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B.B.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION December 2014

(SECOND YEAR)
(PART III)

260. QUANTITATIVE METHODS

(Common with Double Degree)
Time: Three hours

Maximum: 100 marks

SECTION A

(10 2 = 20)

Answer any TEN questions

1.

Define statistics.

2.

What is a sampling?

3.

What do you understand by central tendency?

4.

What is geometric mean?

5.

How does mean deviation differ from standard deviation?

6.

What purpose does a measure of dispersion?

7.

Desire Karl Pearsons coefficient of correlation.

8.

What is regression line?

9.

Explain the term Personal Index.

10. Desire Binomial Distribution.

11. What is Symmetric matrix?
12. What is scalar matrix?

SECTION - B

(4 10 = 40)

Answer any FOUR questions

13.

Discuss the scope and limitation of statistics.

14.

Explain the purpose of tabular presentation of statistical data.

15.

The following table gives the height of students in a class. Find out the quartile
deviation.
Height (inches) :
50-53
53-56
56-59
59-62
62-65
65-68
No. of students :
2
7
24
27
13
3

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16.

Five men in a company of 20 are graduates. It 3 men are picked out of them 20
at random, what is the probability that they are all graduates? What is the
probability of atleast one graduate?

17.

Calculate Karl Pearsons coefficient of correlation for the following data:

Subject

18.

Marks obtained

Mathematics

20

25

30

35

40

45

50

55

60

Statistics

16

20

23

25

33

38

46

50

55

The following table shows the number of customers returning the products in a
marketing territory. The data is for 100 stores:
No. of returns :
No. of stores :

0
4

Fit a Poisson distribution

1
2
3
4
5
6
14 23 23 18 9
9

SECTION - C

(2 20 = 40)

Answer any TWO questions

19. Calculate mean, median and mode from the following data:
Marks more than :
No. of students :

0
80

20
76

40
50

60
28

80
18

100
9

120
3

20. From the following data obtain the two regression equations:
Sales :
91 97 108 121 67 124 51 73
Purchases :
71 75
69
97
70
91
39 61

111
80

57
47

21. The following are the Index Numbers of prices-shift the base from 1975 to 1978:
Year :
Index
number:

1975
100

1976
110

1977
110

1978
200

1979
320

1980
400

1981
410

22. Solve the following equation by using inverse of matrix.

2x + 3y z = 9
x+y+z=9
3x y 2 = -1

1982
400

1983
380

1984
370

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jkpHhf;fk;
gFjp - m
vitnaDk; gj;J tpdhf;fSf;F tpilaspf;
laspf;ft[k;

(10 2 = 20)

1. g[s;spapay; tiuaW.
2. khjpupf; fzpg;g[ vd;why; vd;d?
3. ikag;nghf;F Fwpj;J jh';fs; g[upe;Jf; bfhz;lJ vd;d?
4. bgUf;F ruhrup vd;gJ ahJ?
5. tpyfyhdJ epaktpyfypUe;J vt;thW ntWgLfpwJ
6. rpjwy; msitfspd; gad;fs; ahit?
7. fhu;y; gpau;rdpd; xl;Lwt[ bfGit tiuaW.
8. cld; bjhlu;g[ nghf;F tup vd;gJ ahJ?
9. jdpegu; FwpaPl;L vz; tpsf;F.
10. <Wg;g[ tpdpnahfk; - tiuaW.
11. rkr;rPu; mzp vd;gJ ahJ?
12. vz;zhy; mzp (Scalar Matrix) vd;why; vd;d?
gFjp - M
(4 10 = 40)

vitnaDk;
vitnaDk; ehd;F tpdhf;fSf;F tpilasp

13. g[s;spapaypd; nehf;fk; kw;Wk; jilfis tpthjp.

14. ml;ltizg;gLj;jp tpsf;Fjypd; gad;ghLfis tpsf;ft[k;.
15. fPH;fz;l ml;ltizapy; jug;gl;Ls;s khztu;fspd; cau mst[fisf; bfhz;L
fhy; gFjp tpyfiy (Quartile Deviation) fz;Lgpo.
cauk; (m';Fyk;) :
khztu; vz;zpf;if :

50-53
2

53-56
7

56-59
24

59-62
27

62-65
13

65-68
3

16. 20 ngu; gzpg[upa[k; epWtdj;jpy; 5 Mz;fs; gl;ljhupfs;. me;j 20 ngupy; rPuw;w

Kiwapy; (Random) 3 ngiu gl;ljhupfshf mike;J vLf;f epfH;jft[ ahJ? xnu
xUtu; kl;Lnk gl;ljhupahf ,Uf;f epfH;jft[ ahJ?

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17. fPH;fz;l g[s;sp tpguk; bfhz;L fhu;y; gpau;rdpd; xl;Lwt[ bfHit fzf;fpLf.
(Co-efficient of correlation).
Subject (ghlk;)

bgw;w kjpg;bgz;fs;

fzpjk;

20

25

30

35

40

45

50

55

60

g[s;spapay;

16

20

23

25

33

38

46

50

55

18. xU

re;ijapay; gFjpapy; bghUl;fis jpUk;g mspj;jtu;fs; gl;oay;

fPH;fz;Ls;sJ. ,e;j g[s;sp tpgukhdJ 100 filfspypUe;J bgwg;gl;lJ.
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
jpUk;g bgwg;gl;l vz;zpf;if :
filfspd; vz;zpf;if

nkw;fz;l jfty;fisf;
bghWj;Jf.

14 23 23 18

bfhz;L

gha;rd;

(Poisson

distribution)

gutiy

gFjp - ,
(2 20 = 40)

vitnaDk; ,U tpdhf;fSf;F tpilasp

19. fPH;fz;l jfty;fisf; bfhz;L ruhrup (Mean) ,ilepiy mst[ (Median) kw;Wk;
KfL (Mode) fz;lwpf.
kjpg;bgz; mst[ :
khztu; vz;zpf;if :

0
80

20
76

40
50

60
28

80
18

100
9

120
3

20. fPH;fz;l g[s;sp tpguj;ijf; bfhz;L ,U cld; bjhlu;g[ nghf;Fr; rkd;ghl;il fhz;.
tpw;gid :
bfhs;Kjy; :

91
71

97
75

108
69

121
97

67
70

124
91

51
39

73
61

111
80

57
47

21. fPH;fz;lit tpiyf; FwpaPl;L vz;fs;. mog;gil khw;wkhdJ 1975 Kjy; 1978 tiu
(Shift the base from 1975 to 1978).
1975
1976
1977
1978
tUlk; :
100
110
110
200
FwpaPl;L
vz; :

1979

1980

1981

1982

1983

1984

320

400

410

400

380

370

22. jiyfPH; mzp tupirf; bfhz;L fPH;fz;l rkd;ghl;il jPu;:

2x + 3y z = 9
x+y+z=9
3x y 2 = -1

&&&&&&&