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P.G.

DIPLOMA IN STATISTICS ASSIGNMENTS

UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF OPEN LEARNING


PANJAB UNIVERSITY
CHANDIGARH-160014

2016-2017
Dear Student,
As you are aware that Internal Assessment has already been introduced for students of
USOL. For this purpose, you are required to submit the assignments for each subject/paper.

Note : Last date for the submission of the assignments are :

(a) 1st Semester Assignments 15th November, 2016.


(b) 2nd Semester Assignments 31st March, 2017.
No assignment will be accepted after due date.

The assignments are enclosed herewith.


Send the Assignment to :

The Chairperson
University School of Open Learning
Panjab University, Chandigarh - 160014

It is important to mark the envelop with the name of the subject/assignments number
and your class at the top, failing which the assignments will not be checked and the students
will have no claim for internal assessment.

Cordially yours
Prof. R.K. Mahajan
Faculty of Statistics
USOL, P.U., CHD.
SYLLABUS FOR P.G. DIPLOMA IN STATISTICS
2016 -2017

The overall program is divided into eight papers, with four papers in each Semester.

SEMESTER I
Paper-I Descriptive Statistics I M.Marks: 100
Paper-II Probability and Sampling Distributions M. Marks: 100
Paper-III Basic Business Statistics M.Marks: 100
Paper-IV Research Methods M.Marks: 100

SEMESTER II
Paper-V Descriptive Statistics II M.Marks: 100
Paper-VI Testing of Hypotheses M.Marks: 100
Paper-VII Times Series Analysis and M.Marks: 100
Design of Experiments
Paper-VIII Research Project (Dissertation) M.Marks: 100

SEMESTER I
Paper - I Descriptive Statistics I (M. Marks: 100)
1. The thrust of the paper is on basic concepts and applications of statistics and not on
mathematical derivations.
2. The paper is divided into two sections, namely A and B.
3. The question paper will have 9 questions carrying equal marks. The candidate will be required to
attempt five questions including the first compulsory question and two questions from each
section, in three hours duration. The compulsory question shall consist of short answer type
questions covering the whole syllabus with no internal choice.
4. The students are allowed to use electronic calculators with four basic Mathematical operations
and up to one memory.
5. The distribution of 100 marks is as follows:

Final Examination: 80 marks


Internal Assessment:20 marks
Section -A
Measurement Scale: Nominal, Ordinal, Interval and Ratio. Concept of Population and Sample. Primary
and Secondary Data. Descriptive and inductive statistics, Collection and tabulation of data,

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Diagrammatic representation of frequency data: histogram, frequency polygon, frequency curve,
ogives, stem and leaf plot, pie chart. Measures of Central Tendency: arithmetic mean, median, mode,
geometric mean, harmonic mean, weighted means, quartiles, deciles and percentiles.

Section-B
Measures of variation: range, quartile deviation, mean deviation and standard deviation. Coefficients
of Dispersion and co-efficient of Variation, Box and Whisker Plot. Central and Non-Central Moments.
Measures of skewness: Karl Pearson's, Bowley's and Coefficient of skewness based on moments.
Measure of kurtosis based on moments.

References :
1. A.M. Goon, M. K. Gupta, B. Dasgupta: Fundamental of Statistics Vol.I. (2005)
2. W.W. Danniel, Biostatistics : A foundation for analysis in the Health Sciences (2005)
Paper - II Probability and Sampling Distributions (M.Marks: 100)
1. The thrust of the paper is on basic concepts and applications of statistics and not on
mathematical derivations.
2. The paper is divided into two sections, namely A and B.
3. The question paper will have 9 questions carrying equal marks. The candidate will be
required to attempt five questions including the first compulsory question and two questions
from each section, in three hours duration. The compulsory question shall consist of short
answer type questions covering the whole syllabus with no internal choice.
4. The students are allowed to use electronic calculators with four basic Mathematical
operations and up to one memory.
5. The distribution of 100 marks is as follows :

Final Examination: 80 marks


Internal Assessment:20 marks

Section - A
Probability: Random experiments, sample space, events. Mutually exclusive events, exhaustive
events, complementary events, equally likely events, independent and dependent events, exhaustive
events.Classical, statistical (empirical) and axiomatic approaches to probability. Additive and
multiplicative laws of probability, conditional probability, partition of sample space, theorem of total
probability and Bayes' theorem. Discrete and continuous random variables and their probability
functions.Mathematical expectation.

