S. No." of Question Paper : 6175 Roll No ..............

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Unique Paper Code. : 62357503
Name of Paper . : DSE-Statistics
Name of Course : CBCS B.A. (PROG}
Semester :V
Duration : 3 Hours
Maximum Marks : 75 Marks

Instructions for Candidates

1. Write your Roll No. on the top immediately on receipt of this question paper:

2. Attempt any two parts from each question.

3. All questions are compulsory.

4. Calculator is allowed.

1. (a) Use the axioms of probability to prove:

i) =
P(AC) 1 - P(A)
ii) P(A n Be) = P(A) - P(A n B). · (3+3..5)

(b) If A, B, C are mutually independent events, prove that A and B U C are independent.
(6.5)

(c) In a lock producing factory, there are 3 machines l,ll,lll which respectively produce 500,300,
and 200 locks daily. Of their product, 1 %, 2% and 5% respectively are defective. A lock was picked
at random and found to be defective. What is the probability that it was produced by machine /// ?
. (6.5)

. 2. (a) From the following distribution:

·x -2 -1 0 1 2

p(x) . 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.2 0.1

I I I I I
Find (i) E(X) (ii) (E(X 2 ) (iii) E[(X + 2) 2
] •. (2+2+2) ,.

(b) The first three moments of a distribution about the value 5 are 2, 20 and 40. Fin<l' the mean,
variance and µ 3 • ( 6)

(c) If X is a continuous random variable with probability density function

=
f (x) {kx(l - x), 0 ::=; x ::=; 1,
0, • elsewhere
Find (i) the value of k, (ii) E G). .· · ~3~3)
d
3. (a) Obtain the moment generating function of the Poisson distribution. Hence fio its mean.
· . (4+2.5)

(b) If X follows Exponential distribution, prove P[X 2:". t + t 0 /X 2!" to] = P[x' ~ t].
. (6.5) ·
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(c) If X follows Normal distribution with mean 30 and standard deviation , find
(i) P[X > 35] (ii) P[IX - 301 ::; 6] ; · (3+3.5)
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· (a) Two random variables have the following joint density functfon:
' 1
. f(x,y)=ls(4-x-y), 0:5x:52, 0~y~2
. . 0, elsewhere
Fmd (1) the marginal density of X,
(ii) the conditional density of Y, given X = 1. (4+2.5)

(b) The tip percentage at a cafe has a mean value of 18% and a S.D. of 6%. What is the 1
approximate probability that the mean tip percentage for a random sample of 40( bills is b~tween ·•
16% and 19%. (6.6)

(c) If the lines of regression are X + 2Y = 5 and 2X + 3Y = 8,

Find (i) the mean values of X and Y (ii) the correlation coefficient r. (3~)

5. (a) The mean height of a sample of 100 students taken from a large population is 64 inches with a
S.D. of 4 inches. Can it be reasonably regarded that the mean height of the ·population is 66 inches.
(6)

(b) The following are the lengths (in inches) of a sample of 1? cotton tapes taken from a large
consignment 48, 46,49, 46, 52, 45,43, 47, 47, 46, 47, 50. Test the hypothesis that the mean length of
the consignment is 47 inches. (Given t(0.05) for 11df is 2.2)
(6)
(c) Test whether smoking causes cancer o~ the basis of the following _information about 50 senior
citizens:
Got cancer No cancer
ii
Smokers 8 12

Non-smokers 5 25

(Given x2 (0.05) for ldf lS 3.84) (6)

6. (a) Ele~en students were ?iven a st~tistics test. They were given two _months coaching and then given
a second test Marks obtamed are.given below: ·
Students !1 2 3 4 15 6 7 8 9 10 11
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20 19 21 18 20 18 17 23 16 19 -
151 test 23
00
24 19 22 18 20 22 20 20 23 20 18
II test
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Discuss whether this coaching 1s beneficial for students. (Given t(0.05) for lOdf 1s 2.228)
' (6) .

(b) A dice is tossed 6000 times and a throw of 6 is obtaine~ l 050 times. Discuss whether the dice
may be regarded as unbiased. ( )

· redicts that the proportion of beans in 4 groups A, B, C, D is 1~: 4: 3: 2. In an

th
(c) A_ eo~ p observed.that the numbers were 1070,430,330,170 respectively. Does the
expenment, it was . 2 (0 OS) c -· 3df ·
. rt the theory. (Given X . 1or 1s 7.815)
·
expenment suppo (6) .