Shri Labhubhai Trivedi Institute of Engineering & Technology , Rajkot

Tutorial-1 Subject : P&S (3130006) Topic : Basic Statistics

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Q.1 Find the mean of the following marks obtained by students of a class: Ans: 27.93
Marks 15 20 25 30 35 40
No. of students 9 7 12 14 15 6
Q.2 The following table gives the distribution of total household expenditure(in rupees) of workers in a city, find the
average expenditure in rupees per household: Ans : 25.403
Expenditure(Rs . in thousands) 0-8 8-16 16-24 24-32 32-40 40-48
Frequency 8 7 16 24 15 7
Q.3 Calculate the Mean for following data: Ans : 153.45 cm
Height(cm) 135-140 140-145 145-150 150-155 155-160 160-165 165-170 170-175
No. of Boys 4 9 18 28 24 10 5 02
Q.4 Find arithmetic mean of the following data.
x 35 45 55 60 75 80
f 12 18 10 6 3 11
Q.5 Calculate the Mean for following data: Ans : 35
Marks more than 0 10 20 30 40 50 60
No. of Students 180 170 150 120 70 30 0
Q.6 Find the median of the following frequency distribution: Ans : 22
x 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
f 8 15 25 20 12 10 5
Q.7 Find the median of the following frequency distribution: Ans : 46.8
Wages(in Rs.) 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60 60-70
No. of Workers 8 15 25 20 12
Q.8 Calculate the median of the following data: Ans : 7.55
x 3-4 4-5 5-6 6-7 7-8 8-9 9-10 10-11
f 3 7 12 16 22 20 13 7
Q.9 From the following data calculate the median:
Marks (less than) 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45
No. of students 29 224 465 582 634 644 650 653 655
Q.10 The following data represents the number of foreign visitors in a multinational company in every 10 days during last
2 months use the data to find median.
x 0-10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60
No. of visitors f: 12 18 27 20 17 06
Q.11 Calculate the Mode for the following distribution. Ans: 12
x 6 12 18 24 30 36
f 12 40 36 38 37 6
Q.13. Calculation the mode of the following distribution: Ans : 32.1875.
x 0-5 5-10 10-15 15-20 20-25 25-30 30-35 35-40 40-45
f 20 24 32 28 20 16 37 10 18
Q.14. Calculate the mode from the following series: Ans : 33.5
Class Intervals 10-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60-69
Frequency 4 6 8 5 4 2
Q.15 Find Mean, Median, Mode for the following data:
151,152,132,141,142,161,183,123,130,140,161,181,161,142.
Q.16 Find missing frequency ‘p’ for following distribution whose mean is 50: Ans: 28
x 10 30 50 70 90
y 17 p 32 24 19
Q.17. The arithmetic mean of 50 items of a series was calculated by a student as 20.however it was later discovered that
an item of 25 was misread as 35.Find the correct value of mean. Ans: 19.8
Q.18 A sample of 90 values has a means of 55 and a standard deviation of 3. A second sample of 110 values has a mean
of 2. Find the mean and standard deviation of the combined sample of 200 values. Ans : 3.53
Q.19. The mean and standard deviation of distribution of 100 and 150 items are 50 , 5 and 40 , 6 respectively. Find the
mean and standard deviation of all the 250 items taken together. Ans : 44 , 7.46
Q.20 Calculate the standard deviation from the following data : Ans : 8.038
Height in cm 150 155 160 165 170 175 180
No. of Students 15 24 32 33 24 16 6
Q.21 Calculate the S.D. for the following distributions of 300 telephone calls according to their duration in seconds.
Duration(seconds) 0-30 30-60 60-90 90-120 120-150 150-180 180-210
No.of Calls 9 17 43 82 81 44 24
Ans : 42.51
Q.22 Two workers on the same job show the following results over a long period of time : Ans : B is more consistent
Worker A Worker B
Mean time (in min.) 35 30
S.D. (in min.) 6 4
Q.23.Find standard deviation for the following data:
Height in cm 9-11 12-14 15-17 18-20
No. of Students 2 3 4 1
Q.24. Find the third moment about mean for the following frequency distribution.
x 5 7 10 18 26
Frequency-f 5 14 22 6 3
Q.25.From the following data calculate moments about (i)Assumed Mean (ii)Actual Mean (iii)Zero
Variable 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50
Frequency 1 3 4 2
Q.26.The quantities of water(in liters) supplied by municipal corporation on ten consecutive days in certain area are
shown below: 218.2,199.7,207.3,185.4,213.7,184.7,179.5,194.4,224.3,203.5
Evaluate mean & the first four central moments of the water(in liters) of that area.
