Moving average method - Class IX

moving average method

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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

A train running at $\dfrac{7}{{11}}$ of its own speed reached a place in 22 hours. How much time could be saved if the train would have run at its own speed ?

  1. 7 hours
  2. 8 hours
  3. 14 hours
  4. 16 hours
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The total numbers of squares on a chessboard is

  1. $206$
  2. $205$
  3. $204$
  4. $202$
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The average weight of $A,B,C$ is $45kg$ . If the average weight of $A$ and $B$ be $40kg$ and that of $B$ and $C$ be $43kg$, find the weight of $B$ ?

  1. $21kg$
  2. $20kg$
  3. $38kg$
  4. $31kg$
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In a call of 100 students there are 70 boys whose average marks in a subject is 75. If the average marks of the complete class is 72 . then the average marks of the girls is 

  1. 73
  2. 65
  3. 68
  4. 74
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

.Twelve years hence a man will be four times as he was twelve years ago, then his present age is

  1. 20 years
  2. 25 years
  3. 28 years
  4. 30 years
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Moving-averages:

  1. Give the trend in a straight line
  2. Measure the seasonal variations
  3. Smooth-out the time series
  4. None of them
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The problem given below consists  of a question followed by three statements. You have to study the question and the statements and decide which of the statements(s) is / are necessary to answer the question.
How many marks did Tarun secure in English?
(i)The average marks obtained by Tarun in four subjects including English are 60.
(ii) The total marks obtained by him in English and Mathematics together are 170.
(iii)The total marks obtained by him in Mathematics and science together are 180.

  1. I and II only
  2. II and III only
  3. I and III only
  4. None of these
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Choose the correct answer from the alternatives given.
A man covers a distance of $160$ km at $64 km/hr$ and next $160$ km at $80 km/hr$. What is his average speed for his whole journey of $320$ km?

  1. $73.00km/h$
  2. $71.11km/h$
  3. $70.50km/h$
  4. $72.25km/h$
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Bira and his wife Sheena have two daughters aged $12$ and $16$. Sheena's mother and father, aged $65$ and $72$, also live with them. Bira is currently looking for work, but can't find any. His elder daughter completed class $10$ and prefers to look for work. Sheena prefers to stay at home to look after house works. How many unemployed members does Bira's family have?

  1. $1$
  2. $2$
  3. $3$
  4. $4$
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

A qualitative forecast

  1. predicts the quality of a new product.
  2. predicts the direction, but not the magnitude, of change in a variable.
  3. is a forecast that is classified on a numerical scale from $1$ (poor quality) to $10$ (perfect quality).
  4. is a forecast that is based on econometric methods.
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Two pipes A and B can fill a tank in 20 and 30 minutes respectively. If both the pipes are used together, then how long will it take to fill the tank?

  1. $12 min$
  2. $15 min$
  3. $25 min$
  4. $50 min$
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The first step in time-series analysis is to

  1. perform preliminary regression calculations.
  2. calculate a moving average.
  3. plot the data on a graph.
  4. identify relevant correlated variables.
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In moving average method, we cannot find the trend values of some:

  1. Middle periods
  2. End periods
  3. Starting periods
  4. Between extreme periods
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The method of least squares dictates that we choose a regression line where the sum of the square of deviations of the points from the line is: 

  1. Maximum
  2. Minimum
  3. Zero
  4. Positive
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In simple linear regression, the numbers of unknown constants are: 

  1. One
  2. Two
  3. Three
  4. Four
Question 16 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If one regression coefficient is greater than one, then other will be:

  1. Less than one
  2. More than one
  3. Equal to one
  4. None of these
Question 17 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The purpose of simple linear regression analysis is to: 

  1. Predict one variable from another variable
  2. Replace points on a scatter diagram by a straight-line
  3. Measure the degree to which two variables are linearly associated
  4. Obtain the expected value of the independent random variable for a given value of the dependent

    variable
Question 18 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Ayushi used the data from a scatterplot to determine a regression model showing the relationship between the population in the area where she lived and the number of years, $x$, after she was born. The result was an exponential growth equation of the form $y={x} _{0}{\left(1+r\right)}^{x}$. Then ${x} _{0}$ most likely represents

  1. The population in the year that she was born
  2. The rate of change of the population over time
  3. The maximum population reached during her lifetime
  4. The number of years after her birth when the population reached its maximum
Question 19 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The independent variable in a regression line is: 

  1. Non-random variable
  2. Random variable
  3. Qualitative variable
  4. None of these
Question 20 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In regression analysis, if observed cost value is $50$ and predicted cost value is $7$ then disturbance term is

  1. $53$
  2. $37$
  3. $43$
  4. None of these
Question 21 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

State true or false:
The coefficient of correlation between two variables $x$ and $y$ is:

$r=\cfrac { { \sigma }^{ 2 }x+{ \sigma }^{ 2 }y-y }{ 2{ \sigma }_{ x }{ \sigma } _{ y } } $

  1. True
  2. False
Question 22 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The sum of the difference between the actual values of $Y$ and its values obtained from the fitted regression line is always:

  1. Zero
  2. Positive
  3. Negative
  4. Minimum
Question 23 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If all the actual and estimated values of $Y$ are same on the regression line, the sum of squares of error will be:

  1. Zero
  2. Minimum
  3. Maximum
  4. Unknown
Question 24 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The regression lines will be perpendicular to each other if the coefficient of correlation r is equal to.

