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QT 01 MBA : GLA University
MAX MARKS: 100 Time: 2 hr MARKS SCORED: ............. Dated: 27th Oct 2010
Year: 1st Tri Sem : I

Section I: OBJECTIVES [MM: 1 x 20 = 20]

Part A : Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is statistics not important for managers?

a)To understand the basics of forecasting techniques b)To understand the basic
theorems of statistics
c)To understand how to present and describe information c)To understand the basics of
inferential techniques

2. Which software is not used for statistical analysis?

a)Mini Tab b)SPSS c)MS Excel d)Tally

3. Why are data not important for managers?

a) It provides an opportunity for decision makers to select one option from a variety of
options
b) It provides an opportunity to managers to get increments at regular time intervals
c) It provides more inputs to a given phenomenon under study
d) It measures performance of an ongoing services or production process

4.When data are labels or names, used to identify an attribute of an element,

a/an_____________ is used.
a)Nomi1nal scale b) Ratio scale c) Interval scale d) Ordinal scale

5.In _________________, the distance between two consecutive numbers is meaningful.

a) Interval level measurement b) Ordinal level measurement
c) Ratio level measurement d)Nominal level measurement

6.In which scale of measurement the ratio of two values is meaningful?

a) Nominal level measurement b) Ordinal level measurement
c) Ratio level measurement c) Interval level measurement

7. A ______________is the collection of all the elements under statistical investigation and
about which we are trying to draw some conclusions.
a) Population b) Sample c) Statistics d) Parameter
8. The tendency of the observations to concentrate around a/an ____________ is known as
central tendency.
a)beginning point b)central point c)randomly selected point d) end
point

9. The arithmetic mean of a set of observations is their _________ divided by the number of
observations.
a) multiplication b) Addition c) Subtraction d) Division

10. ______________ is a graphical device for depicting data that have been summarized in a
frequency, relative frequency or percentage frequency
a)Frequency Polygon b) Ogive c)Bar Graph d)Pie Chart

PART B: TRUE / FALSE

11. Collection of data is not a big problem but meaningful interpretation of data requires

a sound knowledge of statistics.

(True / False )

12. Although the size of business is increasing every day, yet there is no increase in

complexities and problems.

(True / False )

13. In all the functional areas of business, like accounting, finance, management, and

marketing, knowledge of statistics is a key fo r decision making. (True / False )

14. The use of various statistical software like MS Excel, Minitab, SPSS, and SAS has

reduced the burden of computing.

(True / False )

15. The scale of measurement of a variable is a nominal scale when data are labels

to identify an attribute of the element. (True / False )

16. Weighted mean is useful in problems relating to the construction of index

numbers and standardized birth and death rates. (True / False )

17. Personal Identification Number (PIN) is an example of ordinal level data. (True /

False )

18. In the interval level measurement, the distance between two consecutive numbers is

not meaningful.

(True / False )

19. A measure of central tendency is a single value which is used to represent an entire

set of data. (True / False )

20. Arithmetic mean is based on very few observations of a series and is not capable of

further mathematical treatment.

(True / False )

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Year: 1st Tri Sem : I

Section II: Case Study

ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS. EACH QUESTIONS CARRY EQUAL MARKS.
[MM: 3x 10 = 30]

Q1. A marketing research company goes for the in depth research for a FMCG company and
try to find reasons for the market variations for its demand. In the process it revels through
the response of the customers following data. Find the correlation between the two
parameters based on their grades using RANK correlation method.

X 24 27 28 29 30 32 33 35 31 40 25

Y 18 20 22 25 21 28 30 32 27 19 23
Q2. Find the REGRESSION coefficient bxy & byx for the following data using step deviation
method.

Production (X) in 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 11
`000 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0

Demand (Y) in 98 99 96 97 95 92 94 91 93 10 90
tonnes 0

Also calculate DEMAND at 1,15,000 Units of production.