Section - B
Theoretical distributions: Bernoulli, binomial, Poisson and normal and their properties and applications.
Sampling distributions associated with normal distribution (Chi-square, t and F). Law of large numbers
and central limit theorem (definitions and applications only).

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References :
1. P.L. Meyer, Introductory probability and Statistical Applications(1970).
2. L. Miller, I. and M. Miller, Mathematical Statistics ( Sixth Ed.).
3. A.M. Goon, M. K. Gupta, B. Dasgupta: Fundamental of Statistics Vol.I. (2005)

Paper - III Basic Business Statistics (M.Marks: 100)


1. The thrust of the paper is on basic concepts and applications of statistics and not on
mathematical derivations.
2. The paper is divided into two sections, namely A and B.
3. The question paper will have 9 questions carrying equal marks. The candidate will be
required to attempt five questions including the first compulsory question and two
questions from each section in three hours duration. The compulsory question shall
consist of short answer type questions covering the whole syllabus with no internal
choice.
4. The students are allowed to use electronic calculators with four basic Mathematical
operations and up to one memory.
5. The distribution of 100 marks is as follows:

Final Examination: 80 marks


Internal Assessment:20 marks

Section - A
Index Numbers: Purpose of the index numbers, problems in the construction of index numbers.
Construction of index numbers: un-weighted and weighted aggregate methods and method of
weighted averages of price relatives. Chain index numbers. Conversion of fixed base to chain base
index numbers and vice versa. Tests for Index numbers. Cost of living index numbers. Splicing and
deflating of index number series

Section - B
Statistical Quality Control: Definition of quality. Assignable and chance sources of variation. Control
Limits. Control Charts: construction and uses of X-bar, R, s, p and c-charts. Specification Limits and
Natural Tolerance Limits. Concepts of OC, ASN, AQL in the context of single Sampling Plan and the
concepts of consumer and producer's risks. Quality Assurance, ISO 9000 series of standards,
Evolution, Models, Applications: Industry & Service Sector. Statistical Techniques for ISO 9000.

References :
1. A.M. Goon, M. K. Gupta, B. Dasgupta: Fundamental of Statistics Vol.I. (2005)
2. John E. Freund and Frank, I Williams: Modern Business Statistics.
3. S. C. Gupta, and V.K. Kapoor : Fundamental of Applied Statistics(2001).

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4. Montgomery, D.C : Introduction to Statistical Quality Control; Wiley(201).

Paper IV Research Methods (M. Marks: 100)


1. The thrust of the paper is on basic concepts and applications of statistics and not on
mathematical derivations.
2. The paper is divided into two sections, namely A and B
3. The question paper will have 9 questions carrying equal marks. The candidate will be
required to attempt five questions including the first compulsory question and at least one
from section A and at least two from section B, in three hours duration. The compulsory
question shall consist of short answer type questions covering the whole syllabus with no
internal choice.
4. The students are allowed to use electronic calculators with four basic Mathematical
operations and up to one memory.
5. The distribution of 100 marks is as follows :

Final Examination: 80 marks


Internal Assessment:20 marks

Section - A
Introduction to Research : meaning of research, types of research, role of research, characteristics of
interest in research. Process of research, report writing and presentation.Use of statistical packages
(Excel, Minitab, SPSS) in research.

Section B
Sampling Techniques: Measurement scales. Population and sample.Sources of data, collection of
data.. Basic principles of sample survey. Sampling and non-sampling errors, sample survey versus
complete enumeration. Different stages in a sample survey. Sampling Techniques: simple random
sampling (with and without replacement), stratified random sampling, systematic sampling, multistage
sampling, multiphase sampling. Purposive sampling and quota sampling (no mathematical proofs).

