Statistics
Short Answer Type Questions
1. Find the mean deviation about the mean of the distribution.
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Solution
Size | 20 | 22 | 24 | ||
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Frequency | 6 | 5 | 4 | ||
Size | Frequency | ||||
20 | 6 | 120 | 1.65 | 9.90 | |
21 | 4 | 84 | 0.65 | 2.60 | |
22 | 5 | 110 | 0.35 | 1.75 | |
23 | 1 | 23 | 1.35 | 1.35 | |
24 | 4 | 96 | 2.35 | 9.40 | |
Total | 20 | 433 | 25 | ||
2. Find the mean deviation about the median of the following distribution.
Marks obtained | 10 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 15 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of students | 2 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 4 |
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Solution
Marks obtained | f_id_i | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
11 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 |
12 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
14 | 3 | 16 | 2 | 6 |
15 | 4 | 20 | 3 | 12 |
Total |
3. Calculate the mean deviation about the mean of the set of first
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Solution
Consider first natural number when
4. Calculate the mean deviation about the mean of the set of first
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Solution
Consider first
5. Find the standard deviation of first
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Solution
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
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1 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 25 |
6. The mean and standard deviation of some data for the time taken to complete a test are calculated with the following results
Number of observation
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Solution
Given,
For first set,
For combined SD of the 40 observations
7. The mean and standard deviation of a set of
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Solution
Let
and
Now, mean
The variance
Now,
But
[algebraic sum of the deviation of values of first series from their mean is zero]
Also,
Where,
Similarly,
where,
Combined SD
where,
and
Also,
8. Two sets each of 20 observations, have the same standard deviation 5. The first set has a mean 17 and the second mean 22 .
Determine the standard deviation of the
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Solution
Given,
We know that,
9. The frequency distribution
2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
where,
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Solution
2 | |||
1 | |||
1 | |||
1 | |||
1 | |||
1 | |||
Total | 7 | ||
10. For the frequency distribution
2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
4 | 9 | 16 | 14 | 11 | 6 |
Find the standard distribution.
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Solution
2 | 4 | -2 | -8 | 16 |
3 | 9 | -1 | -9 | 9 |
4 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
5 | 14 | 1 | 14 | 14 |
6 | 11 | 2 | 22 | 44 |
7 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 54 |
Total | 60 | |||
11. There are 60 students in a class. The following is the frquency distribution of the marks obtained by the students in a test.
Marks | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Frequency |
where,
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Solution
12. The mean life of a sample of 60 bulbs was
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Solution
Here,
13. If mean and standard deviation of 100 items are 50 and 4 respectively, then find the sum of all the item and the sum of the squares of item.
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Solution
Here,
14. If for distribution
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Solution
Given,
15. Find the mean and variance of the frequency distribution given below.
6 | 4 | 5 | 1 |
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Solution
6 | 2 | 12 | 24 | |
4 | 4 | 16 | 64 | |
5 | 6 | 30 | 180 | |
1 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 72.25 | |
Total |
Long Answer Type Questions
16. Calculate the mean deviation about the mean for the following frequency distribution.
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Solution
17. Calculate the mean deviation from the median of the following data.
Class interval | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Frequency | 4 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 2 |
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Solution
Class interval | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 44 | ||
6-12 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 25 | |
3 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 3 | ||
6 | 21 | 18 | 7 | 42 | ||
2 | 27 | 20 | 13 | 26 | ||
Total |
So, the median class is
18. Determine the mean and standard deviation for the following distribution.
Marks | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Frequency | 1 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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Solution
Marks | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2 | 1 | 2 | -4 | 16 | |
3 | 6 | 18 | -18 | 54 | |
4 | 6 | 24 | -12 | 24 | |
5 | 8 | 40 | -8 | 8 | |
6 | 8 | 48 | 0 | 0 | |
7 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 2 | |
8 | 2 | 16 | 4 | 8 | |
9 | 3 | 27 | 9 | 27 | |
10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
11 | 2 | 22 | 10 | 50 | |
12 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 36 | |
13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
16 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 100 | |
Total |
19. The weights of coffee in 70 jars is shown in the following table
Weight (in g) | Frequency |
---|---|
13 | |
27 | |
18 | |
10 | |
1 | |
1 |
Determine variance and standard deviation of the above distribution.
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Solution
Cl | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
200-201 | 13 | 200.5 | -2 | -26 | 52 |
27 | 201.5 | -1 | -27 | 27 | |
202-203 | 18 | 202.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
203-204 | 10 | 203.5 | 1 | 10 | 10 |
204-205 | 1 | 204.5 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
205-206 | 1 | 205.5 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
-38
Now,
20. Determine mean and standard deviation of first
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Solution
0 | 0 | |
Mean |
||
21. Following are the marks obtained, out of 100, by two students Ravi and Hashina in 10 tests
Ravi | 25 | 50 | 45 | 30 | 70 | 42 | 36 | 48 | 35 | 60 |
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Hashina | 10 | 70 | 50 | 20 | 95 | 55 | 42 | 60 | 48 | 80 |
Who is more intelligent and who is more consistent?
