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DYAL SINGH COLLEGE, LAHORE

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Paper Statistics E2+E3(Objective) December Test (held 2014) Total marks 17 Time: 20 minutes (Prof.
Shahid Iqbal)
Question-1. Attempt any 17 MCQs
MCQs (1X17)
1- The degree of peaked ness or flatness of a unimodel distribution is called:
(a) Skewness
(b) Symmetry (c)
Dispersion
(d) Kurtosis
2- If X and Y are independent random variables, then S.D(X Y) is equal to:
(a) S.D(X) S.D(Y)

(b) Var(X) Var(Y)

(c)

Var ( X ) Var (Y )

(d)

Var ( X )+ Var (Y )
3- A variable that assumes only some selected values in a range is called:
(a) Continuous variable
(b) Quantitative variable
(c) Discrete variable

(d) Qualitative variable

4-A variable that assumes any value within a range is called:

(a) Discrete variable
(b) Continuous variable
(c) Independent variable

(d) Dependent variable

5- The first three moments of a distribution about the mean are 1, 4 and 0. The distribution is:
(a). Symmetrical
(b) Skewed to the left
(c) Skewed to the right
(d) Normal
6-. The variance is zero only if all observations are the:
(a) Different
(b) Square
(c) Square root (d) Same
7-. If S.D(X) = 6 and S.D(Y) = 8. If X and Yare independent random variables, then S.D(X-Y) is:
(a) 2
(b) 10 (c) 14 (d) 100
8- The sum of the relative frequencies for all classes will always equal
(a).
(b).
(c). one
(d).
f
9- The scatter in a series of values about the average is called:
(a) Central tendency
(b) Dispersion (c) Skewness (d) Symmetry
10- If there are ten values each equal to 10, then standard deviation of these values is:
(a) 100 (b) 20 (c) 10 (d) 0
11- The positive square root of the mean of the squares of the deviations of observations from their
mean is called:
(a) Variance
(b) Range
(c) Standard deviation (d) Coefficient of variation
12- The value of standard deviation changes by a change of:
(a) Origin
(b) Scale
(c) Algebraic signs
(d) None
13-Which of average would be inappropriate for summarizing this data set: 4, 3, 3, 2, 4, 3, 46?
(a) mode
(b)
median
(c)
mean (d) all of the above
14- The first and second moments about guessed mean are -2 and 13 respectively, The standard
deviation will be:
(a) -2 (b) 3
(c) 9
(d) 13
15- If the observations of a variable X are, -4, -20, -30, -44 and -36, then the value of the range will be:
(a) -48 (b) 40 (c) -40 (d) 48
16- The mean deviation of the scores 12, 15, 18 is:
(a) 6
(b) 0
(c) 3
(d) 2
17- The second and fourth moments about mean are 4 and 48 respectively, then the distribution is:
(a) Leptokurtic (b) Platykurtic (c) Mesokurtic or normal
(d) Positively skewed

18- Which of the following is a unit free quantity:

(a) Range
(b) Standard deviation (c) Coefficient of variation

(d) Arithmetic mean

19- If all the values in a series are same, then:

(a) A.M = G.M = H.M
(b) A.M G.M H.M

(c) A.M > G.M > H.M

(d) A.M < G.M < H.M

20-If all the items in a variable are non-zero and non-negative then:
(a) A.M > G.M > H.M
(b) G.M > A.M > H.M
(c) H.M > G.M > A.M