References :
1. A.M. Goon, M. K. Gupta, B. Dasgupta, Fundamental of Statistics Vol.11. (2005).
2. C.R. Kothari, Research Methodology: Methods and Techniques, Wiley Eastern Ltd. (2009).
3. John E. Freund and Frank, I Williams, Modern Business Statistics.
4. Hurbet M. Blalock (Jr.), Social Statistics(1979).
5. Singh, D. and Chaudhary, F.S.): Theory and Analysis of Sample Survey Designs. New
Age International Publishers (1986).
6. P.S.S. Sundar Rao and J.Richard: Introduction to Biostatistics and Research Methods 4th
Edi. PHI learning Pvt. Ltd.(2011).

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SEMESTER II

Paper - V Descriptive Statistics II (M.Marks: 100)


1. The thrust of the paper is on basic concepts and applications of statistics and not on
mathematical derivations.
2. The paper is divided into two sections, namely A and B
3. The question paper will have 9 questions carrying equal marks. The candidate will be
required to attempt five questions including the first compulsory question and two
questions from each section, in three hours duration. The compulsory question shall
consist of short answer type questions covering the whole syllabus with no internal
choice.
4. The students are allowed to use electronic calculators with four basic Mathematical
operations and up to one memory.
5. The distribution of 100 marks is as follows:

Final Examination: 80 marks


Internal Assessment:20 marks

Section - A
Correlation Analysis: Methods of studying simple correlation: scatter diagram, Karl Pearson's co-
efficient of correlation, Spearman's rank correlation, Kendall's Tau. Multiple and partial correlation,
Correlation ratio and intra-class correlation.
Regression Analysis: Introduction: meaning and purpose of regression. Simple and multiple linear
regression using least square principle. Coefficient of determination.

Section - B
Vital Statistics: Rates of vital events. Measurements of mortality: crude death rate, specific death rate,
standardized death rate. Life tables: description and construction of life table, abridged life table.
Measurement of fertility: crude birth rate, general fertility rate, age-specific fertility rate, total fertility
rate. Measurement of population growth: crude rate of natural increase and vital-index, gross net re-
production rate.

References :
1. I. E. Freund and FJ William, Modern Business, Statistics.
2. A. M. Goon, M. K. Gupta and B. Das Gupta, Fundamentals of Statistics, Vol. I and II (2005).
3. S. C. Gupta, and V.K. Kapoor (2001) : Fundamental of Applied Statistics

Paper VI Testing of Hypotheses (M.Marks: 100)


1. The thrust of the paper is on basic concepts and applications of statistics and not on
mathematical derivations.

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2. The paper is divided into two sections, namely A and B
3. The question paper will have 9 questions carrying equal marks. The candidate will be
required to attempt five questions including the first compulsory question and two
questions from each section in three hours duration. The compulsory question shall
consist of short answer type questions covering the whole syllabus with no internal
choice.
4. The students are allowed to use electronic calculators with four basic Mathematical
operations and up to one memory.
5. The distribution of 100 marks is as follows:

Final Examination: 80 marks


laternal Assessment:20 marks

Section-A
Tests of Significance: Statistical hypotheses. Type-I and Type-II errors, level of significance, tests of
significance for the parameters of the normal distribution (one sample and two samples). Approximate
tests concerning proportion, difference of two proportions. Chi-square tests for goodness of fit and
independence of attributes. Test for the significance of observed correlation coefficient.

Section - B
Non-parametric Tests: One-sample tests: Kolmogorov Smirnov goodness of fit test, run tests, sign test,
Wilcoxon's signed-rank test. Two-sample test: Wilcoxon-Mann'Whitney test. Kruskal Wallis one-way
analysis of variance test and Friedman two-way analysis of variance test.

References :
1. A.M. Goon, M. K. Gupta, B. Dasgupta, Fundamental of Statistics VollL(2005)
2. L. Miller, I. and M. Miller, Mathematical Statistics ( Sixth Ed.).

