficient of variation from the following

marks of 100 students using direct method.

Marks 20-25 25-30 30-35 35-40 40-45 45-50 50-55 55-60 60-65
No of 6 12 17 28 12 10 8 5 2
student
s

5) 10students of a class have obtained the following marks in a particular subject out
of 100.
Marks-5, 10, 20, 25,40,42,45,48,70,80
Calculate the standard deviation of the marks obtained using the direct and short cut
method.
6) A factory manufactures 2 types of tyres. During an experiment, the following
results were obtained regarding the working life of the tyres. State which type of tyre
is more stable?
Hint : Comapring Coefficient of Variation (CV), lower the CV the life of tyres is more
stable.

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 Life (in 15-17 17-19 19-21 21-23 23-25
thousand
km.)
Type A 50 110 260 100 80
Type B 40 300 120 80 60

7) Following are the runs scored by two batsmen in 10 innings. Find who is a better
scorer and who is more consistent.
Hint: Player who has higher average score is a better scorer. Player whose
Coefficient of variation is lower is more consistent in scoring.
Player 1-101, 22, 0,36,82,45,7,3,65,14
Player 2-97, 12, 40,96,13,8,85,8,56,16

8) Following table givesthe age distribution of boys and girls in a high school. Find
which of the two groups is more variable in age.

Hint: the group with high coefficient of variation is more variable

Age in years 13 14 15 16 17
No. of 12 15 15 5 3
students(boys
)
No. of 13 10 12 2 1
students
(girls)

9) No. of employees, wage per employee, and the variance of the wages for 2
factories are given below:

Particulars No. of employee Average wages Variance of

wages

Factory A 50 RS. 120 RS 9

Factory B 100 RS. 85 RS 16

In which factory is there greater variation in the distribution of wages? Which factory
pays more wages as monthly wage bill?

Hint: Standard Deviation= square root of variance. Higher the coefficient of variation,
greater the variation in the wages.

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 TIME SERIES ANALYSIS

MOVING AVERAGES METHOD

1. Find the trend using 3 yearly and 5 yearly moving averages. Also plot the
actual and the trend values.

201 201
Year 2011 2012 2013 2015 2016 2017 2018
0 4

Productio
n 26 27 28 30 29 27 30 31 32
‘000 units

2. Find the trend using 3 monthly and 5 monthly moving averages. Also plot the
actual and the trend values in a graph sheet. Find the short term fluctuation.

(Short term fluctuation = actual data – trend values)

Fe Ma
Months Jan Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov
b r

Sales
12 12
(’00 74 100 97 87 90 115 108 100 118
6 5
units)

3. Find the trend using 4 yearly moving averages. Also plot the actual and the
trend values in a graph sheet.

201 201
Year 2011 2012 2013 2015 2016 2017 2018
0 4

Productio 26 27 28 30 29 27 30 31 32

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‘000 units

METHOD OF LEAST SQUARE

4. Fit a straight line trend to the following data calculate the trend values and
estimate the likely profit for the year 2019 and 2020.

201 201 201 201 201

Year 2012 2014 2017 2018
0 1 3 5 6

Profit

(in lakh 60 72 75 65 80 85 87 90 95
rupees)

5. Fit a straight line trend to the following data. Calculate the trend values and
estimate the likely sales for the months Nov and Dec.

Ma
Months Jan Feb Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct
r

Sales
11 12
(’00 74 100 97 87 90 108 100 125
5 6
units)

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 CORRELATION AND REGRESSION

1. From the following table calculate the coefficient of correlation by Karl Pearson’s
method. Arithmetic means of x and y variables are 6 and 8 respectively.

X 6 2 10 ? 8
Y 9 11 ? 8 7
Find also the probable error and comment.

2. Following are the results of B.Com examination in a college. Compute

coefficient of correlation between age and success in the examination also
interpret the results.

Age of 20-21 21-22 22-23 23-24 24-25 25-26

candidates
Candidates 120 100 70 40 10 5
appeared
Successful 72 65 35 18 4 1
candidates

3. From the following marks obtained by 8 students in Mathematics and Statistics,

compute the rank correlationcoefficient.

Marks in 60 15 20 28 12 40 80 20
Maths
Marks in 10 40 30 50 30 20 60 30
stat.
4. The competitors in a beauty contest were ranked by 3 judges as follows;
Judge A;3,5,4,10,8,8,1,6,8,2
Judge B:5,6,1,8.5,4,10,2,7,8.5,3
Judge C:9,9,7,5,2,2,2,5,5,9
Which pair of judges has the nearest approach to common decision?

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5. The HR manager of XYZ Ltd. wants to study the relationship between no. of yrs.
of experience and performance score of the employees. An analysis of 5
employees shows the following results:

No. of yrs. experience Performance score

(x) (y)

6 19

2 11

10 25

4 18

8 17

i. Fit a regression equation Y on X

ii. Calculate the likely performance score if experience is 5 yrs.

6. Given below are the information about advertising and sales of a company-

Advertising Exp.(Rs. in Sales (Rs. in

lakhs) lakhs)

Mean 10 90

Variance 9 144

Correlation=0.8

a) Derive regression equation Sales on Advertising Exp..

b) Find the likely sales when advertising expenses are Rs.15 and Rs.20

7. Karl Pearson’s co-efficient of correlation between the ages of husbands and

wives was found to be 0.8.Average of husbands’ age was 25years and that of
wives’ was 22years. Their standard deviation was 4 and 5respectively. Find the
following:

a) The expected age of the husband, when the wives age is 12years
b) The expected age of the wife when the husband’s age is 33years.

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