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PART - B (50 Marks)
Unit - I
- a) If X is a continuous random variable and y = aX + b, prove that E(y) = aE(X) + b and V(y) = a2 V(x). [5M]
b) A random variable X has the following probability function: [5M]
x 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 P(x) 0 K 2K 2K 3K K2 2K2 7K2+K
Determine (i) K (ii) Evaluate P(X < 6), (iii) Evaluate P(0 < X < 5) -
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The diameter of an electric cable is assumed to be continuous variate with p.d.f f(x) = 6x(1-x), 0 ≤ x ≤ 1. Verify that above is p.d.f. Also find the mean and variance.
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Unit - II
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- a) Fit a Poisson distribution to the following data and test the goodness of fit. [5M]
x 0 1 2 3 4 f 192 100 24 3 1
b) In a normal distribution, 7% of the items are under 35 and 89% are under 63. Determine the mean and variance of the distribution. [5M] -
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If 20% of the bolts produced by a machine are defective, determine the probability that out of 4 bolts chosen at random (i) 1 (ii) 0 (iii) at most 2 bolts will be defective.
Unit - III
- a) A population consists of the four numbers 3, 7, 11, 15. Consider all possible samples of size 2 which can be drawn without replacement from the population. Find [5M]
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b) Explain (i) Point estimation (ii) Interval estimation (iii) Bayesian estimation. [5M] -
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Samples of size 2 are taken from the population 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 with replacement. Find
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Unit - IV
- a) A lady claims to be a tea taster. She names correctly 8 out of 10 cups of tea. Test whether she has any ability as a tea taster. [5M]
b) A manufacturer claims that at least 95% of the equipment which he supplies to a factory conforms to specifications. An examination of a sample of 200 pieces of equipment reveals that 18 are faulty. Test his claim. [5M] -
OR
Two horses A and B were tested according to the time (in seconds) to run a particular race with the following results:
Horse A 28 30 32 33 33 29 34 Horse B 29 30 30 24 27 29
Test whether you can discriminate between the two horses.
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Unit - V
- a) Obtain the equations of two lines of regression for the data. [5M]
X 65 66 67 67 68 69 70 72 Y 67 68 65 68 72 72 69 71
b) In a railway marshalling yard, goods trains arrive at a rate of 30 trains per day. Assuming that the inter-arrival time follows an exponential distribution and the service time distribution is also exponential with an average of 36 minutes. Calculate the following: [5M]
i) The mean queue size (line length) ii) The probability that the queue size exceeds 10. -
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Calculate the coefficient of correlation and obtain the lines of regression for the following data:
X 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Y 9 8 10 12 11 13 14
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