Course: Quantitative Techniques for Managers

Assignment 2: Lab Based Practical Questions

Instructions:

• This assignment is designed to test your understanding of graphical Representation and

how to visualize your data using different techniques.
• The assignment questions are required to be completed using MS Excel, and the results
must be meticulously organized and presented in the report.

Q1. Draw a Simple Bar Diagram to represent the following figures relating to manufacturing of
machines.
Years 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
No of Machine 1200 1700 1900 2800 2100

Q2. The following table gives the results of MBA students at a college. Draw the multiple bar
diagram to represent the finding.
Year First Division Second Division Third Division
2020 10 30 50
2021 12 45 70
2022 14 50 60
2023 11 40 75

Q3. Draw a percentage bar diagram to represent the following data.

Items of Expenditure Family A Family B

Food 1600 1200

Clothing 800 600
Rent 600 500
Light 400 200
Fuel 800 600

Q4. Create a pie diagram to represent the following data of profits of HLT ltd.
Years 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Profits 5000 10000 25000 30000 20000
Q5. The following table shows the net revenue earned by railways during the Nine Years period
as given below. Draw a line diagram for the following data.
Year Amount
1990-91 227
1991-92 127
1992-93 403
1993-94 554
1994-95 379
1995-96 270
1996-97 686
1997-98 581
1998-99 721

Q6. Draw the subdivided bar diagram for the following data
Year Loans & Capital Revenue Total
Advances
1997 8601 3787 3477 15865
1998 10335 4456 4036 18827
1999 1159 4803 3709 20061

Q7. The following figure relates to the cost of construction of a house in Delhi. Represent the
data with the help of Pie Diagram.
Item Cement Steel Bricks Timber Labour Miscellaneous
Expenditure 20% 18% 10% 15% 25% 12%

Q8. Draw the Histogram for the following data.

Marks 0-10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60 60-70 70-80
No of 20 30 70 50 40 50 40 30
Students
For the following questions the solution should be given both manually and cross verified
using Excel.
Q9. Given Below is the distribution of profits earned by 94 per cent of the retail grocery shops in
a city. Calculate the Mean, Median and Mode for the following data.
Profits 0-10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60 60-70 70-80 80-90
No Of 0 5 14 27 48 68 83 91 94
Shops

Q10. Pandey does statistical analysis for an automobile racing team. The data on fuel consumption
for the teams are as follows:
614.77 16.11 16.11 15.05 15.99 14.91 15.27 16.01 15.75 14.89 16.05 15.22 16.02 15.24 1.11 15.02
a) Calculate the Mean and Median Fuel Consumption
b) Group the data into five equally sized classes. What is the fuel consumption of the
modal Class?
c) Which of the three measures of central tendency is best to use explain.
Q11. Solve the following Case Study.
Q12 Police Record shows the following numbers of daily crimes during winter and summer
months.
Winter 18 20 15 16 21 20 12 16 19 20
Summer 28 18 24 32 18 29 23 38 28 18

a) Compute the Range and Inter Quartile Range for each period.
b) Compute the Variance and Standard Deviation for each period.
c) Compute the Coefficient of Variation for each period and interpret your results.
Q13. The following data represents the percentage of goals met by each of three salespeople over
the last five years. Which Salesman is most consistent.
Animish 88 68 89 92 103
Rajat 76 88 90 86 79
Neelam 104 88 118 88 123

Q14. The following tables give the distribution of monthly wages of 500 workers in the factory.
Compute the Karl Pearson”s and Bowley coefficient of Skewness and Interpret your results.
Wage No of Workers
15-20 10
20-25 25
25-30 145
30-35 220
35-40 70
40-45 30

Submission Guidelines:

• Ensure that your assignment is free from grammatical errors and is well-organized.
• Use appropriate steps, headings, subheadings, and bullet points to enhance readability.
• Submit your assignment by [18th Oct 2023, Wednesday]
• In case we don’t have class on the same day, CRs must collect all the assignment and submit
it to my office before 5 PM, 18th October 2023.
• Please note that late submissions will not be entertained under any circumstances. It
is your responsibility to ensure that your assignment is submitted on time. Late
submissions will result in a penalty or a zero grade, as per the course policy.