Question Bank UNIT-2

1 different Types and Classification of sampling

2 . A population consists of six numbers 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24. Consider all samples of size two which can be
drawn i)without replacement from this population . i) Find the means of sampling distribution of means
ii) the population standard deviation iii) the mean of the sampling distribution of means iv) the standard
deviation of the sampling
distribution of means.
3. What is the effect on S.D if a sample is taken from an infinite population of sample size is increased
from 400 to 900
4. A random sample of size 100 is taken from an infinite population having the mean 76 and variance
256. whatis the probability that x will be b/w 75&78
5. A random sample of size 64 is taken from an infinite population having the mean 51.4 and variance 68
what is the probability that the mean of the sample will a) exceed 52.9 b) 50.5 &52.3 c) be less than 50.6
6 .A population consists of five numbers 2,3,6,8,11.consider all possible samples of size two which can be
drawn with replacement from this population find I) mean of the population ii) the mean of the sampling
distribution of the mean iii) the standard deviation of the sampling distribution of the mean iv) the
standard deviation of the population.
7. A population consists of the five numbers 3, 4, 7, 9, and 12. Consider all possible samples of size two,
which can be drawn with replacement from this population. Find
i)the mean of the population
ii) the standard deviation of the population iii)the mean of the sampling distribution of means of the
sampling distribution .the variance of a population is 2 .the size of the sample collected from the
population is 169
9 .what is the standard error 6.when a sample is taken from an infinite population what happen to
1) the standard error of the mean if the sample size is decrease from 600 to 200
2) When the single tailed test is used.
3) What is test statistics for testing single mean?
4) How to calculate limit for true mean.
10 A population consists of six numbers 5, 9, 10, 16, 18, 25. Consider all samples of size two which can
be drawn without replacement from this population.
i) Find the means of sampling distribution of means
ii) the population standard deviation
iii) the mean of the sampling distribution of means
iv) the standard deviation of the sampling distribution of means.
11 A population consists of the five numbers 3, 4, 7, 9, and 12. Consider all possible samples of size two,
which can be drawn with replacement from this population. Find: the mean of the population the
standard deviation of the population the mean of the sampling distribution of means the standard error
of means.
12 A population consists of five numbers 2,4,6,7,10.consider all possible samples of size two which can
be drawn with replacement from this population find.
i)mean of the population
ii)the mean of the sampling distribution of the mean
iii)the standard deviation of the sampling distribution of the mean
 iv) the standard deviation of the population
12 What is the effect on S.D if a sample is taken from an infinite population of sample size is increased
from 450 to 850 Explain
13 The mean height of students in a college is 155 cms &S.D is 15 what is the probability that the mean
height of 36 students is less than 157 cms
14 A random sample of size 100 is taken from an infinite population having the mean 76 and variance256
what is the probability that x will be b/w 75&78
15 A random sample of size 64 is taken from an infinite population having the mean 51.4 and variance68
what is the probability that the mean of the sample will
a)exceed52.9 b)50.5&52.3 c)be less than 50.6

16.If the masses of 300 students are normally distributed with mean 68 kgs and standard

deviation 3 kgs how many students have masses (i)Greater than 72 kgs (ii) Less than or equal

to 64kgs (iii) Between 65 and 71 kgs inclusive

17.The mean height of students in a college is 155 cms &S.D is 15 what is the probability

that the mean height of 36students is less than 157 cms

18 What is the correction factor if n=5 and N=200

19. How many different samples of size 2 can be chosen from a finite population of size 25

20. The mean voltage of a battery is 15 and SD is 0.2 find the probability that four such batteries
connected in series will have a combined voltage of 60.8 or more volts

21. Three masses are measured as 62.34,20.48,35.97kkgs with SD 0.54, 0.12 , 0.46 kgs . Find the mean
and SD of the sum of the masses

22. the mean life time of light bulbs produced by company is 1500 hours and SD of 150 hours . Fin the
probability that lighting will take place for

a) atleast 5000 hrs

b) at most 4200h if three bulbs are connected such that when one bulb burns out, another bulb will go
on . assume that life time are normally distributed .

23 A random sample of size 64 is taken from an infinite population having the mean 45 and the SD 8
What is the probability that x will be between 46 and 47.5

24 A population consists of 5,10,14,18,13,24 consider all possible samples of size two which can be
drawn without replacement from the population find

i) Find the means of the popultion

v) the population standard deviation
vi) the mean of the sampling distribution of means
vii) the standard deviation of the sampling distribution of means.
25. Find the mean and SD of the sampling distribution of variances for the population 2,3,4,5 by drawing
samples of size two a) with replacement b) without replacement
 Question Bank unit-5

