TH13A16B SECTION – B (5 × 5 = 25 Marks)

PSGR KRISHNAMMAL COLLEGE FOR WOMEN Answer all the questions:

College with Potential for Excellence
Autonomous, Re-accredited, ISO Certified Institution affiliated to Bharathiar University 9. a. Represent the following data by means of a percentage bar diagram.
Peelamedu* Coimbatore – 641004
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Cost of Production (`
B.Com Degree Examination, November 2015 Item
1992 1993 1994
Commerce with Computer Application / e-Commerce / Raw Material 5000 6600 9000
Labour 2000 3000 3000
Financial Services – Semester II Overhead 2000 1800 1800
ALLIED – STATISTICS FOR COMMERCE – LEVEL I Others 1000 600 1200
10000 12000 15000
Time: 3 Hours Maximum: 75 Marks (or)
SECTION – A (5 × 2 = 10 Marks) b. Define mode and find out mode for the following data using
Answer any Five questions: grouping and analysis table.

1. Define sub-divided bar diagram. Class Interval 0-5 5-10 10-15 15-20 20-25 25-30 30-35 35-40
Frequency 9 12 15 16 17 15 10 13
2. Define Mean deviation. Find the Geometric mean also.

3. Define Correlation. 10.a. Find the rank correlation coefficient for the distribution of marks
secured by a group of 8 students in Economics and Statistics.
4. Write the formula for Karl Pearson’s coefficient of skewness.
Marks in Economics 50 60 65 70 75 40 70 80
5. What is meant by seasonal fluctuations.
Marks in Statistics 80 71 60 75 90 82 70 50
Give your inference.
6. Define quantity index number.
(or)
7. Write the formula for Lagrange’s method in interpolation. b. Calculate Quartile deviation and its coefficient for the following data:
Wage Per Item ` 12 15 20 25 30 40 50
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8. Define the χ test statistic for testing the goodness of fit. Number of Items 10 25 40 70 32 13 10

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11.a. Draw a trend line by the method of semi averages. 13.a. A certain drug is claimed to be effective in curing cold. In an
Year 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 experiment on 500 persons with cold, half of them were given the
Production
90 110 130 150 100 150 200 drug and half of them were given the sugar pills. The patients
(in tonnes)

(or) reactions to the treatment are recorded in the following table :

b. Using four yearly moving averages, calculate the trend values and
Helped Harmed No effect Total
short term fluctuations.
Year 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 Drug 150 30 70 250
Production 464 515 518 467 502 Sugarpills 130 40 80 250
Year 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 Total 280 70 150 500
Production 540 557 571 586 612
Check whether the claim is significant at 5% level of significance.

12.a. It is stated that Marshall – Edgeworth index number is a good (or)

approximation to the ideal index number. Verify, using the b. Two samples are drawn from two normal populations from
following data :
following data test. Whether the two samples have the same
2000 2001
Commodity variance at 5% level
Price Quantity Price Quantity
A 2 74 3 82 Sample 1 60 65 71 74 76 82 85 87
B 5 125 4 140 Sample 2 61 66 67 85 78 63 85 86 88 91
C 7 40 6 33
(or) Test whether the two samples taken from two random populations
b. Interpolate y when x = 32 from the following data:
have the same variance.
x : 30 34 36 38 40
y : 340 353 358 364 369
What method do you use and why?
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 SECTION – C (5 × 8 = 40 Marks) 16. Calculate Karl Pearson’s coefficient of correlation from the
Answer any five questions: following data :
14. Draw a suitable diagram to represent the following submitted
Weight (lbs) 90-100 100-110 110-120 120-130 130-140
as a part of the budget proposal of the Govt. of India for the
No.of Students 4 2 18 22 21
year 1995 – 1996. Weight (lbs) 140-150 150-160 160-170 170-180

Item Expenditure Percentage No.of Students 19 10 3 2

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Defence 13 17. Define time series. Explain its components. What are the use of time
Subsidies 6
series?
Other Non-Plan Expenditure 10
States Share of taxes and duties 15 18. Given the data for 2012 – 13 and 2013 – 2014:
Non-Plan assistance to state and VT Governments 6
State and UT Plan Assistance 10 Commodity Commodity

Central Plan 14 A B A B

Total 100 p0 1 1 p1 2 x

q0 10 5 q1 5 2

15. Calculate the Mean, Median , Mode and standard deviation

Marks 11-20 21-30 31-40 41-50 Where p, q stand for price and quantity and subscripts for the time

No.of Students 42 38 120 84

period. Find x if the ratio between the Laspeyre’s (L) and Paasche’s
Marks 51-60 61-70 71-80
48 36 31 (P) index number is L : P = 28 : 27.
No.of Students

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19. From the following table find the number of students who obtained

less than 45 marks

Marks 30-40 40-50 50-60 60-70 70-80

No.of Students 31 42 51 35 31

20. The three samples below have been obtained from normal

populations with equal variances. Test the hypothesis that the

sample means are equal :

8 7 12
10 5 9
7 10 13
14 9 12
11 9 14

The table value of F at 5% level for υ1 = 2, υ2 = 12 is 3.88.

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