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LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034

B.Sc. DEGREE EXAMINATION – COMMERCE

 

BA 04

 

THIRD SEMESTER – November 2008

ST 3104/ST 3101/ST 2101 – BUSINESS STATISTICS

 

 

 

Date : 11-11-08                     Dept. No.                                        Max. : 100 Marks

Time : 9:00 – 12:00

SECTION A

 

Answer ALL questions.                                                                                         (10 x 2 =20 marks)

  1. Define statistics.
  2. Differentiate between primary and secondary data.
  3. What is the mode of 110, 120, 130, 120, 110, 140, 130, 120, 140.
  4. If the mode and mean of a moderately asymmetrical distribution are 80 and 68, what is the median?
  5. If Q1 = 30 and Q3 = 50, what is the coefficient of quartile deviation?
  6. Define skewness.
  7. Define correlation.
  8. Find the mean value of X and Y, from the following regression equations:

4 X – 5 Y + 33 = 0, 20 X – 9 Y – 107 = 0.

  1. What are the uses of index numbers?
  2. Define time series data.

SECTION B

Answer any FIVE questions.                                                                                   (5 x 8 =40 marks)

  1. Explain the scope and limitations of statistics.
  2. Draw a histogram and frequency polygon for the following data:
Length of leaves(cms.) 6-7 7-8 8-9 9-10 10-11 11-12 12-13
No. of leaves 5 12 25 48 32 6 1

 

 

  1. Calculate Karl Pearsons’ coefficient of skewness:
X 6 12 18 24 30 36 42
f 4 7 9 18 15 10 5

 

 

                                                                                  

E1 E2 E3
No. of employees 20 25 40
Avg. daily salaries 305 300 340
Standard deviation 50 40 45
  1. A company has 3 establishments E1, E2, E3 in 3 cities. Analysis of the daily   salaries (Rs.) paid

to the employees is given below:

 

 

 

 

Find the average and standard deviation of the monthly salaries of all the 85 employees.

  1. Analyze the following frequency distribution by the method of moments, find β 2 and interpret the result.
X 2 3 4 5 6
f 1 3 7 3 1

 

 

 

  1. From the following data, calculate coefficient of rank correlation.
X 33 56 50 65 44 38 44 50 15 26
Y 50 35 70 25 35 58 75 60 55 26

 

 

 

 

  1. Calculate fixed base and chain base index numbers for the following data.
Average wholesale prices (Rs.)
Commodities 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
A 2 3 5 7 8
B 8 10 12 4 18
C 4 5 7 9 12

 

 

 

 

  1. Solve the following Linear Programming Problem: Max z = 22 x + 18 y subject to the constraints, 360 x + 240 y ≤ 5760, x + y ≤ 20, x, y ≥ 0.

 

SECTION C

Answer any TWO questions.                                                                                 (2 x 20 =40 marks)

  1. From the prices of shares of company X and Y given below, state which share prices are more stable in value, using coefficient of variation.
X 35 54 52 53 56 58 52 50 51 49
Y 108 107 105 105 106 107 104 103 104 101

 

 

  1. From the following data of sales and purchases (Rs. crores), obtain the two regression equations, and find the estimated sales when the purchase is Rs. 100 Crores.
Sales 91 97 108 121 67 124 51 73 111 57
Purchases 71 75 69 97 70 91 39 61 80 47

 

 

 

  1. Calculate seasonal variations given the average quarterly price of a commodity for 5 years by ratio to trend method.

 

Year I Quarter II Quarter III Quarter IV Quarter
2001 28 22 22 28
2002 35 28 25 36
2003 33 34 30 35
2004 31 31 27 35
2005 37 36 31 36

 

  1. There are three sources A, B, C which store a given product. These sources supply these products to four dealers D, E, F, G. The cost (Rs.) of transporting the products from various sources to various dealers, the capacities of the sources and the demands of the dealers are given below.

 

 

D E F G Supply
A 3 7 6 4 5
B 2 4 3 2 2
C 4 3 8 5 3
Demand 3 3 2 2  

 

Find out the initial solution for transporting the products by using  (i) North-West Corner Rule, (ii) Least Cost method and (iii) Vogel’s Approximation Method. Compare the costs and write down the best initial solution.

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Loyola College B.Sc. Commerce April 2011 Statistics For Management Question Paper PDF Download

LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034

B.Sc. DEGREE EXAMINATION – COMMERCE & BUSIN. ADM.

FOURTH SEMESTER – APRIL 2011

ST 4208 – STATISTICS FOR MANAGEMENT

 

 

Date : 05-04-2011              Dept. No.                                        Max. : 100 Marks

Time : 1:00 – 4:00

 

SECTION A                                         (10 X 2 = 20 marks)

     Answer ALL questions.    

