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The average weight of 25 boys was calculated to be . It was later discovered that one weight was misread as instead of . The correct average is
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Correct option: B
Option B (79.48 kg) is correct because it represents the corrected average weight after accounting for the misread weight.
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The mean of observations is . If one observation is added, then the mean remains same. The value of is
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Correct option: D
Option D () is correct because if adding a new observation doesn't change the mean, the new observation must be equal to the original mean.
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Mode of data is
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Correct option: C
5
Option C (5) is correct because the mode is the value that appears most frequently in the data set, and 5 appears 5 times, which is more than any other value.
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The mean of the n observations be . Then , the mean of n observations is
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Correct option: B
Option B () is correct because multiplying each observation by 2 multiplies the mean by 2, and adding 3 to each observation adds 3 to the mean.
155
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The two regression lines for a bivariate data are and . If , then is
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Correct option: C
-50
Option C (-50) is correct because the regression lines pass through the mean values (), and given , we can solve for from the first equation.
156
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Understanding
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If mean and mode of a frequency distribution have same value, then coefficient of skewness is
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Correct option: A
zero
Option A (zero) is correct because the coefficient of skewness measures the asymmetry of a distribution, and if the mean and mode are equal, the distribution is symmetric, resulting in zero skewness.
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If a variable takes values with frequencies then the AM is
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Correct option: D
Option D (n/2) is correct because the weighted average simplifies to n/2 using binomial coefficient properties.
158
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Variance of the data is 23.33. Then, variance of will be
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Correct option: A
93.32
Option A (93.32) is correct because when each data point is multiplied by a constant, the variance is multiplied by the square of that constant.
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The points scored by a basketball team in a series of matches are as follows:
Its median is
Its median is
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Correct option: C
13.5
Option C (13.5) is correct because the median is the average of the two middle values when the data is arranged in ascending order.
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Out of two lines of regression given by and , the regression of on is
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Correct option: C
they are not lines of regression
The correct answer is "they are not lines of regression" because the product of the regression coefficients is negative, which is impossible.
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The mean deviation from the mean of the set of observations, -1, 0, 4 is
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Correct option: D
2
Option D (2) is correct because the mean deviation from the mean is calculated by finding the average of the absolute differences between each observation and the mean.
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Analyzing
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For the frequency distribution
Variate
Frequency
Where and the standard deviation cannot be
Variate
Frequency
Where and the standard deviation cannot be
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Correct option: C
6
Option C 6 is correct because the standard deviation cannot exceed a certain limit based on the range of the variate, and 6 falls outside this limit.
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Coefficient of skewness for the values
Median is
Median is
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Correct option: A
Option A () is correct because it is calculated using the formula for the coefficient of skewness based on quartiles and median.
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The arithmetic mean of the first natural numbers is
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Correct option: A
Option A () is correct because the sum of the first natural numbers is , and dividing by gives the arithmetic mean.
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Given 5 sample measurement of a part of machine as and 6.37 . The sample variance is
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Correct option: C
0.0004
Option C (0.0004) is correct because the sample variance is calculated using the formula and given measurements, resulting in approximately 0.0004.
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The weighted mean of first natural number if their weight are the same as the number is-
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Correct option: C
Option C () is correct because the weighted mean is calculated using the formula , where w is the weight and x is the value.
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Application
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A school has four sections of chemistry in class XII having
40, 35, 45 and 42 students. The mean marks obtained in
chemistry test are 50, 60, 55 and 45 respectively for the
four sections, the over all average of marks per students is
40, 35, 45 and 42 students. The mean marks obtained in
chemistry test are 50, 60, 55 and 45 respectively for the
four sections, the over all average of marks per students is
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Correct option: D
52.25
Option D (52.25) is correct because it is the weighted average of the marks obtained by all students.
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If are the geometric means of two series of observations and is the GM of the ratios of the corresponding observations then G is equal to
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Correct option: A
Option A () is correct because the geometric mean of ratios is the ratio of the geometric means.
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If r is Karl Pearson’s coefficient of correlation between two sets of variates, then
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Correct option: D
Option D () is correct because Karl Pearson's coefficient of correlation, r, always lies between -1 and +1, inclusive.
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The mean income of a group of persons is . Another group of persons has mean income If the mean income of all the persons in the two groups together is , then ratio of the number of persons in the groups is
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Correct option: A
Option A (n1/n2 = 5/3) is correct because it is derived by setting up a weighted average equation for the combined mean income and solving for the ratio of the number of persons in each group.
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The mean of the values with the corresponding weights respectively is
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Correct option: D
Option D (n/2) is correct because the weighted average simplifies to n/2 using binomial coefficient properties.
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For the data , the mean, median and mode are
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Correct option: D
Option D () is correct because the calculated mean is 64/13, the median is 4, and the mode is 8.
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In a class of 100 students, the average amount of pocket money is Rs 35 per student. If the average is Rs 25 for girls and Rs 50 for boys, then the number of girls in the class is
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Correct option: C
60
The correct answer is C (60) because it is calculated by setting up and solving a weighted average equation.
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Coefficient of variation of two distribution are and and their standard deviation are 10 and 15, respectively. Then, difference of their arithmetic means is
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Correct option: A
5
Option A (5) is correct because by using the formula for the coefficient of variation, we can find the arithmetic means and then calculate their difference.
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If then the coefficient of correlation is
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Correct option: C
0.2
Option C (0.2) is correct because it is calculated using the formula for the correlation coefficient given the means, sum of products, standard deviations, and number of observations.
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The line of regression of on and on are respectively and . If the variance of is 16 , then the variance of is
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Correct option: A
9
Option B () is correct because the product of the regression coefficients must be less than or equal to 1.
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If and then the correlation coefficient is
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Correct option: C
Option C () is correct because it is the result of applying the formula for the correlation coefficient using the given variance and covariance values.
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If the mean of a set of observations is 20, then the mean of is
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Correct option: D
42
Option D (42) is correct because it is the new mean calculated by adding the average of the increments to the original mean.
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Mean and standard deviation from the following observations of marks of 5 students of a tutorial group (marks out of 25)8, 12, 13, 15, 22 are respectively
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Correct option: A
Option A () is correct because the mean and standard deviation are calculated correctly from the given observations.
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Assertion: The mean deviation of the data 2, 9, 9, 3, 6, 9, 4
from the mean is 2.57.
Reason: For individual observation,
from the mean is 2.57.
Reason: For individual observation,
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Correct option: A
Assertion is correct, reason is correct; reason is a correct
explanation for assertion
explanation for assertion
Option A is correct because the calculated mean deviation matches the assertion's value, and the reason correctly states the formula for mean deviation.
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