Paper VII. Times Series Analysis and Design of Experiments (M.Marks: 100)
1. The thrust of the paper is on basic concepts and application of statistics and not on
mathematical derivations.
2. The paper is divided into two sections, namely A and B
3. The question paper will have 9 questions carrying equal marks. The candidate will be
required to attempt five questions including the first compulsory question and two
questions from each section, in three hours duration. The compulsory question shall
consist of short answer type questions covering the whole syllabus with no internal
choice.
4. The students are allowed to use electronic calculators with four basic Mathematical
operations and up to one memory.
5. The distribution of 100 marks is as follows:

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Final Examination: 80 marks
Internal Assessment:20 marks

Section -A
Time Series Analysis: Meaning of time series. Components of a time series: trend, seasonal variations,
cyclical variations and irregular variations. Additive and multiplicative models of time series.

Measurement of trend: semi-average method and method of curve fitting by least squares: linear,
modified linear and curvilinear curves. Measurement of seasonal variations: method of simple
averages, ratio-to-trend method, ratio-to-moving average method. Deseasonalized data.Use of
seasonal indices in forecasting.

Section -B
Design of Experiments. Analysis of variance: one way and two-way classifications. Principles of design
of experiments. Completely randomized design, randomized complete block design and Latin square
design: their layouts, analysis of variance tables and applications.

References:
1. A.M.Goon, M. K. Gupta, B. Dasgupta, Fundamental of Statistics Vol.II(2005)
2. John E. Freund and Frank, I Williams, Modern Business Statistics.
3. S. C. Gupta, and V.K. Kapoor (2001) : Fundamental of Applied Statistics.

Paper VIII Research Project (Dissertation) (M. Marks: 100)


1. The thrust of the Dissertation-based paper is to give an opportunity to the students to
have a first hand experience of data collection, compilation, analysis and report writing.
2. A list of suggested topics etc. for the Projects shall be provided to the students at the time
of enrolment. However, they will be encouraged to undertake Project related to their
professional placement.
3. They will execute the Project under the guidance of a member of the Faculty in
University/College who is Ph.D. and has at least three research papers to his credit.
4. The project has to be submitted as per the date finalised by the USOL in consonance with
the University Admission and Examination schedule.

The distribution of 100 marks is as follows:

Project Report: 50 marks


Viva:50 marks

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CLASS : P.G. DIPLOMA IN STATISTICS
SEMESTER-I,
P.G. Diploma in Statistics Semester-1st
Title of the Paper: Descriptive Statistics-I (Paper-I)
Class____________Semester___________Title of the Paper_____________________Enrolment No.________
Name________________ Address_______________________E-mail. ID______________ Contact No._______
Instructions: Tear off the page and paste on the front page of your assignment.
PAPER-I
DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS I
Q.No. 1. (a) Write short notes on the following :
(i) Histogram (ii) Frequency Polygon
(iii) Frequency Curve (iv) Ogive
(v) Stem and Leaf Plot (20)
(b) What are the types of measures of central tendency and what are the desirable
characteristics of a good measure of central tendency. (10)
(c) Discuss various measures of dispersion and mention the characteristics of a good
measure of dispersion. (10)
Q.No. 2 (a) Given the following is the distribution of persons according to different income groups.
Calculate arithmetic mean by
(i) Direct method
(ii) Short-cut method

Income (Rs. (100) 0-10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60 60-70

Number of Persons 6 8 10 12 7 4 3

Also find the median and mode for the above data. (15)
(b) Following are the daily wages of workers in a textile. Find the median.

Wages (in Rs.) No. of Workers


0-100 5
100-200 7
200-300 8
300-400 12
400-500 8
500-600 5

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600-700 7
700-800 8
800-900 8
900-1000 7
(10)
(c) Compute quartiles for the data given below

X 5 8 12 15 19 24 30

Y 4 3 2 4 5 2 4

Also find D4, D9, P25, and P70. (15)


Q.No.3 (a) Calculate mean deviation from mean and median for the following data :
100, 200, 250, 360, 490, 500, 671
Also calculate coefficients of mean deviation (5)
(b) Find Karl-Pearsons coefficient of Skewness for the given distribution :

