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The standard deviations of two sets containing 10 and 20 members are 2 and 3 , respectively measured from their common mean 5 . The SD for the whole set of 30 members is
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Correct option: C
Option C () is correct because it is the standard deviation calculated using the formula for combined standard deviation.
122
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The variance of 15 observations was found to be 8 . If each observation is multiplied by 4 , the new variance of the series is
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Correct option: D
128
Option D (128) is correct because multiplying each observation by a constant multiplies the variance by the square of that constant.
123
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In a class of 50 students, 10 have failed and their average marks are 28. The total marks obtained by the entire class are 2800. The average marks of those who have passed, are
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Correct option: C
63
The correct answer is C (63) because it is calculated by subtracting the total marks of failed students from the total marks of all students, then dividing by the number of passed students.
124
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If the sum of 11 consecutive natural numbers is 2761, then the middle number is
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Correct option: C
251
Option C (251) is correct because when the sum of consecutive numbers is known, dividing the sum by the number of terms gives the middle term directly when the number of terms is odd.
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If and , then coefficient of variation is
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Correct option: C
25
Option C (25) is correct because the coefficient of variation is calculated using the formula C.V = 100 * (standard deviation / mean).
126
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The standard deviation of the wages of 85 employees is ₹ 15.40. After one year, each of them is given an increment of ₹ 25 . The standard deviation of new wages (in ) is
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Correct option: A
15.4
Option A (15.4) is correct because the standard deviation is independent of the change of origin (adding a constant to each value).
127
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The mean deviation from the mean of the series is
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Correct option: B
Option B () is correct because it represents the mean deviation from the mean of the given arithmetic series.
128
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Harmonic mean of is.....
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Correct option: B
3.16
Option B (3.16) is correct because it is the result of calculating the harmonic mean of the given numbers 2, 4, and 5.
129
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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.
130
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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.
132
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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.
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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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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.
135
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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.
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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.
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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.
138
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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.
139
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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.
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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.
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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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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.
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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.
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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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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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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.
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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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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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The mean deviation of any series is 15 , then the value of quartile deviation is
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Correct option: C
12.5
Option C (12.5) is correct because it is the quartile deviation calculated using the relationship between mean deviation and quartile deviation.
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