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Solution
For Ravi,
25 | -20 | 400 |
50 | 5 | 25 |
45 | 0 | 0 |
30 | -15 | 225 |
70 | 25 | 625 |
42 | -3 | 9 |
36 | -9 | 81 |
48 | 3 | 9 |
35 | -10 | 100 |
60 | 15 | 225 |
Total |
Now,
For Hashina,
10 | -45 | 2025 |
70 | 25 | 625 |
50 | -5 | 25 |
20 | -35 | 1225 |
95 | 40 | 1600 |
55 | 0 | 0 |
42 | -13 | 169 |
60 | 5 | 25 |
48 | -7 | 49 |
80 | 25 | 625 |
Total |
Hence, Hashina is more consistent and intelligent.
22. Mean and standard deviation of 100 observations were found to be 40 and 10 , respectively. If at the time of calculation two observations were wrongly taken as 30 and 70 in place of 3 and 27 respectively, then find the correct standard deviation.
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Solution
Given,
Corrected
23. While calculating the mean and variance of 10 readings, a student wrongly used the reading 52 for the correct reading 25 . He obtained the mean and variance as 45 and 16, respectively. Find the correct mean and the variance.
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Solution
Given,
Corrected
Corrected
and
corrected
Objective Type Questions
24. The mean deviation of the data
(a) 2
(b) 2.57
(c) 3
(d) 3.75
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Solution
(b) Given, observations are
3 | 4 | |
10 | 3 | |
10 | 3 | |
4 | 3 | |
7 | 0 | |
10 | 3 | |
5 | 2 | |
Total | ||
Now, |
25. Mean deviation for
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
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Solution
(b)
26. When tested, the lives (in hours) of 5 bulbs were noted as follows
The mean deviations (in hours) from their mean is
(a) 178
(b) 179
(c) 220
(d) 356
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Solution
(a) Since, the lives of 5 bulbs are 1357, 1090, 1666, 1494 and 1623.
1357 | 89 |
1090 | 356 |
1666 | 220 |
1494 | 48 |
1623 | 177 |
Total | |
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27. Following are the marks obtained by 9 students in a mathematics test
The mean deviation from the median is
(a) 9
(b) 10.5
(c) 12.67
(d) 14.76
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Solution
(c) Since, marks obtained by 9 students in Mathematics are 50, 69, 20, 33, 53, 39, 40, 65 and 59.
Rewrite the given data in ascending order.
Here
[odd]
20 | 30 | |
33 | 17 | |
39 | 11 | |
40 | 10 | |
50 | 0 | |
53 | 3 | |
59 | 9 | |
65 | 15 | |
69 | 19 | |
MD |
28. The standard deviation of data
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d) 6
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Solution
(a) Given, data are 6, 5, 9, 13, 12, 8, and 10.
29. If
(a)
(c)
(b)
(d)
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Solution
(c) SD is given by
30. If the mean of 100 observations is 50 and their standard deviation is 5 , than the sum of all squares of all the observations is
(a) 50000
(b) 250000
(c) 252500
(d) 255000
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Solution
(c) Given,
31. If
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
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Solution
(a) Given observations are
32. If
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
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Solution
(c) Here,
33. Let
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
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Solution
(a) Given,
Then,
[where,
Now,
From Eqs. (i) and (ii),
34. The standard deviations for first natural numbers is
(a) 5.5
(b) 3.87
(c) 2.97
(d) 2.87
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Solution
(d) We know that, SD of first
35. Consider the numbers
(a) 6.5
(b) 2.87
(c) 3.87
(d) 8.25
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Solution
(d) Given numbers are 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10.
If 1 is added to each number, then observations will be 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 .
36. Consider the first 10 positive integers. If we multiply each number by -1 and, then add 1 to each number, the variance of the numbers, so obtained is
(a) 8.25
(b) 6.5
(c) 3.87
(d) 2.87
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Solution
(a) Since, the first 10 positive integers are1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10.
On multiplying each number by -1 , we get
On adding 1 in each number, we get
37. The following information relates to a sample of size
(a) 6.63
(b) 16
(c) 22
(d) 44
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Solution
(d)
38. If the coefficient of variation of two distributions are 50,60 and their arithmetic means are 30 and 25 respectively, then the difference of their standard deviation is
(a) 0
(b) 1
(c) 1.5
(d) 2.5
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Solution
(a) Here
39. The standard deviation of some temperature data in
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Solution
(a) Given,
Here,
Fillers
40. Coefficient of variation
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41. If
If
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If
42. If the variance of a data is 121 , then the standard deviation of the data is ……
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Solution
If the variance of a data is 121 .
Then,
43. The standard deviation of a data is …… of any change in origin, but is …… on the change of scale.
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Solution
The standard deviation of a data is independent of any change in origin but is dependent of change of scale.
44. The sum of squares of the deviations of the values of the variable is …… when taken about their arithmetic mean.
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Solution
The sum of the squares of the deviations of the values of the variable is minimum when taken about their arithmetic mean.
45. The mean deviation of the data is …… when measured from the median.
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Solution
The mean deviation of the data is least when measured from the median.
46. The standard deviation is …… to the mean deviation taken from the arithmetic mean.
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Solution
The SD is greater than or equal to the mean deviation taken from the arithmetic mean.