X: 0-5 5-10 10-15 15-20 20-25 25-30 30-35 35-40

Y: 2 5 7 13 21 16 8 3

(10)
(c) Weekly wages of labours are given below. Calculate Quartile Deviation (QD) and
coefficient of Q.D.
Weekly wages (Rs.) : 100 200 400 500 600
No. of Weeks : 5 8 21 12 6 (5)

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P.G. Diploma in Statistics Semester-1st
Title of the Paper: Probability & Sampling Distributions (Paper-II)
Class____________Semester___________Title of the Paper_____________________Enrolment No.________
Name________________ Address_______________________E-mail. ID______________ Contact No._______
Instructions: Tear off the page and paste on the front page of your assignment.
Paper-II
PROBABILITY & SAMPLING DISTRIBUTIONS

Q.No.1 (a) Define probability and explain any two approaches to probability. (10)
(b) Explain the following
(i) Mutually Exclusive and Equally-likely Events.
(ii) Simple and Compound Events.
(iii) Independent and Dependent Events.
(iv) Exhaustive and Complementary Events. (20)
(c) State and prove addition theorem for two mutually exclusive events. What would be the
form of the theorem if the events are not mutually exclusive ? (10)
Q.No. 2 (a) A bag contain 6 white and 4 black balls and a second one 4 white and 2 black balls. One
of these bag is chosen at random and a draw of 2 balls is made from it. Find the
probability that one is white and the other black. (5)
(b) Find the probability of 53 Sundays in a year selected at random. (5)
(c) In a bolt manufacturing factory, machine A, B and C manufacture respectively 25%, 35%
and 40 % of the total. Of their output 5,4,2 per cent are defective bolts. A bolt is drawn
at random from the product and is found to be defective. What is the probability that it
was manufactured by machine C ? (10)
Q.No. 3 (a) Write short note on the following :
(i) Assumptions to apply Binomial Distribution.
(ii) Properties of Normal Distribution.
(iii) Importance of Poisson Distribution (15)
(b) Explain the following
(i) Law of Large Numbers
(ii) Central Limit Theorem
(iii) Chi-Square Distribution (15)
(c) If a die is thrown 6 times and getting 5 or 6 is considered a success, obtain the
probability of getting 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6 successes. (10)

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P.G. Diploma in Statistics Semester-1st
Title of the Paper: Basic Business Statistics (Paper-III)
Class____________Semester___________Title of the Paper_____________________Enrolment No.________
Name________________ Address_______________________E-mail. ID______________ Contact No._______
Instructions: Tear off the page and paste on the front page of your assignment.
Paper-III

BASIC BUSINESS STATISTICS

Q.No. 1 (a) What are index numbers ? Explain the various problems faced in the construction of an
index number. (10)
(b) Write short note on
(i) Splicing
(ii) Deflating
(iii) Cost of living index numbers (15)
Q.No. 2 (a) Write short note on
(i) SQC
(ii) Control Charts
(iii) OC
(iv) ASN (20)
(b) The following table gives the life in years noted at final inspection of aircrafts of three
samples. Prepare the control charts for mean and range.
Air Crafts No. Life in Years
1 7 8 7
2 15 14 8
3 13 12 10
4 18 20 12
5 10 12 14
6 14 15 16
7 7 8 18
8 10 11 20
9 20 9 20
10 11 10 11
11 22 21 22
12 15 14 15
13 8 16 16
14 24 20 16
15 14 12 13
16 8 7 9
(15)

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Q.No. 3 (a) Contsruct price index number for a year 1992 by taking 1991 as a base year for the
following data : by Simple aggregative method and by Simple average of price relative
method using Arithmethic mean and median.
Commodity : A B C D E
Price in 1991 : 50 40 80 110 20
(in Rs.)
Price in 1992 : 70 60 90 120 20
(in Rs.)

