QM - Insem1 - Assignment Questions

2 Marks
If X is a Poisson distribution such that P(X=1) = P(X=2) then find mean.

If P(A)=1/2, P(B) =1/3, P(A∩B) =1/5 then find (i) P(A∪B) (ii) P (A1 ∩ B).
A random sample of size 100 has a standard deviation of 5. What can you say about the maximum error
with 95% confidence.
Define Population, Sample and give example of each.
Define Discrete Random variable, Continuous Random variable and give example of each.
Find the probability of a leap year to have 52 Mondays and 53 Sundays.
A random sample of size 100 is taken from a population with S.D 5.1 Given that the sample mean is
21.6. Construct a 95% confidence interval.
Define Type-I error and Type-II error and give example of each
A fair coin is tossed six times. Find the probability of getting four heads.
Find the probability that a card drawn at random from a pack of cards may be either a queen or
a king.
Define (i) Null Hypothesis (ii) Alternate Hypothesis.
Assuming that S.D is 20, how large a random sample to be taken to assert with probability
0.95 that the sample mean will not differ from the true mean by more than 3 points.
5 Marks
A can hit the target 3 times in 5 shots, B 2 times in 5 shots and C three times in 4 shots. Find the
probability of the target being hit when all of them try.
Fit a Binomial distribution for the following data
x 0 1 2 3 4
f(x) 2 14 20 34 22
Write the chief characteristics of Normal distribution.

In survey of buying habits, 400 women shoppers are chosen at random in super market A located in
certain section of the city. Their average weekly food expenditure is Rs.250 with a standard deviation
of Rs.40. For 400women shoppers chosen at random in super market B in another section of city, the
average weekly food expenditure is Rs.220with a standard deviation of Rs .55 . Test at 1% level of
significance whether the average weekly food expenditure of the two populations of shoppers are
equal.
Three machines produce 70% , 20% and 10% of the total number of items in a factory . The percentage
of defective output of these machines are 4%,3% and 2% respectively. An item is selected at random
and found defective. Find the probability that it is from (i) machine –I (ii) machine –II (iii) machine
–III.
In a Normal distribution, 31% of the items are under 45 and 8% are over 64. Determine the
mean and variance of the distribution.
The mean height of students in a college is 155 cms and standard deviation is 15. Find the
probability of mean height of 36 students is less than 157 cms.
A manufacturer claimed that at least 95%of the equipment which he supplied to a factory
conformed to specifications. An examination of sample of 200 piece of equipment revealed
that 18 were faulty. Test his claim that 5% level of significance.
Of the three men , the chances that a politician ,a business man or an academician will be appointed as
vice chancellor of University are 0.5,0.3,0.2 respectively. Probability that research is promoted by
these persons if they are appointed as vice chancellor are 0.3,0.7,0.8 respectively. (i) Determine the
probability that research is promoted (ii) If research is promoted, what is the probability that vice
chancellor is an academician (iii) )If research is promoted , what is the probability that vice chancellor
is an politician.
Write about the basic features of R.

An ambulance service claims that it takes on the average 8.9 minutes to reach its destination in
emergency calls. To check on this claim the agency which issues license to Ambulance service has then
timed on fifty emergency calls getting a mean of 9.2 minutes With s.d. of 1.6 minutes. What can they
conclude at 5% level of significance.
Explain different types of sampling.
11Marks
A random variable x has the following probability function:
x 0 1 3 4 5 6 7
P(X) 0 k 2k 2k 3k k2 7k2 +k
(i) Find the value of K (ii) Evaluate P(x<=6), P ( x>6) (iii)Mean (iv) Standard Deviation
(v) What is the smallest value of x for P(X<= x) >1/2.
A population consists of five numbers 2,3,6,8 and 11. Consider all possible samples of size two which
can be drawn without replacement from this population find a) The mean of the population. b)The
standard deviation of population c)The mean of sampling distribution of means d) The standard
deviation of sampling distribution of means.
The distribution of typing mistakes by typist is given below, assuming that the distribution to Poisson.
Find the expected frequencies
x 0 1 2 3 4 5
f(x) 125 95 49 20 8 5
Explain the Procedure of ANOVA one way.
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 64 Kgs (iii) Between
65 and 71 Kgs inclusive.
Ten soldiers participated in a shooting competition in the first week. After intensive training they
Participated in the competition in the second week. Their scores before and after training are given as
follows . Scores 67 24 57 55 63 54 56 68 33 43
before
Score 70 38 58 58 56 67 68 75 42 38
after
Do the data indicate that the soldiers have been benefited by the training.

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If X is a Poisson distribution such that P(X=1) = P(X=2) then find mean.

Write the chief characteristics of Normal distribution.

Write about the basic features of R.

Explain different types of sampling.

A random variable x has the following probability function:

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