STATISTICS PAPER I
STATISTICS PAPER I
STATISTICS PAPER I
Section– A
I. Answer any TEN of the following: 10× 1 = 10
1. Define vital statistics.
2. Which index number shows upward bias?
3. Define CPI?
4. Which variation in time series is predictable?
5. For a Chi-square variate with 10 df, find the variance.
6. If Z is a SNV and P (Z>K) = 0.05, find the value of K.
7. Define Type I error?
8. What is an estimator?
9. Write the df while testing independence of attributes in a 2x2 Contingency table.
10. Define S. Q.C.
11. When a Transportation problem is balanced?
12. Define two person zero sum game.
Section– B
Section – C
III. Answer any EIGHT of the following: 8 × 5 = 40
25. Calculate GRR from the following data and comment on population status.
Age group (in Female Female births
years) Population
15-19 8600 80
20-24 9400 230
25-29 9000 480
30-34 8500 300
35-39 7800 210
40-44 7200 160
45-49 6800 60
34. Draw R-chart for the following data and give your conclusion Ri ; 6, 5, 8, 4, 1, 2 and n=5
35. A manufacturer produces 2 products A and B which needs two machines P and Q. Product A
requires 6 hrs on machine P and 2 hrs on machine Q. Product B requires 4 hours on machine P and
4 hours an machine Q. There are 100 hours of time available on machine P and 80 hours an
machine Q. Profit earned by the manufacturer on selling one unit of A is Rs.10 and on selling one
unit of B is Rs.15, Formulate L.P.P.
36. A firm has an annual demand of 3000 units of row materials. The setup cost is Rs.25 per order and
holding cost is Rs.2 per unit / year. Determine (i) optimal order quantity (ii) number of order per year
(iii) Annual average inventory cost.
Section – D
IV. Answer any TWO of the following: 2× 10 = 20
37. From the following data, calculate Total Fertility Rates and compare the fertility of the two cities.
Age Female Population No. of live births
City A (000’s) City B (000’s) City A City B
15-19 14 47 1204 1222
20-24 15 50 2295 7400
25-29 14 46 2590 9660
30-34 12 44 1236 5544
35-39 13 40 936 1360
40-44 12 39 288 507
45-49 11 30 33 60
38. Verify whether Marshall – Edgeworth’s Index number satisfies Time Reversal Test and Factor
Reversal Test using the following dates.
Items Base year Current year
Price year Quantity Price Quantity
A 40 2 50 3
B 20 3 30 3
C 30 6 30 8
D 80 5 100 6
39. Fit a parabolic trend to the following time series and estimate the profit for the year 2010.
Year 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Profit 50 60 55 61 72 73 75
40. Following is the data regarding number of mistake per page found in a book containing 1090 pages.
Fit a Poisson distribution. Test at 5% L.O.S. that it is a good fit.
No. of mistake 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
per page
No. of pages 351 376 225 89 33 13 3
Section – E
V. Answer any TWO of the following: 2× 5 = 10
41. A students preparing for an examination studies only 20 out of 25 sections prescribed. If the teacher
selects 10 sections at random, what-is the probability that the students will have studied 9 of these
sections?
42. A machine produced 5 defective articles among 80, after some repair the machine produced
defective articles among 60. Test whether the preparation of defective articles have reduced after
repair at 5% L.O.S.
43. Following is the data regarding five students administered for an I.Q. test before and after treatment
of yoga training to increase I.Q.
IQ before training 118 120 116 115 125
IQ after training 125 118 125 120 130
Is yoga training is effective? (at 5%) .
44. A machine costs Rs.35000 and the operating cost is estimated to be Rs.500 for the first year and
increase by Rs.3000 every year for next 5 years. Determine the optimum period for replacement of
the machine, assuming that the machine has no resale value.
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