(10)
(b) construct index numbers of price from the following data by using :
(i) Laspeyres method
(ii) Passches method
(iii) Fishers method
(iv) Marshall-Edgeworth method
(v) Dorbish Bowleys mehtod
Commodity 1995 1996
Price Quantity Price Quantity
A 2 8 4 6
B 5 10 6 5
C 4 14 5 10
D 2 19 2 15
(15)
(c) From the following data calculate 3-yearly, 5-yearly and 7-yearly moving averages and
plot the data on the graph :
Year Cyclical Fluctuations
1989 +2
1990 +1
1991 0
1992 -2
1993 -1
1994 +2
1995 +1
1996 0
1997 -2
1998 -1
1999 +2
2000 +1
2001 0
2002 -2
2003 -1
(15)

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P.G. Diploma in Statistics Semester-1st
Title of the Paper: Research Methods (Paper-IV)
Class____________Semester___________Title of the Paper_____________________Enrolment No.________
Name________________ Address_______________________E-mail. ID______________ Contact No._______
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Paper-IV

RESEARCH METHODS

Q.No. 1 Differentiate between :


(i) Population and Sample
(ii) Sampling Errors and Non-Sampling Errors.
(iii) Sample Survey and Complete Enumeration
(iv) Stratified Sampling and Cluster Sampling
(v) Minitab and SPSS (30)
Q.No. 2 (i) What do you mean by research ?
(ii) What are the types of research ?
(iii) What is the process of research, report writing and presentation. (5, 5, 10)
Q.No. 3 From a hypothetical population of N = 5, having the value (62, 59, 72, 39 and 83) draw a
sample of size n = 3 using SRSWOR and show that :
(i) Sample mean is an unbiased estimator of population mean.
(ii) Sample mean square is an unbiased estimator of population mean square
Nn 2
(iii) V(n) = S is correct
Nn
(iv) Determine the variances V(n) in both cases SRSWR and SRSWOR using formula
and show that V(n) in SRSWOR is less than V(n) in SRSWR.

(v) Compute standard error for SRSWOR case. (30)


Q.No. 4 Discuss in brief the characteristics of Excel, Minitab, SPSS when used in research. (20)

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SEMESTER-II
P.G. Diploma in Statistics Semester-2nd
Title of the Paper: Descriptive Statistics-II (Paper-V)
Class____________Semester___________Title of the Paper_____________________Enrolment No.________
Name________________ Address_______________________E-mail. ID______________ Contact No._______
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PAPER-V

DISCRIPTIVE STATISTICS II

Q1. (a) Define Correlation. Discuss two methods of its computations. (10)
(b) Defind rank correlation coefficient. How is it measured? When is it preferred to Karl
Pearsons coefficient of correlation ? (10)
(c) Explain the following :
(i) Multiple Correlation
(ii) Multiple Linear Regression.
(iii) Coefficient of Determination (15)
Q2. (a) Find coefficient of correlation from the following data :

X 10 12 18 16 15 19 18 17

Y 30 35 45 44 42 48 47 46

(10)
(b) Calculate coefficient of rank correlation from the following data :

X 15 10 20 28 12 10 16 18

Y 16 14 10 12 11 15 18 12

(10)
Q3. (a) What are regression coefficients ? What is the relationship between correlation and
regression coefficients. (10)
(b) You are given the following information :

X Y

Arithmetic Mean : 5 12

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Standard deviation : 2.6 3.6

Correlation Coefficient : r = 0.7

(i) Obtain two regression equations


(ii) Estimate Y when X = 9
(iii) Estimate X when Y = 12 (15)
Q4. (a) Define the following :
(i) Crude Death Rate
(ii) General Fertility Rate
(iii) Total Fertility Rate
(iv) Specific Death Rate
(v) Gross Net Reproduction Rate (10)
(b) From the data given below compute :
(i) General Fertility Rate
(ii) Specific Death Rate
(iii) Total Fertility Rate
(iv) Gross Reproduction Rate
Age Group of Child Bearing Number of Women (000) Total Births
Females

15-19 16.0 260

20-24 16.4 2244

25-29 15.8 1894

30-34 15.2 3120

35-39 18.8 816

40-44 15.0 280

45-49 14.5 145

Where the proportion of female birth is 46.2 percent (10)

