F-2,Block, Amity Campus

Sec-125, Nodia (UP)

India 201303

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INSTRUCTIONS
a) Students are required to submit all three assignment sets.
ASSIGNMENT
Assignment A
Assignment B
Assignment C

DETAILS
Five Subjective Questions
Three Subjective Questions + Case Study
40 Objective Questions

MARKS
10
10
10

b)
c)
d)
e)

Total weightage given to these assignments is 30%. OR 30 Marks

All assignments are to be completed as typed in word/pdf.
All questions are required to be attempted.
All the three assignments are to be completed by due dates (specified from time to
time) and need to be submitted for evaluation by Amity University.
f) The evaluated assignment marks will be made available within six weeks. Thereafter,
these will be destroyed at the end of each semester.
g) The students have to attached a scan signature in the form.
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Assignment A
Assignment B
Assignment C

Quantitative Applications in Management and Research

Assignment A
Ques.1 Comment on Quantitative Techniques is a scientific and for enhancing creative and judicious capabilities of a
decision maker, also state the different elements of Decision.
Ques. 2 The raw data displayed here are the scores (out of 100 marks) of a market survey regarding the acceptability
of a new product launch by a company for a random sample of 50 respondents
40
25
41
43
38
44

45
26
42
44
37
45

41
9
39
36
36
40

45
23
35
27
35
39

45
24
18
32
32
41

30
26
25
28
38

39
29
35
27
40

8
8
40
25
41

48
40
42
26
43

a. Form a frequency distribution having 9 class intervals

b. Form a percentage distribution from the frequency distribution (from part a)
c. Form a histogram, frequency polygon and frequency curve of the frequency distribution (from part a)
Ques.3 Compute the mean, standard deviation and Coefficient of variation of the following data and comment on the
result
Size
12.5
13.0
13.5
14.0
14.5
15.0
15.5
16.0

Frequency
4
19
30
63
66
29
18
1

Ques.4 Following figures give the rainfall in inches for the year and the production in 00 of Kgs. For the Rabi crop
and Kharif crop. Calculate the Karl Pearsons coefficient of correlation, between rainfall and total production and
comment on the result.
Rainfall
20
22
24
26
28
30
32

Rabi Production
15
18
20
32
40
39
40

Kharif Production
15
17
20
18
20
21
15

Ques.5 The marks obtained by Nine students in Physics and Mathematics are given below:
Marks in Physics:
35
23
47
17
10
43
9
Marks in Mathematics:30
33
45
23
8
49
12
Compute their ranks in the two subjects and coefficient of correlation of ranks.

6
4

28
31

Assignment B
Ques.1 i. Define Binomial, Poisson and Normal distribution.
ii. Four cards are drawn at random from a pack of 52 playing cards. Find the probability of getting
a. all the four cards of the same suit
b. all the four cards of the same number
c. one card from each suit
d. two red cards and two black cards
e. all cards of the same colour
f. all face cards
Ques.2 The following table gives the aptitude test scores and productivity indices of 10 workers selected at random:
Aptitude scores(X)
60
Productivity index(Y) 68 60

62
62

65
80

70
85

72
40

48
52

53
62

73
60

65
81

82

Calculate the two regression equations and estimate

a. The productivity index of a worker whose test score is 92
b. The test score of a worker whose productivity index is 75
Ques.3 Discuss the different components of a time series and fit a trend line with the help of following data by using
Free hand curve method and Semi-averages method:
Year
1993
Profit
10
(Rs. in lakhs)

94
12

95
16

96
8

97
6

98
14

99
15

2000
10

01
14

02
20

03
13

04
18

Case Study
Age(X) 56
Blood
Pressure(Y)
i.
ii.
iii.
iv.

The marks obtained by seven students in Statistics and Accountancy are as follows:
42
36
47
49
42
60
72
63
55
147

125

118

128

145

140

155

160

149

150

Given the form of the scattered diagram, does it appear that a straight line provides an accurate
model for the data?
Find the correlation coefficient between Age(X) and Blood Pressure(Y) and discuss its nature.
Find the two lines of regression.
Estimate the blood pressure of a woman whose age is 45

Assignment C
Ques.1 a sequence of interrelated decisions made either simultaneously or over several time periods called dynamic
decisions.
a.
b.
c.
d.

dynamic decisions
static decisions
Both
None

Ques.2 Stocking of an item for sale in a certain trade fair, illustrates a

a. Static decision
b. Where uncertainly exists
c. Nature is opponent.
d. All of above
Ques.3 Quantitative analysis is also called

a. Operations research
b. Management science
c. Quantitative techniques
d. All the above
Ques.4 Quantitative research provides the fundamental connection between
a. empirical observation and mathematical expression
b. empirical observation and qualitative expression
c. empirical observation and social expression
d. empirical observation and all expression
Ques.5 Most of the business decisions can be made on the basic of
a.
b.
c.
d.

Rule of thumb
Commonsense
Snap judgment.
Quantitative Techniques

Ques.6 Statistics is a branch of

a.
b.
c.
d.

applied physics
applied mathematics
applied commerce
Dramatics

Ques.7 The mean of 7, 12, 24, 20, 19 is

a.
b.
c.
d.

14
16
15.4
16.4

Ques.8 (X/c) =
a. ( X)/n c
b. ( X)/ c

c. ( X)/c
d. X/c.
Ques.9 Midterm exam scores for a small advanced neuroanatomy class are provided below. Scores represent
percent of items marked correct on the exam.
87,99,75,87,94,75,35,88,87,93
The mode of the distribution
a.
b.
c.
d.

