SHOBHIT UNIVERSITY MODIPURAM, MEERUT
Assignment- I
Q.1. Define application of Statistics?
Q.2. Write the types of diagrams and also define the one dimensional diagrams?
Q.3. Difference between primary and secondary data.
Q.4. The growth of production of fish for the period 1996-97 to 2002-03 is given below:
Year Marine Inland Total (lakh tones)
1996-97 5.34 2.18 7.52
1997-98 8.80 2.80 11.60
1998-99 10.86 6.70 17.56
1999-00 10.55 8.87 24.42
2000-01 16.98 11.03 28.01
2001-02 17.16 11.60 28.76
2002-03 12.47 8.42 20.89
Represent the data by a suitable diagram.
Q.5. Define cumulative frequency with example?
Q.6. Write the limitations of diagram and graph.
Q.7. Define average with objective of average.
Q.8. From the following data of the marks obtained by 60 students of a class calculate the
arithmetic mean, median and mode:
Marks No. of Students Marks No. of Students
20 8 50 10
30 12 60 6
40 20 70 4
Q.9. The mean marks of 100 students were found to be 40. Later on it was discovered that a
score of 43 was misread as 73. Find the correct mean corresponding to the correct score.
Q.10. The mean height of 25 male workers in a factory is 61 inches and the mean height of 35
female workers in the same factory is 58 inches. Find the combined mean height of 60 workers
in the factory.
Q.11. Calculate mean, median and mode from the following data:
Marks No. of Students Marks No. of Students
Above 0 80 Above 60 28
Above 10 77 Above 70 16
Above 20 72 Above 80 10
Above 30 65 Above 90 8
Above 40 55 Above 100 0
Above 50 43
Q.12. In a moderately asymmetrical distribution, the mode and mean are 32.1 and 35.4
respectively. Find out the value of median.
[Link] rate of a certain commodity in the first week of January 1987 is 0.4kg. per rupee; it is
0.6 kg. per week in the second week and 0.5 kg. per rupee in the third week. Therefore is it
correct to say that the average price is 0.5 kg. per rupee? Verify.
Q.15. Calculate the median and mode (by grouping method) from the following data:
Central size: 15 25 35 45 55 65 75 85
Frequency: 5 9 13 21 20 15 8 3
Q.16. Find the missing information in the following table:
A B C Combine
Number 10 8 - 24
Mean 20 - 6 15
Geometric Mean 10 7 - 8.397
Q.17. Average rainfall of a city from Monday to Saturday is 0.3 inch. Due to heavy rainfall on
Sunday the average rainfall for the week increased to 0.5 inch. What was rainfall on Sunday?
Q.18. The median and mode of the following wage distribution are known to be Rs. 33.5 and 34
respectively. Three frequency values from the table are however missing. Find these missing
values.
Wages (in Rs.) No. of Workers
0-10 4
10-20 16
20-30 ?
30-40 ?
40-50 ?
50-60 6
60-70 4
230
Q.19. Find the geometric mean from the following data:
Group Index Number Weights
Food 260 46
Fuel & Lighting 180 10
Clothing 220 8
House Rent 230 20
Education 120 12
Misc. 200 4
Q.20. An aero plane covers the four sides of a square at speeds of 1000, 2000, 3000 and 4000
km. per hour respectively. What is the average speed of the plane in its flight around the square?