TH12A16B SECTION – B (5 × 5 = 25 Marks)

P.S.G.R.KRISHNAMMAL COLLEGE FOR WOMEN Answer all the questions:

College with Potential for Excellence
(An autonomous, Re-Accredited, ISO Certified Institution affiliated to Bharathiar University) 9. a. Represent the following data by a histogram.
Peelamedu* Coimbatore – 641004
Marks 0-10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60 60-70 70-80
B.Com Degree Examination, November 2013 No.of
8 12 22 35 40 60 52 40
Students
Commerce with Computer Application / e-Commerce - Semester III
(or)
ALLIED – STATISTICS FOR COMMERCE LEVEL I
b. Compute the mean and median and mode for the following data :
Time: 3 Hours Maximum: 75 Marks
SECTION – A (5 × 2 = 10 Marks) x 0 − 10 10 − 20 20 − 30 30 − 40 40 − 50
Answer any Five questions: f 12 18 20 25 23
1. Find the harmonic mean of 2, 4, 6, 27
2. Calculate the coefficient of range form the following data : 10.a. From the following data calculate Karl Pearson’s coefficient of
Marks 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60 skewness.
No.of Students 8 10 12 8 4

3. In a certain distribution the following results are obtained : Marks 0-10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60 60-70 70-80
No.of
5 6 11 21 35 30 22 18
X = 45 , Median = 48, Coefficient of Skewness = -0.4. Find Students
Standard Deviation. (or)
4. The first four central moments of a distribution are 0, 2.5, 0.7 and b. Explain Correlation. What are the various methods of studying
18.75. Test the skewness. correlation. Explain any one method.
5. What are the components of time series?
11.a. Calculate the 5 yearly moving average for the following data and
6. Fit a trend line by the method of semi averages for the data given below
draw a trend line.
Year 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997
Population
412 438 444 454 470 482 490 500
(in million) Year 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997
No.of 705 685 703 687 705 689 715 685 725 730
7. Write the uses of index numbers. Students
8. Write the formula of F in F-test. (or)

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 b. Calculate the seasonal index for the following data using the 13.a. 1000 students at college level were graded according to their
method of simple averages : Intelligence quotent and the economic condition of their homes.
Use χ 2 test to find out whether there is any association between
Year I Quarter II Quarter III Quarter IV Quarter
economic condition at home and IQ.
2007 72 68 80 70
2008 76 70 82 74 Economic Condition High Low Total
2009 74 66 84 80 Rich 460 140 600
2010 76 74 84 78 Poor 240 160 400
2011 78 74 86 82 Total 700 300 100

12.a. Compute Paasche and Laspeyre’s index number. Given for v = 1, ψ 2 0.05 = 3.84
(or)
Commodities Base year Current year
b. Two random samples were drawn from two normal populations
Quantity Price Quantity Price
and their values are :
A 40 4 35 3
A : 66 67 75 76 82 84 88 90 92
B 15 3 20 4
B : 64 66 74 78 82 85 87 92 93 95 97
C 20 6 15 5
D 30 5 25 2 Test whether the two populations have the same variance at the 5%
level of significance. (F = 3.36) at 5% level for v1 = 10, v2 = 8
(or)
b. From the data given below find the number of students who score SECTION – C (5 × 8 = 40 Marks)
between 40 and 45 marks by applying Newton’s formula for Answer any five questions:
interpolation. 14. During 10 weeks of a session, the marks obtained by two candidates
Ramesh and Suresh taking a course are given below. Who is more
Marks 0-10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50
consistent and why?
No.of Students 9 15 10 8 4
Ramesh : 58 59 60 54 65 66 52 75 69 52
Suresh : 87 89 78 71 73 84 65 66 56 46

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15. Calculate the coefficient of rank correlation and Pearsonian 19. Determine the percentage of criminals under 35 years of age
coefficient of correlaton :
Age Percentage of Criminals
x : 48 33 40 9 16 16 65 24 16 57
Under 25 years 52
y : 13 13 24 6 15 4 20 9 6 19
Under 30 years 67.3
Under 40 years 84.1
16. Following are the marks obtained by a class of students in X and Y Under 50 years 94.4
subjects. Compute regression equation of X on Y.
X : 80 45 55 56 58 60 65 68 70 75 85 20. The following table gives monthly sales (in thousand) of a certain
Y : 82 56 50 48 60 62 64 65 70 74 90
firm in three states by its four salesman.

Salesman
17. Fit a straight line trend by the method of least squares. States
I II III IV
Year : 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 A 6 5 3 8
Sales B 8 9 6 5
20 24 22 30 28 32 30
(in tonnes ) : C 10 7 8 7

Set up analysis of variance table and test whether there is any

18. From the following data calculate Fisher’s ideal index and prove
significant difference between sales by the firm salesman and sales
that it satisfies both time reversal test and factor reversal test
in the three states.
1997 1998
Commodity
Price Quantity Price Quantity
A 4 8 5 8
B 5 10 6 12
C 3 6 4 7
D 8 5 10 4 ************

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