1 Write a short note on Null hypothesis and alternative hypothesis Type I and Type II errors (c) Critical
region (d) Level of significance
2 Explain basic steps involved in testing of hypothesis.
3 The means of two large samples of sizes 1000 and 2000 members are 67.5 inches and 68.0 inches
respectively. Can the samples be regarded as drawn from the same population of S.D 2.5 inches
3 A sample of 26 bulbs gives a mean life of 990 hrs. With S.D. of 20 hours. The manufacture claims that
the mean life bulb is 1000 hrs. is the sample not up to the standard
f p=0.15 q=0.85 n=10 find confidence limits
4 A manufacture claimed that at least 95% of the equipment which he supplied to a factory conformed
to specifications. An examination of a sample of 200 pieces of equipment revealed that 18 were faulty.
test his claim at 5% level of significance.
5 In a big city 325 men out of 600 men were found to be smokers. Does this information support the
conclusion that the majority of men in this city are smokers.
6 A die is thrown 9000 times and of these 3220 yielded 3 or 4. Is this consistent with the hypothesis that
the die was unbiased?
7 Before an increase in excise duty on tea, 800 persons out of a sample of 1000 persons were found to
be tea drinkers. After an increase in duty 800 people were tea drinkers in the sample of 1200 people. 8
Using standard error of proportions state whether there is a significant decrease in the consumption of
tea after the increase in the excise duty
9 In two large populations there are 30% and 25% respectively of fair haired people. Is this difference
likely to be hidden in samples of 1200 and 900 respectively from the two populations.
10 A sample of 900 members has a mean of 3.4 cms and SD 2.61 cms. Is the sample from a large
population of mean is 3.25 cm and SD 2.61 cms. If the population is normal and its mean is unknown
find the 95% confidence limits of true mean.
11 An insurance agent has claimed that the average age of policy holders who issue through him is less
than the average for all agents which is 30.5 years. A random sample of 100 policy holders who had
issued through him gave the following age distribution. Test the significant difference at 5% level of
significance.

Age 16-20 21-25 26-30 31-35 36-40

No of 12 22 20 30 16
persons
12 The mean score of a random sample of 60 students is 145 with a SD of 40. Fine the 95 % confidence
limit for the population mean.
13 The means of 2 large samples of 1500 and 2500 members are 69.5 inches and 70 inches respectively.
Can the samples be regarded as drawn from the same population of SD 2.5 inches.
14 The mean yield of wheat from a district A was 210 pounds with SD 10 pounds per acre from a sample
of 100 plots. In another district the mean yield was 220 pounds with sD 12 pounds from a sample of 150
plots. Assuming that the SD of yield in the entire state was 11 pounds test whether there is any
significant difference between the mean yield of crops in the two districts.
15 A manufacture claimed that at least 95% of the equipment which he supplied to a factory conformed
to specifications. An examination of a sample of 200 pieces of equipment revealed that 18 were faulty.
tEst his claim at 5% level of significance.
16 A random sample of 500 apples were taken from the large consignment and 65 were found to be bad.
Find the percentage of bad apples in the consignment.

17 A coin was tossed 960 times and returned head 183 times Test the hypothesis that coin is unbiased
use 0.05 level of significant .

18 A die is tossed 256 times and it turns up with an even digit 150 times . Is the die biased?

19. In a test on 2000 electrical bulbs it was found that the life of a particular make, was normally
distributed with an average life of 2040 hours and SD. of 40 hrs Estimate the number of bubs likely to
burn for more than 2140

20 An oceanographer wants to check whether the depth of the ocean in a certain region is 57.4 fathpms
as had previously been recorded What can he concluded at the 0.05 level if the reading taken at 40
random locations in the given region yielded a mean of 59.1 fathooms with a standard deviation of 5.2
fathooms

21 A sample of 400 items is taken from a population whose SD is 10 The mean of the sample is 40 Test
whether the sample has come from population with mean 38 Also calculate 95% confidence interval for
the population

22 An ambulance service claims that it takes on the average less than 10 min to reach its destination in
emergency calls. A simple of 36 calls has a mean of 11 min and the variance of 16 min . Test the claim at
0.05 LOS

23. It is claimed that a random sample of 49 tyres has a mean life of 15200km . This sample was drawn
from a population whose mean is 15150 km and a SD of 1200 km . Test the significance at 0.05 level

24 The mean life time of a sample of 100 light tubes produced y a company is found to be 1560 hrs with
a population SD 90 hrs . Test the hypothesis for LOS 0.05 that the mean life time of the tubes produced
by the company is 1580hrs.

25 The average marks scored by 32 boys is 72 with SD of 8 While that of girls is 70 with SD of 6 Does this
indicate that the boys perform better than girls at the level of significant 0.05

26 A sample of height of 6400 englishmen has the mean of 67085 inches and SD of 2.56 inches while a
sample of height 1600 australians has mean of 68055 inches and SD of 2.52 inches . Do the data indicate
the australians are on the average taller than the englishmen

27 A trucking rm suspects the claim that the average life of certain tyres is atleast 28000 miles To check
the claim the rm puts 40 of these tyres on its trucks and gets a mean life time of 27463 miles with a SD
of 1348 miles Can the claim be true

28 A researcher wants to know the intelligence of the students in a school. He selected two groups of
students In the first group there 150 students having mean IQ of 75 with SD of 15 in the second group
there are 250 students having mean IQ of 70 with SD of 20
29 The nicotent in milligrams of two samples of tobacco were found to be as follows . Find the SE and
confidence limits for the difference between the means at 0.05 level

Sample A 24 27 26 23 25

Sample B 29 30 30 31 24 36

30 In the investigation on the machine performance of the following results are obtained

no. of machines inspected no. of defectives

Machine 1 375 17

Machine 2 450 22

Test whether there is any significant performance of two machines at 0.05 level