  1. $1$ only
  2. $1$ or $-1$
  3. $-1$ only
  4. $0$
Question 25 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Find the equation of $y$ on $x$ on the basis of the following data:

$x$ $5$ $2$ $1$ $4$ $3$
$y$ $5$ $8$ $4$ $2$ $10$
  1. $y=-0.8x+7$
  2. $y=0.4x+7$
  3. $y=-0.4x+7$
  4. $y=-0.4x-7$
Question 26 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following statements is/are correct in respect of regression coefficients?
$1.$ It measures the degree of linear relationship between two variables.
$2.$ It gives the value by which one variable changes for a unit change in the other variable.
Select the correct answer using the code given below.

  1. $1$ only
  2. $2$ only
  3. Both $1$ and $2$
  4. Neither $1$ nor $2$
Question 27 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

For 10 observations on price (x) and supply (y), the following data was obtained: $\sum x = 130, \sum y = 220, \sum x^2 = 2288, \sum y^2 = 5506$ and $\sum xy = 3467$. 
What is the line of regression of y on x?

  1. $y = 0.91 x + 8.74$
  2. $y = 1.02x + 8.74$
  3. $y = 1.02 x - 7.02$
  4. $y = 0.91 x - 7.02$
Question 28 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

For two variables $x$ and $y$ ,the following data are given as
$\Sigma x=125,\Sigma y=100, \Sigma x^2=1650,\Sigma y^2=1500,\Sigma xy=50,n=25$.Find the value of $x$ when $y=5$

  1. $5.231$
  2. $4.591$
  3. $6.564$
  4. $8.231$
Question 29 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Consider the following statements:
(1) If the correlation coefficient ${ r } _{ xy }=0$, then the two lines of regression are parallel to each other
(2) If the correlation coefficient ${ r } _{ xy }=+1$, then the two lines of regression are perpendicular to each other?
Which of the above statements is/are correct?

  1. 1 only
  2. 2 only
  3. Both 1 and 2
  4. Neither 1 nor 2
Question 30 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Find the Value of $y$ from the following data when $x=70$ and coefficient of correlation $0.8$.

Series $x$ $y$
A.M $18$ $100$
Standard Deviation $14$ $20$
  1. $145.32$
  2. $44.23$
  3. $159.43$
  4. $561.12$
Question 31 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Find the equation of $x$ on $y$ on the basis of the following data:

$x$ $2$ $4$ $6$ $8$ $10$
$y$ $6$ $5$ $4$ $3$ $2$
  1. $x+ 2y=14$
  2. $x-2y=14$
  3. $2x+ y=14$
  4. $2x- 2y=14$
Question 32 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If $4\bar {x}-5\bar y+33=0$ and $20\bar x-9\bar y=107$ are two lines of regression, then what are the values of $\bar { x } $ and $\bar { y } $ respectively.

  1. $12$ and $18$
  2. $18$ and $12$
  3. $13$ and $17$
  4. $17$ and $13$
Question 33 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

For the variables $x$ and $y$, the regression equations are given as $7x-3y-18=0$ and $4x-y-11=0$. Identify the regression equation of $y$ on $x$.

  1. $4x-y-11=0$
  2. $7x-3y-18=0$
  3. $4x-y-2=0$
  4. $7x-3y-4=0$
Question 34 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What would be the estimated sale on the advertisement expenditure of Rs $15$ lakhs,on the basis of following data obtained from the company?.The coefficient of correlation is $0.8$.

Advertising expenditure(in Rs.lakhs) $x$ Sale (in Rs lakhs) $y$
Mean $20$ $90$
standard Deviation $5$ $12$
  1. Rs $105$ lakhs
  2. Rs$106$ lakhs
  3. Rs $110$ lakhs
  4. Rs $120$ lakhs
Question 35 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Find the equation of $y$ on $x$ for the following data

$x$ $8$ $6$ $4$ $7$ $5$
$y$ $9$ $8$ $5$ $6$ $2$
  1. $y=2x -1.2$
  2. $y=1.2x +1.2$
  3. $y=1.2x -1.2$
  4. $y=1.2x -2$
Question 36 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

For the variables $x$ and $y$, the regression equations are given as $7x-3y-18=0$ and $4x-y-11=0$. Find the arithmetic means of $x$ and $y$ respectively.

  1. $3$ and $1$
  2. $1$ and $3$
  3. $2$ and $4$
  4. $4$ and $2$
Question 37 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The two lines of regression are $x+2y-5=0$ and $x+3y-8=0$. The coefficient of correlation between $x$ and $y$ is 

  1. $-0.72$
  2. $0.72$
  3. $-0.82$
  4. $0.82$

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