1.

Find the coeff of correlation between the heights of brothers and sisters from the
following data (Calculate the mean)

Height of brothers 65 66 67 68 69 70 71
(cm) X
Height of Sisters 67 68 66 69 72 72 69
(cm) Y

2. Find the coeff of correlation between pairs of values of x and y from the
following data. (Assume the Mean)

X 17 19 21 26 20 28 26 27
Y 23 27 25 26 27 25 30 33

3. Find the coeff of correlation between the marks in English and Hindi obtained by
10 students. (Assume the Mean)

Eng 10 25 13 25 22 11 12 25 21 20
Hin 12 22 16 15 18 18 17 23 24 17

4. From the data given below calculate the coefficient of rank correlation between X
and Y

X 78 89 97 69 59 79 68 57
Y 125 137 156 112 107 136 123 108
1. From the following data obtain the two regression equations

X 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
Y 2 1 3 2 4 3 5

2. Calculate the coefficient and find the two lines of regression

X 57 58 59 59 60 61 62 64
Y 67 68 65 68 72 72 69 71

3. Find the two lines of regression from the following data (Assume Mean)

X 158 160 163 165 167 170 172 175 177 181
Y 163 158 167 170 160 180 170 175 172 175

Estimate Y when X=164

1. Fit a trend line to the following data by the method of semi – averages

Year 1993 94 95 96 97 98 99
Sales 102 105 114 110 108 116 112
(thousand)

2. The sale of a commodity in tones varied from 1988 to 1995, fit a trend line by the
method of semi – averages

Year 1988 89 90 91 92 93 94 95
Sales 100 105 109 96 102 108 112 114
(million)
Also predict the sales for the year 1998 from the graph.

3. Calculate the 5 yearly and 7 yearly moving averages for the following data of the
numbers of commercial and industrial failures in a country during 1982 to 1997

Year No of failures Year No of failures

1982 23 90 9
83 26 91 13
84 28 92 11
85 32 93 14
86 20 94 12
87 12 95 9
88 12 96 3
89 10 97 1

Also plot the actual and trend values of the graph

4. The following table shows the average monthly production of coal in millions tones for
the year 1987 – 1996. Calculate the 4 – Yearly moving averages

Year Average production of coal Year Average production of coal

(in million tones) (in million tones)
1987 50 92 38.1
88 36.5 93 32.6
89 43 94 41.7
90 44.5 95 41.1
91 38.9 97 33.8
Also write the trend values
5. From the following data, find the 4 yearly moving averages. Also write the trend
values.

Year Values ( in Lakhs) Year Values

1977 20 84 31.6
78 22.8 85 35.7
79 24.3 86 47.2
80 18.8 87 55.0
81 28.3 88 63.2
82 30.4 89 66.3
83 35.8 90 57.7
1. For the following series of observations verify that the 4 year centered average is
equivalent to a 5 year weighted moving average with weights 1,2,2,2,1 respectively

Year 1984 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94
Sales 2 6 1 5 3 7 2 6 4 8 3

2. Fit a straight line trend for the following series. Estimate the value for 1997

Year 1990 91 92 93 94 95 96
Production of 60 72 75 65 80 85 95
Steel (m.tonnes)

3. The following data relate to the number of passenger cars in million sold from 1992 to
1999:

Year Number Year Number

1992 6.7 96 5.6
1993 5.3 97 7.9
94 4.3 98 5.8
95 6.1 99 6.1

(a) Fit a straight line trend to the data through 1997 only
(b) Use your result in (a) to estimate production in 1999 and compare with the actual
production.

4. From the data given below fit a straight line trend by the method of least squares

Year 1975 76 77 78 79 80 81 82
Sales (in 6.7 5.3 4.3 6.1 5.6 7.9 5.8 6.1
lakhs)

5. From the following data, find the 4 yearly moving averages and 4 yearly moving
centered. Also write the trend values.

Year Values ( in Lakhs) Year Values

1977 20 84 31.6
78 22.8 85 35.7
79 24.3 86 47.2
80 18.8 87 55.0
81 28.3 88 63.2
82 30.4 89 66.3
83 35.8 90 57.7
1. From the table given below, whether the color of son’s eyes is associated with that of
the father’s eyes.

Eyes color of sons Not Light Light

Eyes color of Not light 230 148
Fathers Light 151 471

2. Calculate the expected frequencies for the following data presuming the two attributes,
viz. conditions of home and condition of child as independent

Condition of Home
Clean Dirty
Clean 70 50
Condition of Child Fairly Clean 80 20
Dirty 35 45

Use chi-square test at 5% level of significance to state whether the two attributes are
independent.

3. The company is interested in determining whether an association exists between the

commuting time of the employees and level of stress related problem observed on the
job. The study of 116 workers reveals the following

Stress Level
High Medium Low
Under 20 min 9 5 18
Commuting Time 20-50 min 17 8 28
Over 50 min 18 6 7
1. Random samples are drawn from two populations and the following results were
obtained

Sample 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 24 26 27
X
Sample 19 22 23 25 26 28 29 30 31 32 35 36
Y

Find the variance of two populations and test whether the two sample have the same
variance.

2. In a test given to two groups of students drawn from two normal populations, the
marks obtained were as follows

Group 18 20 36 50 49 36 34 49 41
A
Group 29 28 26 35 30 44 46
B

Examine at 5% level of significance whether the population have the same variance

3. Test the significance of variation in retail price of commodities in Mumbai, Kolkata,

and Delhi. Four shops were chosen at random in each city and the prices where as
follows

S1 S2 S3 S4
Mumbai 16 8 12 14
Kolkata 14 10 10 6
Delhi 4 10 8 8

Do the data indicate that the prices in 3 cities are significantly different?

4. The following table gives the yields on 15 sample plots under three varieties of seeds
A B C
20 18 25
21 20 28
23 17 22
16 15 28
20 25 32

We have to find out if the average yields of land under different variance show
significant differences