Analysis of Frequency Distributions
Analysis of Frequency Distributions: Overview
This topic covers concepts, such as, Coefficient of Variation in Statistics etc.
Important Questions on Analysis of Frequency Distributions
From the following, find which series is more consistent:
Variables | ||||||
Series | ||||||
Series |

Weekly average wages of workers in a factory increase from and standard deviation increases from . Have the wages become less uniform now?

Find the coefficient of variation for the following data:
Size (in ) | ||||||
No. of items |
(Write the answer upto two decimal places.)

Find the coefficient of variation for the following data:
Marks | ||||||||
Number of students |
(Write the answer upto two decimal places.)

Calculate the coefficient of variation from the following data:
Income | Number of families |
(write the answer up to two decimal places.)

Find the coefficient of variation for the following data:
Size of item | |||||||
Frequency |
(Write your answer up to two decimal places.)

Coefficients of variation of two distributions are and and their standard deviations are and respectively. What are their arithmetic means?

The mean and standard deviation of and of students of a class are as follows:
Mean | ||
Standard deviation |
Which shows more variability, or

Two plants and of a factory show the following results about the number of workers and the wages paid to them:
Number of workers | ||
Average monthly wages | ||
Variance of distribution of wages |
In which plant, or is there greater variability in individual wages?

If the variance of monthly wages paid to workers by two firms A and B are and respectively and if the firms have same average monthly wages, then which firms shows greater variability in individual wages?

If the coefficient of variation of a distribution is and standard deviation is then what is the arithmetic mean?

If the coefficients of variation of two distributions are and and their variances are and respectively, then the mean of their arithmetic means is

What is the formula for finding co-efficient of variation, given standard deviation and mean

The temperature of two cities and in a winter season are given in the table.
The temperature of city A ( in degree celsius) | |||||
The temperature of city B ( in degree celsius) |
Find which city is more consistent in temperature changes?

Coefficient of variation = _____
