NCERT Exemplar Solutions
Class 11 - Mathematics
Chapter 15: STATISTICS

Measures of dispersion, Coefficient of variation.

Short Answer Type

Question. 1

Find the mean deviation about the mean of the distribution:

Size2021222324
Frequency64514

Answer:

0.32

Question. 2

Find the mean deviation about the median of the following distribution:

Marks obtained1011121415
No. of students23834

Answer:

1.25

Question. 3

Calculate the mean deviation about the mean of the set of first \( n \) natural numbers when \( n \) is an odd number.

Answer:

\( \dfrac{n^2 - 1}{4n} \)

Question. 4

Calculate the mean deviation about the mean of the set of first \( n \) natural numbers when \( n \) is an even number.

Answer:

\( \dfrac{n}{4} \)

Question. 5

Find the standard deviation of the first \( n \) natural numbers.

Answer:

\( \sqrt{\dfrac{n^2 - 1}{12}} \)

Question. 6

The mean and standard deviation of 25 observations are 18.2 seconds and 3.25 seconds. A second set of 15 observations has \( \sum x_i = 279 \) and \( \sum x_i^2 = 5524 \). Calculate the standard deviation of all 40 observations.

Answer:

3.87

Question. 7

The mean and standard deviation of a set of \( n_1 \) observations are \( \bar{x}_1 \) and \( s_1 \). For another set of \( n_2 \) observations, the mean and standard deviation are \( \bar{x}_2 \) and \( s_2 \). Show that the standard deviation of the combined set is:

\( \sqrt{\dfrac{n_1(s_1)^2 + n_2(s_2)^2}{n_1 + n_2} + \dfrac{n_1 n_2 (\bar{x}_1 - \bar{x}_2)^2}{(n_1 + n_2)^2}} \)

Answer:

\( \sqrt{\dfrac{n_1(s_1)^2 + n_2(s_2)^2}{n_1 + n_2} + \dfrac{n_1 n_2 (\bar{x}_1 - \bar{x}_2)^2}{(n_1 + n_2)^2}} \)

Question. 8

Two sets each of 20 observations have the same standard deviation 5. The first set has a mean 17 and the second a mean 22. Determine the standard deviation of the combined set.

Answer:

5.59

Question. 9

The frequency distribution:

xA2A3A4A5A6A
f211111

has variance 160. Determine the value of \( A \).

Answer:

7

Question. 10

For the frequency distribution:

x234567
f491614116

Find the standard deviation.

Answer:

1.38

Question. 11

The following is the frequency distribution of marks in a class of 60 students:

Marks012345
Frequencyx - 2xx^2(x + 1)^22xx + 1

Determine the mean and standard deviation where \( x \) is a positive integer.

Answer:

Mean = 2.8, SD = 1.12

Question. 12

The mean life of a sample of 60 bulbs is 650 hours with standard deviation 8 hours. A second sample of 80 bulbs has mean life 660 hours with standard deviation 7 hours. Find the overall standard deviation.

Answer:

8.9

Question. 13

A set of 100 items has mean 50 and standard deviation 4. Find the sum of all items and the sum of squares of all items.

Answer:

5000, 251600

Question. 14

For a distribution where \( \sum (x - 5) = 3 \) and \( \sum (x - 5)^2 = 43 \), and the total number of items is 18, find the mean and standard deviation.

Answer:

Mean = 5.17, SD = 1.53

Question. 15

Find the mean and variance of the following frequency distribution:

x1 ≤ x < 33 ≤ x < 55 ≤ x < 77 ≤ x < 10
f6451

Answer:

Mean = 5.5, Var = 4.26

Long Answer Questions

Question. 16

Calculate the mean deviation about the mean for the following frequency distribution:

Class interval0–44–88–1212–1616–20
Frequency46852

Answer:

0.99

Question. 17

Calculate the mean deviation from the median of the following data:

Class interval0–66–1212–1818–2424–30
Frequency45362

Answer:

7.08

Question. 18

Determine the mean and standard deviation for the following distribution:

Marks2345678910111213141516
Frequency166882230210001

Answer:

Mean = \(\tfrac{239}{40}\), SD = 2.85

Question. 19

The weights of coffee in 70 jars are shown in the following table:

Weight (in grams)200–201201–202202–203203–204204–205205–206
Frequency1327181011

Determine variance and standard deviation of the above distribution.

Answer:

Var. = 1.16 gm, S.D = 1.08 gm

Question. 20

Determine mean and standard deviation of first \( n \) terms of an A.P. whose first term is \( a \) and common difference is \( d \).

Answer:

Mean = \( a + \dfrac{d(n-1)}{2} \)

Question. 21

Following are the marks obtained, out of 100, by two students Ravi and Hashina in 10 tests.

Ravi: 25, 50, 45, 30, 70, 42, 36, 48, 35, 60

Hashina: 10, 70, 50, 20, 95, 55, 42, 60, 48, 80

Who is more intelligent and who is more consistent?

Answer:

Hashina is more intelligent and consistent

Question. 22

Mean and standard deviation of 100 observations were found to be 40 and 10, respectively. If at the time of calculation two observations were wrongly taken as 30 and 70 in place of 3 and 27 respectively, find the correct standard deviation.

Answer:

10.24

Question. 23

While calculating the mean and variance of 10 readings, a student wrongly used the reading 52 for the correct reading 25. He obtained the mean and variance as 45 and 16 respectively. Find the correct mean and the variance.

