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Fourth Semester of 5 Year B.B.A. LL.B. Examination, June/July 2015

BUSINESS STATISTICS

Duration : 3 Hours Max. Marks : 100

Instructions : 1. Answer Q.No. 9 and any five of the remaining questions.

2. Q.No. 9 carries 20 marks and remaining questions carry
16 marks each.
3. Answers should be written in English.
4. Use simple calculator.

Q. No. 1. Discuss the functions and limitations of statistics. Marks : 4×16=64

Q. No. 2. Calculate the mean, median and mode of the following distribution.

Classes Frequency

28-31 1

32-35 14

36-39 56

40-43 172

44-47 245

48-51 263

52-55 156

56-59 67

60-63 23

64-67 03

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Q. No. 3. Calculate the mean and standard deviation from the following data.
Value Frequency
90-99 02
80-89 12
70-79 22
60-69 20
50-59 14
40-49 04
30-39 01

Q. No. 4. Distinguish between positive and negative correlation with the

help of scatter diagram.

Q. No. 5. Compute the regression equations for the following data.

x: 2 4 5 6 8 11
y: 18 12 10 08 7 5

Q. No. 6. Using the following data compute Fisher’s ideal price and quantity
index numbers for the current year.
Item Base Year Current Year
Price Expenditure Price Expenditure
A 8 48 12 48
B 10 80 12 96
C 14 56 18 90

D 4 24 2 20

E 10 100 10 80

Q. No. 7. Define correlation. Discuss its significance.

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Q. No. 8. Write short note on any two of the following. Marks : 2×8=16

a) Tabulation
b) Rank correlation
c) Dispersion

Q. No. 9. Solve any two of the following problems : Marks : 2×10=20

a) Draft a blank table showing the distribution of students of

university according to
i) Sex ;
ii) Faculties – Arts, Science, Commerce and Law
iii) Four years – 1981,1984, 1985 and 1986
iv) Age group – Below 18 years, 18-21 years and 22 years
and above.
b) Find the Karl Pearson’s coefficient of Skewness from the
following data.
Age Students
10-12 4
12-14 10
14-16 16
16-18 30
18-20 20
20-22 14
22-24 06
c) Find the coefficient of correlation between x and y from the
following data.
x: 10 14 15 28 35 48
y: 74 61 50 54 43 46

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