Question Bank

Unit VI Statistics

1. Calculate the standard deviation for following table giving age distribution of 542
members.

Age(in years) 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60 60-70 70-80 80-90

Number of members 3 61 132 153 140 51 2

2. For a group of 200 candidates, the mean and standard deviation of scores were found to
be 40 and 15 respectively. Later on it was discovered that the scores 43 and 35 were
misread as 34 and 53 respectively. Find the corrected mean and standard deviation
corresponding to corrected figures.
3. After shift of origin and change of scale, a frequency distribution of a continuous variable
takes form as under

Step deviation -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3
Frequency(f) 2 5 7 13 21 16 8 3

If the mean and variance of the distribution are respectively 21.9 and 63.9725, find the
original frequency distribution.
4. The first of the two samples has 100 items with mean 15 and standard deviation 3. If the
whole group has 250 items with mean 15.6 and standard deviation √13.44, find the
standard deviation of second group.
5. Prove that for any discrete distribution, standard deviation is not less than mean deviation
from mean.
6. An analysis of monthly wages paid to workers of two firms A and B belonging to the
same industry gives the following results

Firm A Firm B
Number of workers 500 600
Average daily wages Rs 186 Rs 175
Variance of distribution of wages 81 100

1. Which firm A or B has a large wage bill?

2. In which firm A or B, is there greater variability in individual wages?
3. Calculate (a) the average daily wage and (b) the variance of the distribution of
wages of all the workers in the firms A and B taken together.
7. The first four moments of a distribution about the value 4 of the variable are -1.5, 17, -30
and 108. Find the moments about mean β1 and β2.
8. Find the first four moments of the following distribution about the mean and hence find
β1, β2

x 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
f 1 8 28 56 70 56 28 8 1

9. For a distribution of 250 heights, calculation showed that the mean, standard deviation
β1, β2 were 54 inches, 3 inches, 0 inches and 3 inches respectively. It was however,
discovered on checking that the two items 64 and 50 in the origin data werewrongly
written in place of the correct values 62 and 52 inchws respectively calculate the correct
frequency constants.
10. For a distribution, the mean is 10, varience is 16, 𝛾1 is +1 and β2 is 4.obtain the first four
moments about the origin, i.e. zero. Comment upon the nature of distribution.
11. For the frequency distribution of scores in mathematicsof 50 candidates selected at
random from among those appearing at a certain examination. Compute first four
moments about the mean of the distribution.
Also obtain moment coefficientof skewness and kurtoss and comment on the nature of
the distribution.
12. Blood serum cholesterol level of 10 persons are under
240, 260, 290, 295, 255, 288, 272, 263, 277, 251. Calculate standard deviation with the
help of assumed mean.
13. Calculate the standard deviation from the following observations

240.12 240.13 240.15 240.12 240.17

240.15 240.17 240.16 240.22 240.21

14. Calculate the standard deviation from the data given below

Size of the items Frequency

3.5 3
4.5 7
5.5 22
6.5 60
7.5 85
8.5 32
9.5 8

15. Annual salaries of a group of employees are given in the following table

Salaries(in Rs 000) 45 50 55 60 65 70 75 80
Number of persons 3 5 8 7 9 7 4 7
Calculate the standard deviation of the salaries.
16. Calculate the mean and standard deviation of the following frequency distribution of
marks

Marks Number of students

0-10 5
10-20 12
20-30 30
30-40 45
40-50 50
50-60 37
60-70 21

17. Find the S.D. from the following date

Age under 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80
Number of persons dying 15 30 53 75 100 110 115 125

18. Find the S.D. of the following distribution

Age 20-25 25-30 30-35 35-40 40-45 45-50

Number of persons 170 110 80 45 40 35

Take assumed average = 32.5

19. The following table shows that monthly expenditures of 80 students of a university on
morning breakfast

Expenditure(in Rs) Number of students

78-82 2
73-77 6
68-72 7
63-67 12
58-62 18
53-57 13
48-52 9
43-47 7
38-42 4
33-37 2

Calculate the arithmatic mean, standard deviation and coefficient of variation of the
above data.

20. From the prices of shares of X and Y below find out which is more stable in value
X 35 54 52 53 56 58 52 50 51 49
Y 108 107 105 105 106 107 104 103 104 101
21. Goals scored by two terms in a football session were as follows

Number of Goals scored in a Number of football matches played

football matches
Team A Team B
0 15 20
1 10 10
2 07 05
3 05 04
4 03 02
5 02 01
Total 42 42

Calculate the coefficient of variation and state which team is more consistent.
22. Two brands of tyres are tested with the following results

Life in(000 miles) Number of tyres brand

X Y
20-25 1 0
25-30 22 24
30-35 64 76
35-40 10 0
40-45 3 0

(a) Which brand of tyres have greater average life?

(b) Compare the variability and state which brand of tyres would you use on your
fleet of trucks?
23. Analysis of monthly wages paid to workers in two firms A and B, belonging to the same
industry, gives the following result

Firm A Firm B
Number of wage earners 550 650
Average monthly wages Rs. 1450 Rs. 1400
Standard deviation of the distribution of wages Rs. √10000 Rs. √19600

Answer the following quesitions with proper justifications.

(a) Which firm A or B, pays out larger amount as weekly wages?
(b) In which firm A or B is their greater variability in individual wages?
(c) What are the measures of
(i) average weekly wages and
(ii) standard deviation of individual wages of all workers in the two firms taken
together