MEASURES OF CENTRAL TENDENCY AND DISPERSION Preface ‘As you have gone through the theory part that consists of given fundamental principles, definitions, concepls involved and solved problems. After going through, theory part it becomes necessary to solve the unsolved problems based on the ‘concepts given. To solve this purpose we are providing level part that comprises of various levels based on the theory. By solving various kinds of problems you can ‘check your grasp on the topic and can determine whether you have been able to find optimum depth in relevant topic or not. Students are advised to solve the questions of exercises (Levels # 1, 2, 3, 4) in the same sequence or as directed by the faculty members, religiously and very carefully. Level #3 is not for foundation course students, it will be discussed in fresher or target courses. The list of exercises is as following : Total No. of questions in ‘Measures of Central Tendency and Dispersion are- Level # 4 Level #2 Level #3 Level #4 ‘Total No. of questions...LEVEL # 1 [EQBarithmatic Mean Q1 Mean of first n natural numbers is- ay MO=D gy noe o o 4 Q2 Following table shows the weight of 12 students: Weight (in kgs.) 67 70 72 73 75 No. of students 4 3 2 2 1 then mean weight is- (A) 70.25 kg. (8) 70.50 kg. (C) 70.75 kg. (0) None of these Q3 A factory employs 100 workers of whom 60 work in the first shift and 40 work in the ‘second shift. The average wage of all the 100 workers is Rs.38. If the average wage of 60 workers of the first shift is Rs.40, then the average wage of the remaining 40 workers of the second shift is- (a) 35 (45 (8) 40 (D) None of these Q4 If is the mean of a set of n observations x,, a Xgoonty then (KH) sequel to (A)M.. about mean (8) S.D. (co (D) None of these Q5 If the mean of 3, 4, x, 7, 10 is 6, then the value of x is- (Ay 4 (8) 5 (6 (0)7 Q6 — Weighted mean is computed by the formula x zw Sa, oe mx a oe o a7 as ag ato ant az a3 The mean of a set of numbers is X. If each umber is increased by 2, the mean of the net set is- (A) & ()A® (B) KR (D) None of these The mean of a set of numbers is x. If such number is multiplied by a, then the mean of the new set is- (A) x (C)ax (Bat z (0) None of these The mean of the squares of first n natural numbers is- ta 1 (a) 3 ®) gn (ast) (©) Fn een+ a) (©) For+ 1) net) For a continuous series the mean is computed by the following formula- =a Xt 2a+ 2d (Ay Mean = A+ 2° (B) Mean =A% SF wast oar Eid (6) Mean = A+ 24 (o)moan=av Ei If the mean of first n natural numbers is equal ns? to “S—, then n is equal to- 3 (a) 10 B11 (C2 (0) None of these The mean of discrete observations yy, Yorn 18 given bye a the mean of numbers 27, 31, 89, 107, 156 is 82, then the mean of 130, 126, 68, 50, 1 is- (A)75 (6) 187 (C)82_—(D) 80at4 45 Id; is the deviation of a class mark y; from ‘a’, the ‘ assumed mean’ and fj is the frequency, then My =x + sy (2ie. then x is (A) lower mit (B) assumed mean (©) number of observations (0) class size ‘The mean of frst three terms is 14 and mean of next ‘wo tems is 18. The mean of all the five terms is- (A) 145 (8) 15.0 (C)152 (0) 15.6 [3lceometric Mean & Harmonic Mean a6 a7 a8 ats 20 a2 Geometric mean of 3, 9 and 27 is- (A) 18 8) 6 (9 (0) None of these Geometric mean of the numbers 2, 22, 23, nd” is ()2? (D2? The geometric mean of n observations x, Ha genny 18 ox, an = z i (0) None of these (a) 22 (@) 202 (©) 4%)” ‘The geometric mean of the numbers 4, 8, 165 a) a (ey ) 8 (0) None The harmonic mean of 4, 8, 16 is- 64 (867 (Chess (O78 The harmonic mean of 3, 7, 8, 10, 14 is- 34748410414 pay SHEE HO AG : 5 3B Nedian a2 223 024 025 In an arranged series of n observations (n being an odd number) , the median is the value of = w (3 a tem (2)( 257} term (©) (Bea}t tm (0{n+3}tmterm The median of 10, 14, 11, 9, 8, 12, 6 is (Ato (12 (C14 (DY. If a variable takes the discrete values « + 4, 7. 