(d) A.M < G.M < H.M

GOVT. DYAL SINGH COLLEGE, LAHORE

Paper Statistics E2+E3(Subjective) December Test (2014) Total marks 83 Time:2.40 Hours
(Prof. Shahid Iqbal)
Question-2 . Attempt any 22 Short Questions
Short Questions
(2 22=44)
1- Define descriptive Statistics.
2- Define Inferential Statistics.
3- Name the 6 main sources of primary data?
4- Name the main sources of secondary
data?
5- Differentiate between variable and constant? 6- Differentiate between parameter and
statistic?
7- Differentiate between population and sample. 8- Write any two desirable qualities of
good average.
9- Give any Two properties of Arithmetic Mean. 10- When Weighted Arithmetic Mean is
used.
11- In a moderately skewed distribution the mode=7, the median=5, find the mean?
12- In a moderately positively skewed distribution what is the arrangement of mean median
and mode?
13- In a moderately negatively skewed distribution what is the arrangement of mean median
and mode?
14- Define Median. 15- For the Wi: 1, 3, 5, 5; and Xi:30, 30, 40, 45; find appropriate mean.
16- Define A.M.
17- Define G.M. 18- Define H.M
19- Define Quartiles.
20Define S.D.
21-Differentiate between absolute and relative dispersion.
22- Define the Mean Deviation or average deviation.
23- For the given arrayed numbers: x , 6, 9,11, 14, the mean= median. What is the number
missing x?
24- Find the value of A.M. given that X=10+5u, fu=50 and f=10
25- For two independent variables X and Y if S.D(X) = 1 and S.D(Y) = 3, then find the Var(3X
- Y).
26- If Y = aX b, where a and b are any two constants and a 0, then find the Var(Y).
27- Write down Sheppards correction for 4.
28- In a mesokurtic or normal distribution, 4 = 243. , then find the standard deviation.
29- The following is a frequency distribution for the ages of a sample of employees at a local
company.
30- Find the H.M. of the values 5, 9, 11, 0, 17, 13
31- If mean=50, mode=40 and standard deviation=5, then find coefficient of skewness and
explain it.
32-First two moments about the value 2 of a variable are 1 and 16. Then find the variance
and S.D.
33-If the geometric of the two numbers X1 and X2 is 9. If X1=3, then find the value of X2.
Question-3 Attempt any 3 Short Numerical
Short Numerical
(3 8=24)
1- Find Coefficient of Q.D. for the data: 5, 9, 11, 0, 17, 13, 7, 6, 8, 14, 15.
Age
30 - 39
40 - 49
50 - 59
60 - 69
70 - 79
Frequency
2
3
7
6
2
2- For the given age frequency distribution, compute the coefficient of variation.
Class
Frequency

45 - 47
2

48 - 50
5

51 - 53
8

54 - 56
4

57 - 59
1

3-For the class frequency distribution, draw histogram and cumulative frequency polygon.
4-Given that f=76, fy=572, fy2=4848, fy3=44240, fy4=42580. Find 1st four moments
about mean and discuss symmetry and kurtosis of the data.
5-The
50 - 54
55 - 59
60 - 64
65 - 69
70 - 74
following is the Speed (mph)
frequency
Frequency
2
4
5
10
9
distribution for
the speeds of a sample of automobiles traveling on an interstate highway. Find H.M.
Practical
(115=15)
1. Given below are the mean annual birth rates per thousand at ages 20-65 in each of 88
occupational groups. (a) Construct a grouped frequency distribution with starting at 3.5 and
class interval 1.
7.5, 8.2, 6.2, 8.9, 7.8, 5.4, 9.4, 9.9, 10.9, 10.8, 7.4,, 9.7, 11.6, 12.6, 5.0, 10.2, 9.2, 12.0, 9.9,
7.3, 7.3, 8.4,, 10.3, 10.1, 10.0, 11.1, 6.5, 12.5, 7.8, 6.5, 8.7, 9.3, 12.4,, 10.6, 9.1, 9.7, 9.3,
6.2, 10.3, 6.6, 7.4, 8.6, 7.7, 9.4,, 7.7, 12.8, 8.7, 5.5, 8.6, 9.6, 11.9, 10.4, 7.8, 7.6, 12.1,, 4.6,
14.0, 8.1, 11.4, 10.6, 11.6, 10.4, 8.1, 4.6, 6.6, 12.8,, 6.8, 7.1, 6.6, 8.8, 8.8, 10.7, 10.8, 6.0,
7.9, 7.3, 9.3,, 9.3, 8.9, 10.1, 3.9, 6.0, 6.9, 9.0, 8.8, 9.4, 11.4, 10.9.
2. (a) For the paragraph given below construct the grouped frequency distribution of word
length.
A rise in inflation rate lowers the purchasing power of the currency i.e. every currency unit
purchases smaller amount of goods and services. Accordingly, real value of the unit of
account and medium of exchange in an economy is lowered. Influences of inflation in an
economy are numerous and are concurrently good and bad. Bad influences comprise of a
reduction in the real value of money and other financial items over time. Indecision with
regard to future inflation creates morel hazards that include rise of dishonesty, cheating,
corruption etc. That may discourage investment and savings thus hampering efficiency,
productivity, and growth, and may lower the competitive strength of a country's trade and
finally may result in currency devaluation. Positive effects include that central banks are
assured that these make adjustments in nominal interest rates to avoid or alleviate
recessions, and encourage investment in non-monetary capital projects.

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