Assignment-1

Problem-1
The following is the age distribution of 1000 persons working in a large
industrial house:
Age group No. of persons Age group No. of persons
20-25 30 45-50 105
25-30 160 50-55 70
30-35 210 55-60 60
35-40 180 60-65 40
40-45 145
Cont…
Due to continuous losses, it is desired to bring down the strength to
30% of the present number according to the following schemes:
(1) To retrench 150 persons from the lower age groups and to absorb
the next 450 in other branches;
(2) To make 100 from the highest age groups to retire permanently, if
necessary.
Calculate the age limits of the persons retained and those to be
transferred to other departments. Find the average age of those
retained.
Problem-2
Income of employees in an organization are given below. Compute the
average income. Every employee belonging to top 25% of the earners is
required to pay 5% of his income to workers’ relief fund. Estimate the
contribution to this fund.
Income (Rs.) Frequency Income (Rs.) Frequency

Below 500 90 1500 -2000 80

500-1000 150 2000-2500 70
1000-1500 100 2500-3000 10
Problem-3
The prices of a tea company shares in Delhi and Mumbai markets in last
10 months are recorded as:
Month Delhi Mumbai Month Delhi Mumbai
August 105 108 January 127 125
September 120 117 February 109 125
October 115 120 March 110 120
November 118 130 April 104 110
Problem-4
The mean and standard deviation of a sample of size 10 were found to
be 9.5 and 2.5 respectively. Later on, an additional observation became
available. This was 15 and was included in the original sample. Find the
mean and standard deviation of the 11 observations.
Problem-5
Find the missing information from the following:

Group-I Group-II Group-III Combined

Number 50 ? 90 200
Mean 113 ? 115 116
St. Deviation 6 7 ? 7.746