    

  1. Define probability and give an example.
  2. State addition theorem on probability.
  3. State the Central Limit Theorem.
  4. Explain the term standard error.
  5. Define index number and discuss their importance.
  6. Discuss any two steps in the construction of a cost of living index by the family budget method.
  7. Distinguish between the control limits and tolerance limits.
  8. Distinguish between np chart and p chart.
  9. Define the term feasible solution.
  10. What is meant by balanced and unbalanced transportation problem.

 

SECTION B                                          (5 X 8 = 40 Marks)

     Answer any FIVE questions

 

  • State and prove Baye’s theorem.

 

  • A sub-committee of 6 members is to be formed out of a group consisting of 7 men and 4 women calculate the probability that sub-committee will consist of.
  1. a) exactly 2 women b) at least 2 women.
  2. Two Urns contain respectively 10 white, 6 red and 9 black and 3 white 7 red and 15 black balls.

One ball is drawn from each Urn.  Find the probability that (i)  Both balls are red      (ii)  Both balls

are of the same colour.

 

14.If a random variable X follows a Poisson distribution such that P[ X = 2 ] = P[X=1].

Find P[X=0]. ( e -2  = 0.13534).

 

  1. In a survey of 200 boys, of which 75 are intelligent, 40 of the intelligent boys have skilled fathers while 85 of the unintelligent  boys have unskilled fathers. Do these figures support the hypothesis that

skilled fathers have intelligent boys. Use chi-square – test of 5 % level.

 

 

 

  1. From the following data of the whole sale prices of wheat for the ten years construct

Index numbers taking (a) 1979 as base and (b)by chain base method

 

year 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997
Price of

Wheat

50 60 62 65 70 78 82 84 88 90

 

 

  1. The following table gives the number of defective items found in 20 successive samples of 100 items each

2    6   2   4   4   15   0   4   10   18   2   4   6   4   8   0   2   2   4   0

 

Comment whether the process is under control. Suggest suitable control limits for the future.

 

 

  1. A company has 4 machine to be assigned to 4 of the 4 workers available for this purpose.

The expected production from each machine operated by each workers is given below.

 

WORKERS

W1 W2 W3 W4
I 41 72 39 52
II 22 29 49 65
III 27 39 60 51
IV 45 50 48 52

 

 

 

MACHINE

 

 

 

 

Suggest optimal assignment of workers to machine.

 

 

SECTION   C                                   (2 X 20  =  40 Marks)

Answer any TWO questions

19.(a) A Company has four production sections viz. S1, S2, S3 and S4 , which contribute  30%, 20%, 28% and  22% of the total output. It was observed that those sections  respectively produced 1%, 2%, 3% and 4%   defective units. If a unit is selected at  random and found to be defective, what is the probability that  the units so selected has  come from either S1 or S4.?                                                            (10)

 

19.(b)The customer accounts of a certain departmental store have an average balance of Rs.120 and a standard deviation of Rs.40. Assuming that the account balances are normally distributed, find

  • What proportion of accounts is over Rs.150?
  • What proportion of accounts is between Rs.100 and Rs.150?

(iii)        What proportion of accounts is between Rs.60 and Rs.90 ?                                      (10)

 

  1. (a) The sales manager of a large company conducted a sample survey in states A and B taking 400

Samples in each case. The results were as follow

State A               State B

Average sales             Rs.2500               Rs.2200

Standard Deviation      Rs.400                Rs.550

Test whether the average sales is the same in the two states. Test at 1% level.                                     (10)

 

20(b) The following table gives the fields of 15 samples of plot under three varieties of seed.

A B C
20 18 25
21 20 28
23 17 22
16 15 28
20 25 32

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Test using analysis of variance whether there is a significant difference in the average yield of seeds

 

21.(a) The following data show the values of sample mean (x) and the range (R) for ten samples of size 5 each       calculate the values for central line and control limits for mean chart and determine whether the process is    control.

 

Sample 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Mean 11.2 11.8 10.8 11.6 11.0 9.6 10.4 9.6 10.6 10.6
Range(R) 7 4 8 5 7 4 8 4 7 9

( For n = 5 , A2=0.577,D2 = 0, D4= 2.115)

 

21(b).Calculate Laspeyre’s Index number, Paasche’s price index number and Marshall-Edgeworth Index and how it satisfies Time reversal test and Factor reversal test.

Commodity 1980 1981
Price

(in Rs.)

Quantity

(in kgs.)

Price

(in Rs.)

Quantity

(in kgs.)

A 20 15 30 10
B 30 18 40 15
C 10 20 45 10
D 15 25 25 5

 

 

22(a)Find the initial basic feasible solution by Vogel’s Approximation method.

 

Distribution Centers

 

Plants D1 D2 D3 Supply
P1 16 19 12 14
P2 22 13 19 16
P3 14 28 8 12
Demand 10 15 17

 

 

 

 

22(b) Solve the following game by graphical method.

Player A

a1      a2    a3      a4                

 

b1     -2   5    6   -4

Player B

b2     4    -3     -1   6

 

 

 

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