Code No: OR-13/MCA OR

MCA-I Semester Supplementary Examinations,

July/Aug 2008.

PROBABILITY & STATISTICS

Time: 3hours Max. Marks: 60

Answer any FIVE questions

All questions carry equal marks
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1.a) From the following data of 125 students determine the modal
weight:

Weight in 40-50 50-60 60-70 70-80 80-90 90-100 100-110 110-120

lbs
No. of 8 12 24 31 32 11 5 2
students

b) Calculate the standard deviation from the following data:

x 8-9 9-10 10-11 11-12 12-13 13-14 14-15 15-16

F(x) 11 22 30 45 21 11 6 4

2.a) Define moment generating function. Find the moment generating

function of the random variable x having the probability density
function
f(x) = x for 0 ≤ x < 1
= 2- x for 1 ≤ x < 2
=0 other wise.
b) Explain the need of sampling and various methods of sampling.

3.a) The height and body weights of ten males are given below.
Calculate the coefficient of correlation.
Individuals 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Height in 65 68 62 70 65 72 67 66 68 70
inches
Weight in lbs 128 140 120 152 138 160 135 130 125 165

b) Explain `the Principle of least squares’. Fit a straight line to the

following data and find y(3.5)
x 1 2 3 4 5
y 2 5 4 9 10

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4. What is time series. Discuss the importance of time series analysis.

For the following data calculate 5 yearly and 7-yearly moving
averages.

Year 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991
Data 2 1 0 -2 -1 2 1 0 -2 -1 2 1

5.a) A test of the fidelity and selectivity of 190 radio receivers produced
the following data.

Selectivity Fidelity
Low Average High
Low 6 12 32
Average 33 61 18
High 13 15 0

Use 0.01 level of significance to test whether there is a relationship

between fidelity and selectivity.
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(Given X 0.01 with 4 degrees of freedom = 13.277)

b) Two samples of 6 and 7 items have the following values for a

variable.
Sample I 39 41 42 42 44 40
Sample II 40 42 39 45 38 39 40

Do the sample variances differ significantly?

(Given F0.05 (5, 6) = 4.95 )

6.a) In tossing 3 coins at a time, find the probability of getting:

i) atmost one head
ii) atleast one head
iii) exactly 2 heads.
b) In a bolt factory machines A, B, C manufacture 25%, 35%, 40%
respectively out of the total of their output 5, 4, 2 percents are
effective bolts. A bolt is drawn at random and is found to be
defective. What are the probabilities that it was manufactured by
machines A, B and C?

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7.a) A manufacturer of cotter pins knows that 5% of his product were

defective. If he sells cotter pins in boxes of 100 and guarantees that
not more than 10 pins will be defective, what is the probability that a
box will fail to meet the guaranteed quality.
b) The average seasonal rainfall in a place is 16 inches with standard
Deviation of 4 inches. What is the probability that in a year the
rainfall in that place will be between 20 and 24 inches?
c) The heights of 10 males of a given locality are found to be 70, 67,
62, 68, 61, 68, 70, 64, 64, 66 inches. Is it reasonable to believe that
the average height is greater than 64 inches?

Given that the critical value of ‘t’ for 9 degrees of freedom at 5% level
of significance for right tailed test is 1.833.

8.a) Find the mean, variance of the following density function:

f ( x ) = x for 0 < x < 1
= 2 − x for 1 < x < 2
=0 other wise
b) Find the characteristic function of a random variable x defined as:
f ( x ) = 0 for x < 0
=1 for 0 ≤ x ≤ 1
= 0 for x > 1

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