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Bachelor of Business Administration-BBA Semester II BB0010 Quantitative Techniques in Business 4 Credits

(Book ID: B0092)

Assignment Set- 1 (60 Marks) Note: Each question carries 10 Marks. Answer all the questions. Q.1 a. Present the following information in a suitable tabular form supplying the figures not directly given. In 1989, out of 2,000 workers in a factory, 1550 were members of a trade union. The number of women workers employed was 250, out of which 200 did not belong to any trade union. In 1990, the number of union workers was 1725 of which 1600 were men. The number of non-union workers was 380, among whom 155 were women. [5 marks] b. What are the characteristics of a good measure of central tendency? [5 Marks] Q.2. a. In a question on correlation the value of r is 0.64 and its P.E=0.13274. What was the value of n? [ 4 Marks] b. A student calculates the value of r as +0.5 when the value of n is 16 and comments the r is significant. Is he correct? [ 2 marks] c. With the help of the following data, find out r and = 0.85, = 0.89 and = 3. : [4 Marks]

Q.3. The means of two samples of sizes 50 and 100 respectively are 54.1 and 50.3 and the standard deviations are 8 and 7. Find the mean and standard deviation of the sample of size 150 obtained by combining the two samples. [10 marks]

Q.4.The coefficients of variation of two series are 66% and 80% and their standard deviation are 20 & 16 respectively. Find their arithmetic means. ( = 30.3 and

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[10 Marks]

Q5. Explain in detail the different types of Index numbers, and what are the uses of Index numbers? [10 Marks]

Q.6.a. It was found that when a manufacturing process is under control, the average number of defectives per sample batch of 10 is 1.2. What limits would you set in a quality control chart based on the examination of defectives in sample batches of 10? [6 Marks]

b. What are the control limits in the p-chart if the average proportion of defectives in first 10 samples of size 100 each was observed to be 0.5? [4 Marks]

Bachelor of Business Administration-BBA Semester II BB0010 Quantitative techniques for Business 4 Credits
(Book ID: B0092)

Assignment Set- 2 (60 Marks) Note: Each question carries 10 Marks. Answer all the questions.

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Q.1. what do you understand by the degrees of freedom?

[3 Marks]

b. From the following table, test whether the colour of the sons eyes is associated with that of the fathers. Not Light Eye color of father Not Light Light Total 230 151 381 Light 148 471 619 Total 378 622 1000

The value of

=3.84 for v=1, 5.99 for v=2.

[ 7 Marks]

Q.2. what are the essentials of a good questionnaire? Draft a suitable questionnaire to enable you to study the effects of supermarkets on prices of an essential consumer goods. Q.3.Explain the importance and significance of sample? [5 Marks] b. Give a comparative account of a various methods of selecting of selecting a sample. [ 5 marks] [10 Marks]

Q.4.Distinguish between (i) Biased and Unbiased errors (ii) Sampling and nonsampling errors. [5 Marks] [5 Marks] [4 Marks]

b. Explain (i) Cluster sampling (ii) Multistage sampling Q.5.a. Why the Fishers formula is called ideal?

b. What do you mean by Time Reversal Test? Show how Fishers formula satisfies this test? [6 Marks] Q.6. Q.1. Based on the questions provided, interpret them Comment on the following statements bringing out clearly the fallacy occurring in them.

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(a) In a factory, the labour union asked for increase in salaries because they claim that 50% of the employees get less than Rs 800 per month. The management claims that there is no case for increase in salaries because the average salary of the employees is Rs 1200 per month. Which view will you support and why? [5 Marks] (b) The number of Bus accidents committed in a city in a particular year by women drivers is much less than committed by male drivers. Hence women are safe drivers? [5 Marks]