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STATISTICS – I
(Also Common to BA Economics (EVE))

Time : Three hours Maximum : 100 marks

SECTION A — (10  2 = 20 marks)

Answer ALL questions.
1. Define – Statistics.
2. What is Primary data?
3. What do you mean by tabulation?
4. What are the limitations of graph?
5. From the following data find the median.
Weight
in Ibs 100 125 120 140 150 130 160 145

6. Define – Mode.
7. Calculate range and its co-efficient from the
following data:
Wage
in Rs. 100 80 200 150 250 300

8. What are the merits of quartile deviation?

9. Define – Skewness.
10. What is positively skewed distribution?

SECTION B — (5  7 = 35 marks)
Answer ALL the questions.

11. (a) Explain briefly the scope of statistics.

Or
(b) What are the limitations of statistics.

12. (a) From the following data draw a subdivided

bar diagram.
Year No-of student Total
Males Female
2010 800 250 1050
2011 900 300 1200
2012 950 375 1325
2013 1000 400 1400
2014 1150 450 1600
Or
(b) What are the uses of graph method in
Statistics?

13. (a) What are the properties of good average?

Or
(b) Compute mode from the following data:
Marks : 0-10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50
Frequency : 10 20 18 32 21
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14. (a) What are the advantages and disadvantages
of Arithmetic mean and its limitations.
Or
(b) Compute mean deviation from mean from
the following data
X 20 18 16 14 12 10 8 6
F 2 4 9 18 27 25 14 1

15. (a) What are the types and characteristics of

skewness?
Or
(b) Calculate skewness from the following
distribution.
X: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
F: 5 7 3 1 4 6 9

SECTION C — (3  15 = 45 marks)
Answer ALL the questions.
(Qn. no 16 is compulsory)

16. Explain the importance of statistics.

17. (a) Explain the types of diagrammatic

presentation and what are the limitations of
graphs?
Or

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 (b) Draw a Pie diagram from the following data
Item Expenditure Item Expenditure
Cement 20% Labour 25%
Steel 18% Miscellaneous 12%
Bricks 10%
Timber 15%

18. (a) From the following data find standard

deviation
Variable Frequency
5-10 2
10-15 9
15-20 29
20-25 54
25-30 11
30-35 6

Or
(b) Calculate the Karl Pearson’s co-efficient of
skewness from the following data:
X: 0-10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60 60-70 70-80
F: 10 40 20 0 10 40 16 14

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