LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034
M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – MEDICAL SOCIOLOGY
OC 09
SECOND SEMESTER – APRIL 2007
SO 2900 - STATISTICS FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH
Date & Time: 24/04/2007 / 1:00 - 4:00
Dept. No.
Max. : 100 Marks
PART – A
Write a short on the following:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
(2x10=20 Marks)
Statistics
Pie diagram
Multiple bar diagram
Median
Mode
Positive correlation
Standard deviation
Correlation
Rank correlation
Quartile deviation
PART – B
Answer any FIVE questions in about 300 words each:
(5x8=40 marks)
11. State the rules for constructing a diagram.
12. How does scattered diagram method analyse correlation?
13. What do you understand by central tendency? What purpose does a measure of central tendency
serve?
14. In what ways measures of variation supplement measures of central tendency? Explain.
15. Compute quartile deviation from the following data:
Height
in inches
58
59
60
61
62
63
No. of.
Students
15
20
32
35
33
22
64
65
66
20
10
8
16. The following are the marks of 100 students of sociology. Find the range of variation of marks
and also the coefficient of range:
Mark
0-10
No. of
Students
13
10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60 60-70 70-80
6
9
11
10
18
23
10
1
17. Calculate standard deviation from the following data:
X : 10
20
30
40
50
60
Y: 8
12
20
10
7
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PART – C
Answer any TWO questions in about 1200 words each
(2x20=40 marks)
18. Describe the scope and the function of statistics.
19. Calculate mean and median for the following data:
Variable:
30-35 35-40 40-45 45-50 50-55 55-60 60-65 65-70
Frequency:
12
18
22
27
17
23
29
8
20. Find out the mean deviation from median for the following data:
Marks
No. of Students
0-10
5
10-20
8
20-30
7
30-40
12
40-50
28
50-60
20
60-70
10
70-80
10
21. Calculate the rank correlation between preference share price and debenture
price given below:
Preference Share price (X) 73.2
Debenture price
(Y)
97.8
85.8
99.2
78.9
98.8
75.8
98.3
77.2
98.3
81.2
96.7
83.8
97.1
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