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JEE • MATHEMATICS • STATISTICS
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301
Medium
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Analyzing
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Let the mean and variance of 12 observations be and 4 respectively. Later on, it was observed that two observations were considered as 9 and 10 instead of 7 and 14 respectively. If the correct variance is , where and are coprime, then are coprime, then is equal to
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Correct option: D
317
Option D, 317, is the correct value of where the corrected variance is and and are coprime. This is calculated by first finding the correct mean and then the correct variance after adjusting for the incorrect observations.
302
Easy
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Understanding
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The point that lies on both the lines of regression for a bivariate distribution, is
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Correct option: B
Option B is correct because the point of intersection of the two regression lines is always the means of the x and y variables, represented as .
303
Easy
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Understanding
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Median is based on the
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Correct option: D
middle of items
Option D (middle 50% of items) is correct because the median represents the central value, dividing the data set into two equal halves, effectively encompassing the middle 50%.
304
Easy
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Application
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In a test of Statistics, marks were awarded out of 40 . The average of 15 students was 38 . Later, it was decided to give marks out of 50 . The new average marks will be
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Correct option: B
47.5
Option B (47.5) is correct because the new average is calculated by multiplying the original average by the ratio of the new maximum marks to the old maximum marks.
305
Easy
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Application
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The mean of two samples of sizes 200 and 300 were found to be 25 and 10 respectively, their standard deviations were 3 and 4 respectively the variance of combined sample size of 500 is
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Correct option: C
67.2
Option C (67.2) is correct because the combined variance is calculated using the formula , where is the difference between the individual mean and the combined mean.
306
Easy
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Understanding
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The mode of the series 3,4,2,6,1,7,6,7,6,8,9,5 is
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Correct option: B
6
Option B (6) is correct because the mode is the value that appears most frequently in the series, and 6 appears three times, which is more than any other number.
307
Medium
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Application
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The mean and variance of a set of 15 numbers are 12 and 14 respectively. The mean and variance of another set of 15 numbers are 14 and respectively. If the variance of all the 30 numbers in the two sets is 13 , then is equal to
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Correct option: A
10
Option A (10) is correct because it is the variance of the second set of numbers, calculated using the combined variance formula.
308
Easy
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Application
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The variance of the first natural numbers is
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Correct option: A
Option A () is correct because it is the formula for the variance of the first n natural numbers.
309
Easy
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Application
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The mean of data , 455 and 555 is
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Correct option: B
305
Option B (305) is correct because the mean is calculated by summing the data points and dividing by the number of points.
310
Easy
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Remembering
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For a symmetrical distribution, the coefficient of skewness is
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Correct option: B
0
Option B (0) is correct because in a symmetrical distribution, the mean, median, and mode are equal, resulting in a skewness coefficient of 0.
311
Medium
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Application
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If the mean and the standard deviation of the data 3, 5, 7, , are 5 and 2 respectively, then and are the roots of the equation
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Correct option: C
Option C () is correct because the equation is formed using the calculated sum and product of the roots and from the given mean and standard deviation.
312
Easy
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Application
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The algebraic sum of the deviation of 20 observations measured from 30 is 2. Then, mean of observations is
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Correct option: B
Option B () is correct because it is the mean of the observations calculated using the given algebraic sum of deviations.
313
Easy
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Application
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The mean marks of students of a school is 56 . The mean marks of girls is 60 and that of boys is 50. If number of boys and girls are and respectively, then equals
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Correct option: D
6
Option D (6) is correct because it is derived from setting up a weighted average equation for the mean marks of the school and solving for the ratio n/m.
314
Easy
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Application
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If in a moderately skewed distribution the values of mode and mean are respectively, then the value of the median is
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Correct option: A
Option A () is correct because the median is calculated using the relationship between mean, median, and mode in a moderately skewed distribution.
315
Easy
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Application
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The mean of the series is If is replaced by , then the new mean is
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Correct option: D
Option D () is correct because it represents the new mean after replacing one of the values in the series.
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316
Medium
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Application
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The mean and standard deviation of a sample of size 20 are found 10 and 2 respectively. If one item 8 is replaced by 12 then
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Correct option: B
Standard deviation decreases
Option B (Standard deviation decreases) is correct because replacing 8 with 12 increases the mean by a small amount, but the overall spread of the data decreases, leading to a lower standard deviation.
317
Easy
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Application
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The mean and SD of the marks of 200 candidates were found to be 40 and 15 , respectively. Later, it was discovered that a score of 40 was wrongly read as 50 . The correct mean and are respectively
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Correct option: B
Option B () is correct because the corrected mean is 39.95 and the corrected standard deviation is approximately 14.98.
318
Easy
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Application
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In a set of distinct observations, each of the observations below the median of all the observations is increased by 5 and each of the remaining observations is decreased by 3 . Then the mean of the new set of observations:
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Correct option: A
increases by 1
Option A (increases by 1) is correct because increasing the lower half by 5 and decreasing the upper half by 3 results in a net increase of 2 per observation, which averages to 1.
319
Easy
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Application
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If a variable takes the discrete values , , then the median is
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Correct option: A
Option A () is correct because it is the median of the given discrete values after arranging them in ascending order.
320
Easy
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Application
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The mean and variance of 7 observations are 8 and 16 respectively. If two observations are 6 and 8, then the variance of the remaining 5 observations is
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Correct option: C
Option C () is correct because it is the variance calculated after removing the two observations and adjusting for the new mean.
321
Hard
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Application
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If a variable X takes values with frequencies proportional to the binomial coefficients then the is
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Correct option: C
Option C () is correct because the variance of a binomial distribution with frequencies proportional to binomial coefficients is .
322
Easy
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Application
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The two lines of regression are and , then mean of and series are
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Correct option: B
3,5
Option C (4) is correct because the standard deviation of y is calculated using the regression coefficients and the variance of x.
323
Medium
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Application
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If the average of the numbers 148, 146, 144, 142, ... in AP, be 125, then the total numbers in the series will be
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Correct option: B
24
Option B (24) is correct because the total number of terms in the AP series is calculated using the average and the properties of arithmetic progressions.
324
Medium
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Understanding
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The mean and variance for first natural numbers are respectively
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Correct option: A
Mean , variance
Option A (Mean =, variance =) is correct because it uses the standard formulas for the mean and variance of the first n natural numbers.
325
Easy
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Remembering
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The sum of absolute deviations about median is
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Correct option: A
Least
Option A (Least) is correct because the sum of absolute deviations is minimized when taken about the median.
326
Easy
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Application
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For a symmetrical distribution and . The value of 50 th percentile is
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Correct option: B
30
Option B (30) is correct because for a symmetrical distribution, the 50th percentile (median) is the average of the first and third quartiles.
327
Medium
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Application
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The mean square deviation of observations about -2 and 2 are 18 and 10 respectively. Then S.D. of the given set is
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Correct option: C
3
Option C (3) is correct because the standard deviation is calculated correctly using the given mean square deviations.
328
Easy
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Application
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The variance of first n natural numbers is
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Correct option: B
Option B () is correct because it is the standard formula for the variance of the first n natural numbers.
329
Easy
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Application
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If the co-efficient of variation of a distribution is 60 and its standard deviation is 24, then its arithmetic mean is ____.
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Correct option: A
40
Option A (40) is correct because the arithmetic mean is calculated using the coefficient of variation formula.
330
Easy
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Application
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If the mean deviation about median for the number arranged in the ascending order, is 6 then the median is
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Correct option: D
11
Option B (10) is correct because by using the given functional equation and the value of f(8), we can find f(14).
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