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P.G. Diploma in Statistics Semester-2nd
Title of the Paper: Testing of Hypotheses (Paper-VI)
Class____________Semester___________Title of the Paper_____________________Enrolment No.________
Name________________ Address_______________________E-mail. ID______________ Contact No._______
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PAPER-VI

TESTING OF HYPOTHESES

Q1. (a) Define the following terms :

(i) Type-I and Type-II errors


(ii) Level of significance
(iii) Null Hypothesis and Alternate Hypothesis
(iv) Degree of freedom
(v) Simple Hypothesis and composite Hypothesis. (20)

(b) The data relate to the random samples of 400 men and 600 women regarding opinion of
a beautiful garden nearby their houses. In this situation 200 men and 325 women were
agreed in favour of purposal. Test the significance of difference between the proportions
of men and women. (10)

Q2. (a) The data relate to the proportion of bears in four groups A, B, C, D should be 9 : 3 : 3 : 1
while the experimental results showed their frequency 882, 313, 287 and 118. Test the
goodness of fit between theory and their experimental results. (10)

(b) Write a short note on test for the significance of observed correlation coefficient. (10)

(c) Explain test of signifincance for the parameters of normal distribution in case of one
sample. (15)

Q3. (a) Write a short note on

(i) Wilcoxons signed rank test


(ii) Run test
(iii) Sign test (15)

(b) Write the situations where non-parameteric statistical methods can be used. (5)

(c) What are the advantages and disadvantages of non-parametric methods ? What are the
assumptions regarding non-parametric methods ? (15)

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P.G. Diploma in Statistics Semester-2nd
Title of the Paper: Times Series Analysis and Design of Experiments (Paper-VIII)
Class____________Semester___________Title of the Paper_____________________Enrolment No.________
Name________________ Address_______________________E-mail. ID______________ Contact No._______
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PAPER-VII

TIMES SERIES ANALYSIS AND DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS

Q1. (a) What is time series ? Explain any one methods of measuring trend in a time series ? (10)
(b) Explain briefly the components of time series ? (10)
(c) Explain briefly the additive and multiplicative models of time series. Which of these
models is more popular in practice ? (10)
Q1. (a) Fit a straight line trend by the method of least square (taking 1978 as year of origin) to the
following data :

Year : 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984

Production : 5 7 9 10 12 17
(Lakh tone)

Also obtain the trend values. (15)


(b) Assuming that trend is absent, determine if there is any seasonality in the data given below :

Year Ist Quarter IInd Quarter IIIrd Quarter IVth Quarter


1982 37 41 33 35
1983 37 39 36 36
1984 40 43 33 31
What are the seasonal indices for various quarters ? (10)
(c) Fit a trend line by method of semi-average to the data given below :

Year : 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987

Profit 20 22 27 26 30 29 40
(000 R.) :

Also estimate the profit for the year 1988. (10)

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Q3. (a) What are the basic principles of design of experiments and discuss the layout of latin
square design. (15)
(b) The data relate to the five varieties of green gram that was conducted using CRD having five
varieties V1, V2, V3, V4 and V5 conducted with four replications each. The results are give
below :
Varieties V1 : 25, 21, 21, 18
V2 : 25, 28, 24, 25
V3 : 24, 24, 26, 21
V4 : 20, 17, 16, 19
V5 : 14, 15, 13, 11
Analyse the data of CRD with equal number of replications per treatment. (20)

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Class: P.G. DIPLOMA IN STATISTICS Panjab University, Chandigarh


Name : ________________________________

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Paper-I Session : 2016-2017

Paper-II Name : ________________________________


Paper-III Class : P.G. DIPLOMA IN STATISTICS

Paper-IV Paper Assignment No.

Total : Paper-I
______________________________________ Paper-II

Address of the Student Paper-III

_______________________________________ Paper-IV

_______________________________________ Total

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Address of the Student

_______________________________________

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Signature of the Student _________________

Date of Submission ______________________

Note : All the assignments will be accepted only Signature of the Student____________________
in one lot Date of Submission _____________________
No partial assignment will be accepted _______________________________________

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