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The mean and variance for seven observations are

8

and

16

respectively. If

5

of the observations are

2, 4, 10, 12, 14,

then the product of the remaining two observations is

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\sum_{i = 1}^{9} (x_{i} - 5) = 9

and

\sum_{i = 1}^{9} {(x_{i} - 5)}^{2} = 45

, then the standard deviation of the

9

items

x_{1}, x_{2}, \dots ., x_{9}

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If the standard deviation of the numbers

- 1, 0, 1, k

\sqrt{5}

where

k > 0,

then

k

is equal to

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For a particle performing linear SHM, its average speed over one oscillation is (

A =

amplitude of S.H.M.,

n =

frequency of oscillation)

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The mean of five observations is

5

and their variance is

9.20 .

If three of the given five observations are

1, 3

and

8,

then a ratio of other two observations is

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If the data

x_{1}, x_{2}, \dots x_{10}

is such that the mean of first four of these is

11,

the mean of the remaining six is

16

and the sum of squares of all of these is

2000

, then the standard deviation of this data is:

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A student scores the following marks in five tests:

45,54,41,57,43

. His score is not known for the sixth test. If the mean score is

48

in the six tests, then the standard deviation of the marks in six tests is

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An urn contains

5

red,

2

white and

3

black balls. Three balls are drawn, one-by-one, at random without replacement. Find the probability distribution of the number of white balls. Also, find the mean and the variance of the number of white balls drawn.

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If the mean and standard deviation of

5

observations

x_{1}, x_{2}, x_{3}, x_{4}, x_{5}

are

10

and

3,

respectively, then the variance of

6

observations

x_{1}, x_{2}, \dots, x_{5}

and

- 50

is equal to

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The mean and the variance of five observations are

4

and

5.20

, respectively. If three of the observations are

3, 4

and

4

; then the absolute value of the difference of the other two observations, is :

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The variance of the first

50

even natural numbers is :

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The mean deviation from the mean of the set of observations,

- 1, 0, 4

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A rectangle is inscribed in a circle with a diameter lying along the line

3 y = x + 7 .

If the two adjacent vertices of the rectangle are

(- 8, 5)

and

(6, 5),

then the area of the rectangle

(

in sq. units

)

is:

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All the students of a class performed poorly in Mathematics. The teacher decided to give grace marks of

10

to each of the students. Which of the following statistical measures will not change even after the grace marks were given ?

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Explain the term variation. What does a measure of variation serve? In the light of these, comment on some of the well-known measures of variation.

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The following data gives the number of typing mistakes done by Radha during a week. Find the range of the data.

Day	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
Number of mistakes	$15$	$20$	$21$	$12$	$17$	$10$

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Explain how measures of central tendency and measures of variations are complementary to each other in the context of analysis of data.

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Explain and illustrate how the measure of variation afford a supplement to averages in the frequency distribution.

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For a series the value of mean deviation is

15

, the most likely value of its quartile derivation is

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Find the range of the following data:

$19, 27, 15, 21, 33, 45, 7, 12, 20, 26$ .

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