F.Y.B.Sc.
(CS) (Sem-I) April-2023
QP 00000274
Descriptive Statistics and Introduction to Probability
[Time:2.30 Hrs] [ Marks:75]
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N.B: 1. All questions are compulsory.
2. Figures to the right indicate full marks.
3. Students answering in the regional language should refer in
case of doubt to the main text of the paper in English.
Q1. Attempt any four of the following (20M)
A. Consider the following data which gives weight of students in kg
52.5,59.5,49.5,52.9,57.4,52.9,64.7,51.8,61.3,71.4,50.7,73.5,58.7,61.8,62.8,56.6,69.0,56.
4,62.8,47.8,55.4,69.9,48.1,51.2,62.5,57.1,64.3,45.6,64.8,60.9,57.2,56.8,50.5,63.4,49.2,6
1.2,56.6,67.6,61.7,45.1
(i) obtain the number of classes
(ii) class width
(iii) frequency distribution
(iv) cumulative frequency distribution
B. What is frequency distribution? Explain frequency distribution for discrete variable
C. Find missing frequency, given that the mean is 27.25
Classes 0-10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50
Frequency 5 20 22 18 -
D. Explain any two types of relative measures of dispersion with example.
E. Find the median for the following data.
Daily wages in 400-500 500-600 600-700 700-800 800-900 900-1000
Rs.
No. of 4 6 20 10 5 5
workers
F. Explain different methods of representing frequency distribution graphically
with example
.
Q2. Attempt any four of the following (20M)
A. From the information given below compare skewness of two groups
Group Group1 Group2
Mean 54 52
Median 52 55
SD 10 12
B. Calculate Karl Pearson's coefficient of skewness for the following data
Daily wages 400-500 500-600 600-700 700-800 800-900
No. of 8 16 20 17 3
workers
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C. What is moment? Define central moments and raw moments.
D. Marks scored in English(X) and logic(Y) are recorded as follows
X 74 77 74 73 79 76 82 72 75 78 77 78 76 76
Y 65 72 70 69 72 70 70 70 73 75 77 65 67 72
Draw Scatter plot and conclude about correlation between them.
E. Define skewness and explain absolute measures and relative measures.
F. A ball is rolled down a hallway and its position is recorded at five different times.
Use the data given in table shown below to predict the location of the ball at 12
seconds.
Time(seconds) 1 2 4 6 8
Position(meters) 9 12 17 21 26
Q3. Attempt any four of the following. (20M)
A. Explain term Permutations and Combinations
B. state multiplication theorem for two events
C. If a pair of unbiased coins is tossed obtain probability of occurrence of (i)
singlehead (ii)more than one head (iii) at least one tail
D. The letters of the word 'EQUATION' are arranged randomly. what is the
probability that an arrangement (i) starts and ends with vowel (ii) hasall
vowels together
E. write the sample space for following experiment
(i) coin is tossed twice
(ii)Twenty laptops’ sets are checked and number of defective sets is noted
(iii) A two-digit number is formed from the digits 1,3,5 using each digit only once.
(iv) A student appears for examination then possible outcomes of result
(v)Dice is thrown till 6 appears on uppermostface
F. Two dice are thrown simultaneously. Find the probability that the sum being 6 or
same number on both dice
Q4. Attempt any three of the following. (15M)
A. An integer is chosen from 1 to 100. Find the probability that is multiple
of 5 or perfectsquare.
B. Three persons X, Y, Z are being considered for the appointment as the manger for a
company whose chance of being selected for the post are 4/9,1/3, and 2/9 respectively.
The probabilities that bonus scheme will be introduced if X, Y, Z become manager are
3/10,4/5,1/2 respectively.
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C. Find the median for the following frequency distribution
X 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
Frequency 8 10 11 16 20 22 18 9 6
D. In a moderately asymmetrical distribution, the values of mode and mean are 32.1 and 35.4
respectively. Find the median
E. Data values are:
42,53,65,63,61,77,47,56,74,60,64,68,45,55,57,82,42,35,39,51,65,55,33,76,70,50,52,54,45,4
6,25,36,59,63,83. Represent stem and leaf plot.
F. Two sets of candidates are competing for the positions on the board of directors of a
company. The probabilities that the first and second sets will win are 0.6 and 0.4
respectively. If the first sets wins the probability of introducing a new product is 0.8 and
thecorresponding probability if the second set wins is 0.3.What is the probability that a
new product will be introduced?
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