Q3. In a certain industry the Sales of the certain commodity from year 1973 –
1983 in (`000 tonns) is given. Obtain following using Least square method.

i) Least square estimates

ii) Trend equations
iii) Compute value for 84th and 85th Year
Year 197 197 197 197 197 197 197 198 198 198 198
( X) 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3

Sales 66 84 88 78 96 105 92 111 88 117 115

(Y)

SECTION III: NUMERICAL BASED QUESTIONS

ANSWER ANY FIVE QUESTIONS. EACH QUESTIONS CARRY EQUAL MARKS.
[MM: 5 x 10 = 50]

Q1. Define Sampling. Also explain in detail any three types of sampling that can be used
by the Market Researcher of mentioned below.
[10]

i) Simple Random Sampling

ii) Cluster Sampling
iii) Systematic Sampling
iv) Judgement Sampling
v) Quota Sampling

Q2. a) What do you mean by regression? Explain the importance of Regression. Also
compare between correlation and regression.
[5]

b) Find the Regression equation for the following question for following data
[5]
Averag Standard
i) X on Y ii) Y on X e Deviation
Given correlation (r) between
rainfall and production is 0.8 Rain fall (in 30 5
inches)
Q3. Construct the PRICE INDEX number
for following data for mentioned below Production (in 50 10
methods:- [10] Tonn)
 i)Paasches’s Index
ii)Fisher’s Index
iii)Bowely’s Index
iv)Laspayer’s Index
v)Marshall’s Index

Q4. A) Write the Formulae`s or Conditions for ANY FIVE terms in context to Probability
[5]
i) Baye’s Theorem
ii) Bernoulli’s (Binomial) Theorem Year 1997 1998
iii) Permutation & Combination
iv) Mutually Exclusive Event Price Quantity Price Quantity
v) Pair wise Independent & Mutually A 2 8 4 6
Independent Event
vi) Addition & Multiplication B 5 10 6 5

C 4 14 5 10
B) First bag contains 3 white and 4 red
balls. Second bag contains 5 white and 6 D 2 19 2 13
red balls. One red balls is drawn at
random from one bag and found to be
“WHITE”. Find probability that it is from 1st Bag. [5]

OR

Q4.A) Define Bernoulli’s process with reference to Binomial Distribution in Probability.

Also write expressions for Mean, Variance and Standard deviations.
[3]

B) The incidence of the occupational disease in an industry is such that the worker have
20% chance of suffering from it. Using Binominal theorem, calculate the probability that
out of 6 workers, 4 or more will get contact with disease.
[7]

Q5. In a bolt factory machine A,B & C manufacture respectively 25%, 35% and 40% of the
total production. If the output is 5%, 4% and 2% defective bolts. A bolt is drawn at random
from the product and is found to be defective. What is probability that it was
manufactured by machine B. 10]

OR

Q5. A problem in statistics is given to 3 students A,B & C. The probability to solve the
question for P(A)=1/2, P(B)=3/4, P(C) = 1/4. Find the probability that either A or B or C
can solve the question. 10]
Q6.A) Explain Time series Analysis under the perspective of
[6]
i)Trend Analysis ii) Seasonal Variations
iii) Cyclic Variations iv) Irregular Variations
 B) Data below gives the average quarterly prices of a commodity for 4 years. Calculate
the Seasonal
Year 1st 2nd Quarter 3rd 4th
indices. [4]
Quarter Quarter Quarter

2001 40 44 46 48

2002 50 53 55 59

2003 47 50 52 55

2004 55 59 61 65
Q7.a) What is Chain
Index Number. Write the expression for CHAIN INDEX and advantages and disadvantages
of Chain Index Number.
[4]

b) Following data gives average whole sale price for the 4 groups of commodity from year
79 to 83. Commute CHAIN based Index Number.

Commodity \ 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983

Year
[6]
A 2 3 4 2 7

B 3 6 9 4 3

C 3 12 20 8 16

D 5 7 18 11 22