P32/CMP242/HA1/2012

Statistical Techniques
Home Assignment 1 Marks : 50

Instructions 1. You are given five case studies in this assignment. Attempt all questions on these case studies. 2. Figures on the right hand side bracket indicates Marks 1. Description A survey was conducted among the residents of Pune City, its suburbs and the Pune Cantonment area. The following three pie diagrams show their respective preferences for living in City, Suburb and cantonment.
City

Suburb

City Suburb Cantonment

City Suburb Cantonment

Cantonment

City Suburb Cantonment

Questions: 1. Do you see similar preference distribution in the three groups of residents? (5) 2. Which residents are most happy about where they are actually living? (5) 3. Which residents are the least happy about where they are actually living? (5)

2. Description Suppose you are doing market research for a company that sells automotive accessories. You are interested in the types of cars driven by customers of a particular mall. On one particular day, you count the following types of cars in the lot: -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Economy car Economy car Utility van Family car Family car Wagon Wagon Wagon Sports car Economy car Utility van Family car Utility van Sports car Utility van Pickup truck Wagon Wagon Wagon Family car Pickup truck Utility van Sports car Utility van Economy car Utility van Sports car Economy car Sports car Utility van ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Questions: 1. Prepare appropriate frequency distribution 2. Represent above data by suitable graph 3. Description: In a series of four one day cricket matches, Sachin and Sourav Scored as follows: Sachin: Sourav: * : not out Question: If you have to select the Man of the Series out of these two only whom will you select? Why? 4. Description Following are the data on height of father (X) and height of son (Y) X (in cms) Y (in cms) 165 167 166 168 167 165 167 168 168 172 169 172 170 169 172 171 (10) 99 110 116 145* 95 40 110 20 (5) (5)

Questions (a) Plot these data and comment on the nature of relationship between the two variables under consideration. (5)

(b) Find correlation between (X, Y). 5. Using the data in Q. 4 above, find regression equation of height of son on fathers height. . ***

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