Q.27 .Calculate the first four moments about the mean and also the value of β2 from the following table:
x 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
f 1 8 28 156 170 56 28 8 1
Ans : 0,1.294,0.642,0.582,3.93
Q.28.Calculate the first four moments about mean from the following data: Ans : 0,156,144,49392
Class interval 0-10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50
Frequency 2 2 3 2 1
Q.29 The first three moments of a distribution about the value 2 of the variables are 1,16,and -40. Show that the
mean=3, variance=15 and µ3 =-86.
Q.30. Find the correlation coefficient between the serum diastolic blood pressure and serum cholesterol levels of 10
randomly selected data of 10 persons . Ans. : r = 0.809
Cholesterol 307 259 341 317 274 416 267 320 274 336
B.P. 80 75 90 74 75 110 70 85 88 78
Q.31.Find the Correlation coefficient between x & y for the given data: Ans.: r = 0.9582
x 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
y 10 12 1 628 25 36 41 49 40 50
Q.32.Calculate the coefficient of correlation between the given series of data for x and y in th following table.
x 54 57 55 57 56 52 59
y 36 35 32 34 36 38 35
Q.33.. Find the Correlation coefficient between the sales & expenses of the following 10 firms (in thousands):
Sales 50 50 55 60 65 65 65 60 60 50
Expenses 11 13 14 16 16 15 15 14 13 13
Ans.: r = 0.0786
Q.34. Find the Correlation coefficient between x & y for the given data:
 X 4 5 9 14 18 22 24
y 16 22 11 16 7 3 17
Q.35. Obtain the Correlation coefficient for the given data:
X 100 98 78 85 110 93 80
y 85 90 70 72 98 81 74
Q.36.Find r from the following data: N = 10,  ( x − x)( y − y) = 1650 ,  2
x = 196 ,  y2 = 225 Ans. : 0.7857
Q.37. Two judges in a beauty contest rank the 12 contestants as follows :
x 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
y 12 9 6 10 3 5 4 7 8 2 11 1
What the degree of agreement is there between the judges. Ans.: -0.454
Q.38.The competitors in a beauty contestare ranked by three judges in the following order.
1st Judge1 5 4 8 9 6 10 7 3 2
2nd Judge4 8 7 6 5 9 10 3 2 1
3rd Judge6 7 8 1 5 10 9 2 3 4
Use rank correlation coefficient to discuss which pair of judges has nearest approach to beauty.
Ans.: 2nd and 3rd
Q.39.Nine students secured the following percentage of marks in mathematics & Chemistry.
Mathematics 78 36 98 25 75 82 90 62 65
Chemistry 84 51 91 60 68 62 86 58 53
Find the rank correlation coefficient . Ans : 0.84
Q.40.From the following data obtain the two regression lines and the correlation coefficient
Sales 100 98 78 85 110 95 80
Purchage 85 90 70 72 95 81 74
Q.41.Obtain the two regression lines and the correlation coefficient from the following data:
x 6 2 10 4 8
y 9 11 5 8 7
Q.42. Find Regression line X on Y from the following table.
X 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Y 10 12 16 28 25 36 41 49 40 50
For 1000 students in a college the following datab relating to height (x) & weight (y) are given
x = 168 cm, y = 68 kg ,  x = 6.5 cm ,  y = 9.1 kg , rxy = 0.7
Find (a) Height of a student when weight is 80 kg
(b) Weight of student when height is 160 cm
Q.43. For the following observations, find regression coefficient bxy & byx and hence find the correlation coefficient
between x & y. (4,2), (2,3),(3,2),(4,4),(2,4).
Q.44.A standard curve passing through the origin was prepared for colour estimation of sulphadiazine. The
Concentration and absorbance’s are given below. Find the equations of line.
Concentration 5 10 15 20 30 40
Absorbance 0.120 0.231 0.362 0.458 0.698 0.888
Q.45.Calculate the regression coefficient and find the two lines of regression from the following data:
X 70 72 74 76 78 80
y 163 170 179 188 196 220
Find the value of y when x is 73. Ans : 175.37
Q.46 Find the line of regression for the following data and estimate y corresponding to x=15.5 Ans : 26.465
X 10 12 13 16 17 20 25
y 19 22 24 27 29 33 37
Q.47. Find the regression coefficient of y on x for the following data:
X 1 2 3 4 5
y 160 180 140 180 200