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JEE • MATHEMATICS • STATISTICS
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Application
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In a bivariate data . the regression coefficient of y on x is
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Correct option: C
-3.3
Option -3.3 is correct because the regression coefficient of y on x is calculated using the covariance of x and y, and the variance of x.
212
Easy
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Application
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The average of the four-digit numbers that can be formed using each of the digits 3, 5, 7 and 9 exactly once in each number, is
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Correct option: C
6666
The correct answer is C (6666) because it is the average of all possible four-digit numbers formed by the given digits.
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If , then the coefficient of correlation is
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Correct option: A
-0.97
Option A (-0.97) is correct because the correlation coefficient is calculated by dividing the covariance by the product of the standard deviations.
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Medium
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Application
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The mean life of a sample of 60 bulbs was and the standard deviation was 8h. A second sample of 80 bulbs has a mean life of and standard deviation . Find the overall standard deviation.
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Correct option: C
8.94
Option C (8.94) is correct because it is the overall standard deviation calculated using the combined standard deviation formula.
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Easy
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Remembering
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Mode of the data is
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Correct option: D
7
Option D (7) is correct because the mode is the value that appears most frequently in the data set, and 7 appears 5 times, which is more than any other value.
216
Easy
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Analyzing
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If a variable takes values such that , for , then
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Correct option: D
Option D () is correct because the variance is always less than or equal to the square of the range (b-a).
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Application
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If of the items are less than and are more then , the quartile deviation is
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Correct option: D
10
Option D (10) is correct because it correctly calculates the quartile deviation using the given quartiles.
218
Easy
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Application
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10 is the mean of a set of 7 observations and 5 is the mean of a set of 3 observations. The mean of the combined set is given by
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Correct option: C
8.5
Option C (8.5) is correct because the combined mean is calculated by weighting the means by the number of observations in each set.
219
Easy
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Application
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Consider the following data
If 1 is added to each number, then variance of the numbers so obtained is
If 1 is added to each number, then variance of the numbers so obtained is
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Correct option: A
8.25
Option A (8.25) is correct because adding a constant to each data point does not change the variance of the data set.
220
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The median value of observations , is
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Correct option: B
71
Option B (71) is correct because when the observations are sorted, the median is the average of the 5th and 6th terms, which equals 71.
221
Medium
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For the given data, the calculation corresponding to all values of variates is following . The Karl Pearson’s correlation coefficient is
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Correct option: C
0.66
Option C (0.66) is correct because it is the calculated Karl Pearson's correlation coefficient using the given data.
222
Easy
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Application
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The weighted AM of first n natural numbers whose weights are equal to the corresponding numbers is equal to
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Correct option: C
Option C () is correct because the weighted AM is calculated by dividing the sum of the products of the numbers and their weights by the sum of the weights.
223
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Application
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Assuming the variance of four numbers and as 9, the variance of and is
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Correct option: D
225
Option D (225) is correct because the variance is scaled by the square of the scaling factor.
224
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Application
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The mean height of 15 students is . It is discovered later on that while calculating the mean the reading . was wrongly read as . The correct mean height is
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Correct option: C
Option C (156 cm) is correct because it calculates the correct mean by adjusting the sum of heights based on the error.
225
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The arithmetic mean of the series , is
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Correct option: A
Option A () is correct because it represents the arithmetic mean of the binomial coefficients , .
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Let and be respectively the mean, mode and variance of observations and , , where is any number.
Statement I: Variance of is .
Statement II: Mean and mode of are and , respectively.
Statement I: Variance of is .
Statement II: Mean and mode of are and , respectively.
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Correct option: B
Statement I and Statement II are both true
Option B (Statement I and Statement II are both true) is correct. Shifting the data by a constant affects the mean and mode but not the variance.
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Application
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The two lines of regression are given by The coefficient of correlation between is
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Correct option: C
Option C (-1/2) is correct because the correlation coefficient is the negative square root of the product of the regression coefficients when both regression coefficients are negative.
228
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The mean and standard deviation of 20 observations were calculated as 10 and 2.5 respectively. It was found that by mistake one data value was taken as 25 instead of 35. If and are the mean and standard deviation respectively for correct data, then is
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Correct option: D
(10.5, 26)
Option D (10.5, 26) is correct because after correcting the data, the new mean and standard deviation are calculated, resulting in the given values.
229
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A group of 10 items has arithmetic mean 6. If the arithmetic mean of 4 of these items is 7.5, then the mean of the remaining items is
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Correct option: D
Option D () is correct because it is the mean of the remaining items calculated using the weighted average formula.
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Application
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One set containing five members has mean 8 , variance 18 and the second set containing three members has mean 8 and variance 24 . The variance of combined set of numbers is
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Correct option: B
20.25
Option B (20.25) is correct because it is the variance calculated using the formula for combined variance.
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Medium
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Application
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Let be ten observations of a random variable where then the standard deviation of these observation is
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Correct option: A
Option A () is correct because it is the standard deviation calculated from the given summations.
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Analyzing
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For the arithmetic progression , the mean deviation from mean is
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Correct option: B
Option B () is correct because the mean deviation from the mean for the given arithmetic progression is calculated to be this value.
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Understanding
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Angle between two lines of regression is
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Correct option: B
Option B () is correct because it represents the formula for the angle between two lines with slopes derived from the regression coefficients.
234
Medium
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Application
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If the regression coefficients are 0.8 and 0.2, then the value of coefficient of correlation is
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Correct option: B
0.4
Option B (0.4) is correct because the coefficient of correlation is the square root of the product of the regression coefficients.
235
Easy
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Analyzing
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Let be the set of all values of for which the mean deviation about the mean of 100 consecutive positive integers is 25. Then is
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Correct option: D
N
The correct answer is N because the mean deviation about the mean is independent of the first term of the consecutive integers.
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Understanding
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Statement-I: The series having greater CV is said to be
less variable than the other.
Statement-II: The series having lesser CV is said to be
more consistent than the other.
less variable than the other.
Statement-II: The series having lesser CV is said to be
more consistent than the other.
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Correct option: B
Only Statement II is true
Option B (Only Statement II is true) is correct because a lower coefficient of variation indicates more consistency, not less variability.
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Application
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The variates and are related by , then correct relation between and is
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Correct option: A
Option A () is correct because it represents the correct relationship between the standard deviations of x and u, given the linear transformation hu = x - a.
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Analyzing
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The correlation between and is
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Correct option: A
-1
Option A (-1) is correct because the correlation between x and a-x is always -1, indicating a perfect negative linear relationship.
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Application
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If the standard deviation of is 3.5, then the standard deviation of is
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Correct option: C
Option C () is correct because the standard deviation is affected by the absolute value of the scaling factor, which is 2 in this case.
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For a given distribution of marks, mean is 35.16 and its standard deviation is 19.76 . The coefficient of variation is
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Correct option: A
56.2
Option A (56.2) is correct because the coefficient of variation is calculated by dividing the standard deviation by the mean and multiplying by 100.
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