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Fall 2021 DS5003 Assignment # 1

This document contains instructions for Assignment #1 of the Statistical and Mathematical Methods for Data Science course at National University of Computer & Emerging Sciences, Karachi. It outlines that the assignment contains 12 problems worth a total of 120 points. Students must attempt all questions, which are to be submitted via Google Classroom and in hardcopy by October 10, 2021. The assignment is worth 5% of the course grade. The document provides problems 5 through 12, which involve probability questions related to selections, sums, balls in bags, birthdays, letters in words, dice rolls, and loan defaults.

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Fall 2021 DS5003 Assignment # 1

This document contains instructions for Assignment #1 of the Statistical and Mathematical Methods for Data Science course at National University of Computer & Emerging Sciences, Karachi. It outlines that the assignment contains 12 problems worth a total of 120 points. Students must attempt all questions, which are to be submitted via Google Classroom and in hardcopy by October 10, 2021. The assignment is worth 5% of the course grade. The document provides problems 5 through 12, which involve probability questions related to selections, sums, balls in bags, birthdays, letters in words, dice rolls, and loan defaults.

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National University of Computer & Emerging Sciences, Karachi

Department of Computer Science


DS5003 Statistical and Mathematical Methods for Data Science
MS Data Science - Fall 2021
Assignment # 1
Deadline: Sunday, October 10, 2021 11:55 PM

Instructions: Attempt all questions. There are 12 questions in total. Total Points 120

Each question carries 10 points


Submit your work via Google classroom (scanned) and in hardcopy (hand-written) Weightage in course: 5
Problem 5:
A man and his wife appear in an interview for two vacancies in the same post. The probability of husband's selection
is 1/7 and the probability of wife's selection is 1/5.
What is the probability that:
a) Both of them are selected
b) Only one of them is selected
c) None of them is selected

Problem 6:
Suppose you were interviewed for a technical role. 50% of the people who sat for the first interview received
the call for second interview. 95% of the people who got a call for second interview felt good about their
first interview. 75% of people who did not receive a second call, also felt good about their first interview.
If you felt good after your first interview, what is the probability that you will receive a second interview
call?

Problem 7:
First 15 positive integers are written on a board. If two numbers are selected one by one from the board at
random (the numbers are not necessarily different), what is the probability that the sum of these numbers
is odd?

Problem 8:

A bag contains 3 black balls and 5 white balls. Paul picks a ball at random from the bag and replaces it
back in the bag. He mixes the balls in the bag and then picks another ball at random from the bag.
a) Construct a probability tree of the problem.
b) Calculate the probability that Paul picks:
i) two black balls
ii) a black ball in his second draw

Problem 9:
Suppose three people are in a room. What is the probability that there is at least one shared birthday among
these three people?

Problem 10:
A letter is taken out at random from 'ASSISTANT' and another is taken out from 'STATISTICS'. What is
the probability that they are the same letter?

Problem 11:
A man is known to speak the truth 2 out of 3 times. He throws a die and reports that the number obtained is
a four. Find the probability that the number obtained is actually a four.

Problem 12:

a) What is the probability that a person will not default on the loan given he/she is middle-aged?
b) What is the probability that a person is middle-aged given he/she has not defaulted on the loan?

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