Advanced Statistical Methods 2021
Advanced Statistical Methods 2021
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3. What are the conditions under which Binomial distribution tends to Normal distribution?
7. Point out the estimate of population mean & variance when sampling from Normal population.
8. What is the moment estimator of population mean when sampling from Normal population?
9. What is the 90% C .I. for population mean in sampling from normal population.
12. Write down the chi-square statistic for a 2x2 contingency table.
(10×2=20)
Part B
Answer any six questions.
Each question carries 5 marks.
15. A telephone exchange receives on an average 4 calls per minute. Find the probability that there will
be 2 or less calls per minute.
18. Suggest any three unbiased estimator for population mean in Poisson population.
19. In a sample of 20 persons from a town 4 are suffering from TB.Find a 95 % confidence interval for
the proportion of TB patients in the town.
21. A stenographer claims that she can take dictation at the rate of more than 120 words per minute. Of
the 12 tests given to her she could perform an average of 135 words with a SD of 40. Is her claim
valid at 5% level.
(6×5=30)
Part C
Answer any two questions.
Each question carries 15 marks.
22. Define Normal distribution.The distribution of marks obtained by a group of students is normal
with mean of 50 and SD 15. Estimate the proportion of students with marks (i) below 35(ii)
between 45 and 55.
23. Define F statistic.What is its pdf.Explain two important uses of it in statistical analysis.
24. Obtain confidence interval for mean of a normal population when population SD is known.
25. A sample analysis of an examination result of 200 students were made .It was found that 46
students had failed ,68 secured III class,62 second class and the rest were placed in the first division
.Are these figure commensurate with the general examination results which is in the ratio 2:3:3:2
for various categories respectively.
(2×15=30)
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