STATISTICAL METHODS (CVL 716)

1. The fuel capacity in gallons of 55 randomly selected 1995 cars in USA are shown below
a) Construct a grouped frequency distribution table of 7 classes
b) Calculate median

41 54 47 40 39 35 50 37 49 42 70 32
44 52 39 50 40 30 34 69 39 45 33 42
44 63 60 27 42 34 50 42 52 38 36 45
35 43 48 46 31 27 55 63 46 33 60 62
35 46 45 34 53 50 50

2. Define statistical hypothesis.

3. A mid wife claims that the mean weight of babies delivered at her maternity clinic is 3.5kg. A
statistician takes a sample of 10 babies and obtains the following results:

2.8, 2.5, 3.2, 3.5, 3.7, 2.7, 4.0, 4.5, 3.9, 3.6
Test the claim at 0.05 level of significance

4. Twelve batteries were tested to see how many hours they would last. The frequency distribution
is shown below.

Hours Frequency
1–3 1
4–6 4
7–9 5
10 – 12 1
13 – 15 1

a) Calculate the arithmetic mean.

b) Calculate Standard Deviation.
c) List 3 advantages and 3 disadvantages of Arithmetic mean.

5. Define Probability.
6. A coin is tossed three times, find
i. The probability of getting 2 heads and a tail.
ii. The probability of getting 3 heads together.

7. Describe correlation between two random variables.

8. Following data shows car rentals and revenue in the United States. Compute the correlation
coefficient for the data and comment on your result.

Cars (10,000) Revenue (In Billions)

63.0 7.0
29.0 3.9
20.8 2.1
19.1 2.
13.4 1.4
8.4 1.5

9. Define Simple Linear Regression.

10. The following data on market share in percentage (y), and product quality on a scale of 0 to 100,
determined by an objective evaluation procedure (x). Estimate the simple linear regression
between market share and product quality rating.
X: 27 39 73 66 33 43 47 60
Y: 2 3 10 9 4 6 5 7