Answer:

Mean = 42.3, Var. = 43.81

Objective Type Question

Choose the correct answer from the given four options:

Question.  24

The mean deviation of the data 3, 10, 10, 4, 7, 10, 5 from the mean is

(a)

2

(b)

2.57

(c)

3

(d)

3.75

Question.  25

Mean deviation for \( n \) observations \( x_1, x_2, ..., x_n \) from their mean \( \bar{x} \) is given by

(a)

\( \sum (x_i - \bar{x}) \)

(b)

\( \dfrac{1}{n} \sum |x_i - \bar{x}| \)

(c)

\( \sum (x_i - \bar{x})^2 \)

(d)

\( \dfrac{1}{n} \sum (x_i - \bar{x})^2 \)

Question.  26

The lives (in hours) of 5 bulbs were noted as: 1357, 1090, 1666, 1494, 1623. The mean deviation (in hours) from their mean is

(a)

178

(b)

179

(c)

220

(d)

356

Question.  27

Following are the marks obtained by 9 students in a mathematics test: 50, 69, 20, 33, 53, 39, 40, 65, 59. The mean deviation from the median is

(a)

9

(b)

10.5

(c)

12.67

(d)

14.76

Question.  28

The standard deviation of the data 6, 5, 9, 13, 12, 8, 10 is

(a)

\( \sqrt{\dfrac{52}{7}} \)

(b)

\( \dfrac{52}{7} \)

(c)

\( \sqrt{6} \)

(d)

6

Question.  29

Let \( x_1, x_2, ..., x_n \) be \( n \) observations and \( \bar{x} \) be their arithmetic mean. The formula for the standard deviation is

(a)

\( \sum (x_i - \bar{x})^2 \)

(b)

\( \dfrac{\sum (x_i - \bar{x})^2}{n} \)

(c)

\( \sqrt{\dfrac{\sum (x_i - \bar{x})^2}{n}} \)

(d)

\( \sqrt{\dfrac{\sum x_i^2}{n} + \bar{x}^2} \)

Question.  30

The mean of 100 observations is 50 and the standard deviation is 5. The sum of all squares of all the observations is

(a)

50000

(b)

250000

(c)

252500

(d)

255000

Question.  31

Let \( a, b, c, d, e \) be observations with mean \( m \) and standard deviation \( s \). The standard deviation of the observations \( a+k, b+k, c+k, d+k, e+k \) is

(a)

s

(b)

ks

(c)

s+k

(d)

\( \dfrac{s}{k} \)

Question.  32

Let \( x_1, x_2, x_3, x_4, x_5 \) be observations with mean \( m \) and standard deviation \( s \). The standard deviation of the observations \( kx_1, kx_2, kx_3, kx_4, kx_5 \) is

(a)

k + s

(b)

\( \dfrac{s}{k} \)

(c)

ks

(d)

s

Question.  33

Let \( x_1, x_2, ..., x_n \) be observations. Let \( w_i = lx_i + k \). If the mean of \( x_i \) is 48 and SD = 12, and the mean of \( w_i \) is 55 and SD = 15, values of \( l \) and \( k \) are

(a)

\( l = 1.25, k = -5 \)

(b)

\( l = -1.25, k = 5 \)

(c)

\( l = 2.5, k = -5 \)

(d)

\( l = 2.5, k = 5 \)

Question.  34

Standard deviation for the first 10 natural numbers is

(a)

5.5

(b)

3.87

(c)

2.97

(d)

2.87

Question.  35

Consider the numbers 1 to 10. If 1 is added to each number, the variance of the numbers so obtained is

(a)

6.5

(b)

2.87

(c)

3.87

(d)

8.25

Question.  36

Consider the first 10 positive integers. If each number is multiplied by \(-1\) and then 1 is added, the variance becomes

(a)

8.25

(b)

6.5

(c)

3.87

(d)

2.87

Question.  37

A sample of size 60 has \( \sum x = 960 \) and \( \sum x^2 = 18000 \). The variance is

(a)

6.63

(b)

16

(c)

22

(d)

44

Question.  38

Coefficient of variation of two distributions are 50 and 60, and their arithmetic means are 30 and 25 respectively. Difference of their standard deviations is

(a)

0

(b)

1

(c)

1.5

(d)

2.5

Question.  39

The standard deviation of some temperature data in °C is 5. If the data were converted into °F, the variance would be

(a)

81

(b)

57

(c)

36

(d)

25

Fill in the Blanks

Question. 40

Coefficient of variation = ____ × 100 / Mean

Answer:

SD

Question. 41

If \( \bar{x} \) is the mean of n values of x, then \( \sum (x_i - \bar{x}) \) is always equal to ____.

If a has any value other than \( \bar{x} \), then \( \sum (x_i - \bar{x})^2 \) is ____ than \( \sum (x_i - a)^2 \).

Answer:

0

less

Question. 42

If the variance of a data is 121, then the standard deviation of the data is ____.

Answer:

11

Question. 43

The standard deviation of a data is ____ of any change in origin, but is ____ on the change of scale.

Answer:

Independent

Question. 44

The sum of the squares of the deviations of the values of the variable is ____ when taken about their arithmetic mean.

Answer:

Minimum

Question. 45

The mean deviation of the data is ____ when measured from the median.

Answer:

Least

Question. 46

The standard deviation is ____ to the mean deviation taken from the arithmetic mean.

Answer:

greater than or equal

NCERT Exemplar Solutions Class 11 – Mathematics – Chapter 15: STATISTICS | Detailed Answers