SET-A

CLASS TEST-BUSINESS STATISTICS

ANSWER THE FOLLOWING

MAXMARKS: 15
TIME: 1 HR

1. GROW &EARN seed company sells three grades of early white sugar corn seed,
distinguished according to the consistency of germination of the seeds. The state seed
testing laboratory has a sample of each grade of seed and its test results on the number of
seeds that germinate out of packages of 100 are as follows:
GRADE 1 (REGULAR) 88 91 92 89 79
GRADE 2 (EXTRA) 87 92 88 90 92
GRADE 3 (SUPER) 90 89 79 93 88

Does GROW &EARN’S grading of its seeds make sense? (7.5 marks)

2. A librarian polled 20 different people as they left the library and asked them how many
books they checked out. Here are the responses:

1 0 2 2 3 4 2 1 2 0 2 2
3 1 0 7 3 5 4 2

(a) Compute the mode for this data set.

(b) Compute mean for this data set.
(c) Graph the data set by plotting frequency verses number checked out. Is the mean
or the mode a better measure of the central tendency of the data? (3.5 marks)

3. Compare mean, median and mode for symmetric and asymmetric distributions?
In a skewed distribution which is often the best measure of average? Justify? (4 marks)
 SET-A
CLASS TEST-BUSINESS STATISTICS

ANSWER THE FOLLOWING

MAXMARKS: 15
TIME: 1 HR

1. Comment on the performance of the students in three universities given below,

(7.5 marks)

University BOMBAY CALCUTTA MADRAS

course of % OF NO. OF % OF NO.OF % OF NO.OF
study PASS STUDENTS(I PASS STUDENTS(IN’00s) PASS STUDENTS(‘00s)
N ‘00s)
M.A 71 3 82 2 81 2

M.COM. 83 4 76 3 76 3.5

B.A. 73 5 73 6 74 4.5

B.COM. 74 2 76 7 58 2

B.SC. 65 3 65 3 70 7

M.SC. 66 3 60 7 73 2

2. The following table gives the distribution of the wages of 65 employees in a

factory: (7.5 marks)

Wages in Rs 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 120

(equal to or
more than)
No of 65 57 47 31 17 7 2 0
employees

a) Draw a less than ogive curve for the data

b) Find the median value graphically
c) Check the median value using direct method
d) Estimate the number of employees earning at least Rs.63 but less than Rs.75