75
87
88
94

Ques.10 Which measure of Central tendency is most efficient

a. Mean
b. Median
c. Mode
d. All are equal
e.
Ques.11 Mean Deviation can be calculated from
a. Mean
b. Median
c. Mode.
d. All the three
Ques.12 Qualitative data are
a.
b.
c.
d.

Non-numeric
Numeric
Can be both
None

Ques.13 The numeric data that have a finite number of possible values is called
a. Continuous data
b. Discrete data
c. Datum
d. None
Ques.14 The Coefficient of Variance is expressed as
a. CV =

.S . X 100
Xmean
b. CV = .S .
Xmean
c. CV = . Xmean . X 100
S
d. CV = (X - Xmean )
Ques.15 Which one is unaffected by extreme scores
a.
b.
c.
d.

Mean
Median
Mode
Range

Ques.16 A storeowner kept a tally of the sizes of suits purchased in her store. Which measure of central tendency
should the storeowner use to describe the average suit sold?
a. Mean
b. Median
c. Mode

d. None
Ques.17 The correlation coefficient, r = -1, implies
a.
b.
c.
d.

Perfect negative
Perfect positive
No correlation
Limited correlation

Ques.18 If two variables changes in the opposite direction and in the same proportion, the correlation between the
two is
a.
b.
c.
d.

Perfect positive
Limited positive
Limited Negative
Perfect negative

Ques.19 The value of r gives the magnitude of correlation and its sign denotes its
a.
b.
c.
d.

Value
Direction
Both
None

Ques.20 By the Rank method the value of R is -0.73 it suggests a

a.
b.
c.
d.

fairly strong negative relationship

fairly strong positive relationship
Perfect negative
Perfect positive

Ques.21 The range of the correlation coefficient is?

a. -1 to 0.
b. 0 to 1.
c. -1 to 1.
d. None of the above.
Ques.22 When looking at a sequence of monthly postal revenue data, we note that the revenue is consistently
highest in December. The high December revenue is an illustration of:
a.
b.
c.
d.

trend
seasonal variation
irregular fluctuations
a cycle

Ques.23 Which of the following is NOT an assumption of the Binomial distribution?

a.
b.
c.
d.

All trials must be identical.

All trials must be independent.
Each trial must be classified as a success or a failure.
The probability of success is equal to .5 in all trials.

Ques.24.In Regression Analysis the independent variable is also known as

a.
b.
c.
d.

Regressed variable
Regressor variable
Random variable
All of the above

Ques.25.Given that we have collected pairs of observations on two variables X and Y , we would consider fitting a
straight line with X as an explanatory variable if:

a.
b.
c.
d.

the change in Y is an additive constant.

the change in Y is a constant for each unit change in X
the change in Y is a fixed percent of Y
the change in Y is exponential

Ques.26 In Regression Analysis, a single regression line is obtained in case if

a.
b.
c.
d.

r=
r=
r=
r=

+1
-1
+1
0

Ques.27 The regression Analysis Studies

a. one-way causal effect
b. two-way causal effect
c. interdependence of the variables
d. dependence of the variables
Ques.28 Correlation Coefficient is the ---------------between the regression coefficients
a. arithmetic mean
b. geometric mean
c. harmonic mean
d. median
Ques.29 Gradual shifting of a time series over a long period of time is called
a. periodicity.
b. cycle.
c. regression.
d. trend.
Ques.30 The trend component is easy to identify by using
a. moving averages
b. exponential smoothing
c. regression analysis
d. the Delphi approach
Ques.31 Seasonal components
a. cannot be predicted.
b. are regular repeated patterns.
c. are long runs of observations above or below the trend line.
d. reflect a shift in the series over time.
1. Ques.32 What probability is shown on the Venn diagram by the shaded region below t probability is shown on
the Venn diagram below

a. a. p(A)
b. b. p(B)
c. p(A and B)
d. p(not B)

Ques.33 At Sanjay Middle School, 3 out of 5 students make honor roll. What is the probability that a student does not
make honor roll?
a.
b.
c.
d.

65%
40%
60%
None of the above

Ques.34 In a class of 30 students, there are 17 girls and 13 boys. Five are A students, and three of these students
are girls. If a student is chosen at random, what is the probability of choosing a girl or an A student?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Ques.35

19/30
11/50
12/30
15/40

In a shipment of 100 televisions, 6 are defective. If a person buys two televisions from that shipment, what is the p
are defective?
a.
b.
c.
d.

3/100
1/330
9/2500
6/100

Ques.36 Find the correlation coefficient r(X, Y) between X and Y,when

Cov(X,Y) = -2.45, Var (X) = 8.25 and Var (Y) = 21.49
a.
b.
c.
d.

0.18
0.18
0.36
0.36

Ques.37 A coin is tossed 5 times. What is the probability of getting atleast 3 heads?
a.
b.
c.
d.

1/2
1/3
1/4
1/5

Ques.38 Normal Distribution is symmetrical about its

a.
b.
c.
d.

Harmonic mean
Mean
Range
Standard deviation

Ques.39 In Normal Distribution 95% of the observations fall within 2 standard deviations of the mean, that is,
between
a.
b.
c.
d.

- and +
- 2 and +2
- 3 and +3
Not defined

Ques.40 Condition for the Applicability of Binomial Distribution:

a.
b.
c.
d.

There should be a finite number of trials.

The trials do not depend on each other.
Each trial should have only two possible outcomes, either a success or a failure.
All of the above