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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.
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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.
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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.
214
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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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Mean of items is . If these items are successively increased by , then the new mean is
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Correct option: B
Option B () is correct because it represents the new mean after successively increasing the items by powers of 2.
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If two regression lines are coincident, then which is correct?
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Correct option: D
Option D () is correct because when two regression lines are coincident, it indicates a perfect positive or negative correlation, meaning the correlation coefficient is either +1 or -1.
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A sample of 35 observations has the mean as 30 and SD as 4. A second sample of 65 observations from the same population has mean as 70 and SD as 3. The SD of the combined sample is
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Correct option: D
None of these
Option D (None of these) is correct because the calculated standard deviation of the combined sample is approximately 19.38, which is not among the given options.
218
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Let and If mean and variance of elements of Y are 17 and 216 respectively, then a+b is equal to
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Correct option: C
-7
The correct answer is C (-7) because it is found by using the given mean and variance to solve for a and b, then calculating a+b.
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If and then coefficient of correlation is equal to
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Correct option: B
-0.97
Option B (-0.97) is correct because it accurately calculates the correlation coefficient using the given covariance and variances.
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If the values occur at frequencies , in a distribution, then the mean is
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Correct option: D
Option D () is correct because it is the result of calculating the weighted mean of the given values and frequencies.
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If the arithmetic mean of 9 observations is 100 and that of 6 is 80 . Then, the combined mean of all the 15 observations will be
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Correct option: D
92
Option D (92) is correct because the combined mean is calculated by weighting the means of the two groups by their respective sizes.
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The variance of the data 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 is
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Correct option: C
8
Option C (8) is the correct variance. The variance is calculated by finding the average of the squared differences from the mean.
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The variance of 20 observations is 5. If each observation is multiplied by 2 then the new variance of the
resulting observations, is:
resulting observations, is:
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Correct option: C
20
Option C (20) is correct because when each observation is multiplied by a constant, the variance is multiplied by the square of that constant.
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The standard deviation of is
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Correct option: A
2
Option A (2) is correct because the standard deviation of the given data is calculated to be 2.
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If and , then the standard deviation of the 9 items then the standard deviation of the 9 items is
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Correct option: C
2
Option C (2) is correct because the standard deviation is calculated using the given sums and remains unchanged when observations are shifted by a constant.
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If the correlation coefficient between and is 0.6 and if and then the coefficient of correlation between and is
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Correct option: B
0.6
Option B (0.6) is correct because the correlation coefficient is invariant under linear transformations. Since u and v are linear transformations of X and Y, their correlation coefficient is the same as that of X and Y.
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If the mean of numbers is 82 , then the mean of is
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Correct option: D
75
Option D (75) is correct because it is the arithmetic mean of the given numbers.
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The mean wage of 1000 workers in a factory running in two shifts of 700 and 300 workers is Rs. 500 . The mean wage of 700 workers working in day shift is Rs. 450 . The mean wage of workers working in the night shift is
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Correct option: B
Rs. 616.67
Option B (Rs. 616.67) is correct because it represents the mean wage of workers in the night shift calculated using the weighted average formula.
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The test marks in Statistics for a class are 20, 24, 27, . The median score of the class is
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Correct option: C
29
Option C (29) is correct because the median is the middle value when the data is arranged in ascending order.
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The coefficient of correlation and the two regression coefficients are related as
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Correct option: D
Option D is correct because the correlation coefficient r is the geometric mean of the regression coefficients, with the sign of r being the same as that of the regression coefficients.
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Let the six numbers be in A.P. and . If the mean of these six numbers is and their variance is , then is equal to:
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Correct option: D
210
Option D (210) is correct because it involves finding the variance of an arithmetic progression.
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The mean of the squares of first natural numbers is
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Correct option: D
.
Option D () is correct because the mean of the squares of the first n natural numbers is given by the formula .
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The arithmetic mean of the squares of the first natural numbers is
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Correct option: B
Option B () is correct because it is the arithmetic mean of the squares of the first natural numbers.
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The means of a set of numbers is . If each number is divided by 3, then the new mean is
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Correct option: D
Option D () is correct because if each number is divided by 3, the new mean is simply the original mean divided by 3.
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Mean of 25 observations was found to be 78.4. But later on it was found that 96 was misread 69 . The correct mean is
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Correct option: B
79.48
Option B (79.48) is correct because the correct mean is calculated by adjusting the incorrect sum of observations.
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For observation set data obtained is
For another observation set data obtained is
Then value of where are means of respective data set while is variance of combined data is
For another observation set data obtained is
Then value of where are means of respective data set while is variance of combined data is
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Correct option: C
807
Option C (807) is correct because it is the sum of the means of the two data sets and the variance of the combined data set, calculated using statistical formulas.
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If the mean of n observation , then n is equal to
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Correct option: A
11
Option A (11) is correct because solving the equation for the mean of squares yields n=11 as the valid solution.
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If is the mean of a distribution, then is equal to
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Correct option: C
0
Option C (0) is correct because the sum of the deviations from the mean, weighted by their frequencies, is always zero.
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The best average of dealing a qualitative data is
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Correct option: B
Median
Option B (Median) is correct because the median is the most appropriate measure of central tendency for qualitative data, as it is not affected by extreme values.
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If is the standard deviation of a random variable , then the standard deviation of the random variable , where is
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Correct option: B
Option B () is correct because the standard deviation of a linear transformation ax + b is |a| times the standard deviation of x.
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