8 1 1 a-F.a- 5.4 -3.a-2aty,a- 5, @+5 (a> 0), then the median is- 5 1 a-F ®a-> 5 (C)a-2 Watrz In an arranged discrete series in which total number of observations ‘n’ is even, median is (A) 5th term (8) & +n term (©) the mean of 2h ana (+4) term (D) None of these The median of the items 6, 10, 4, 3, 9, 11, 2, 18 is @s (10 (C)95 (OH EB vo. 27 0.28 ‘The mode of the following items is 0, 1, 6, 7, 2, 3, 7, 6, 6, 2, 6, 0, 5, 6, 0 is- @~o 5 (6 (D2 Mode of the distribution Marks 45 67S Number 3510S SS of students is (ae (8) 10 (c)8 (D) None of these229 2.30 ast 32 For a normal distribution, we have (A) mean = median (6) median = mode (C) mode = mean (0) mean = median = mode If median = (mode +2 mean) M, then M is equal to- (a3 (8) 113, (2 (0) None of these ‘The relationship between mean, median and mode for a moderately skewed distribution is- (A) mode = median - 2 mean (B) mode = 2 median ~ mean (C) mode = 2 median - 3 mean () mode = 3 median - 2 mean If the mode of a data is 18 and the mean is 24, then median is- (aie (B) 24 (cy22 (D2 [RB Dispersion 033 0.34 0.35 236 The scores of a batsman in ten innings are: 38, 70, 48, 34, 42, 55, 63, 46, 54, 44, then mean deviation about the median is: (Aas (8) 85 (c)a6 (0) 88 If the Standard Deviation of a variate is o, then the S.D. of 3x + 2 is: Ao (8)30 (C) 3042 (D) None of these For a frequency distribution, the mean deviation about mean is computed by wo. = 3 (8) mo. = a (c) Mo, = tual omo.= sy Mean deviation from the mean for the observations ~1, 0, 4 is a @) ff (2 2 @) 3 (©) None of these a37 2.38 39 40 ast az 43 The variance of 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 is ws ©) es (0) None of these The S.D. of 7 scores 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 is waa (2 ) v7 (D) None of these Ifthe standard deviation of 1, 2, 3, 4... 10 is o, then the standard deviation of 11, 12, 13, 14,00, 20 is (A) o+ 10 (8) 10.6 (C)o (0) None of these S.D. of n observations ay, 2p, @gn8y 8 0, then the $.D. of the observations a4, 2a, 2a, 2g = (A)io (Cc) Ao (8)-20 (Ojo It each observation of @ raw data whose variance is «2, Is increased by 2, then the variance of the new set is- (A) 02 (8) 202 (C) a+? (0) 22+ 02 Let o be the standard deviation of n observations. Each of the n observations is multiplied by a constant c. Then the standard deviation of the resulting numbers is- Ae elo (oye (0) None of these For a frequency distribution standard deviation is computed by-LEVEL # 2 Qt az a3 a4 as as a7 Which of the following is not a measure of central tendency (A) Mean (C) Mode (8) Median (D) Range If the mean of the first n odd natural numbers be n itself, then n is- (yt @)2 (c)3 (0) any natural number The A.M. of the series 1, 2, 4, 8 16, is- on 2-4 2g (A) sj (6) ned 241 2-1 Oo Oa If the mean of the set of numbers x;, Xp. Xgyonky iS X, then the mean of the numbers xt 21 <1 Sn, is (a) %+ 2n (Cy x+2 (8) xt n+ (0) z+ Mean of the first n terms of the A.P. at(ard)+(a+ 2d) +... 18 (a+ a+ Soe (C)a+(n-1)d (D)atnd If 4. Is the mean of a distribution, then LAY, —w) fs equal to (a) MD. (8) SD. (co (D) None of these If the mean of n observations 12, 22, 3%... 46n n? is OP then n is equal a qual to wnt (8) 12 (c)23 (0) 22 a8 a9 10 att 12 013 14 The mean of 50 observations is 36. If two observations 30 and 42 are deleted, then the mean of the remaining observations is- (A) 48 (8) 36 (c) 38 (0) None of these The weighted mean of first n natural numbers, whose weights are equal to the squares of corresponding numbers, is + 3n(n+4) “a = (8) Zeon (n+4)(@n+1) n(n+t) ons Ors A.group of 10 items has mean 6. Ifthe mean of 4 of these items is 7.5, then the mean of the remaining items is- (65 (B)55 — (C)4.5 (0) 5.0 The mean of a set of observations is x. If each observation is divided by a, a #0, and then is increased by 10 then the mean of the new set is- w* @ = (c) Ete (D)ax+ 10 The geometric mean of the first n terms of the GP. a+ ar+ ar +... is- (a) art? (8) ar" (C) arty (O)ar-t The geometric mean of the observations 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64 is (a) 29 (©)33 (3) 272 (0) None of these A boy goes to school from his home at a sspeed of x km/hr. and comes back at a speed of y km hr. then the average speed of the boy is given by- (4) = sent (8) yxy km/hr (©) 28th