COMPUTED ORIENTED STATISTICAL METHODS –

CSE & DS
UNIT – 1
PART-A
1. Define, a) Random Experiment
b) Equally likely cases
c) Exhaustive events
d) Mutually exclusive events
e) sample space

2. Explain Conditional event

3. Pair wise Independence

4. Mention Axioms of probability

5. Write Classical definition of probability

PART-B
1. A class consists of 6 girls and 10 boys. If a committee of 3 is chosen at random from the class,
find the probability that
i) 3 boys selected
ii) Exactly 2 girls selected
2. Two cards are selected at random from 10 cards numbered 1 to 10. Find the probability that
the sum is even if,
i) Two cards are drawn together
ii) The two cards drawn one after other with Replacement

3. If two dice are thrown, what is the probability that the sum is
i) Greater than 8
ii) Neither 7 nor 11
4. Out of 15 items 4 are natin good condition 4 care selected at random. Find the probability
that
i) All are not good
ii) Two are not good

5. State and prove addition theorem on probability

6. A card is drawn from a well shuffled pack of cards. What is the probability that it is either a
spade (or) ace ?
7. Box-I contains 7 Red, 3 black, 5 white balls. Box-II contains 9 Red, 2 black, 4 white balls, Box
III contains 10 Red, 5 black, 5 white balls. A box is chosen at random and a ball is drawn from
it, what is the probability that it is,
i) Red ii) Black III) White
8. ‘A’ can hit the target 3 times in 5 shots, ‘B’ can hit target 2 times in 5 shots, ‘C’ can hit target
3 times in 4 shots. Find the probability that the target being hit when all of them try.
9. State and Prove Baye’s theorem
10. Three machines produce the items 30%, 30%, 40%, of the total product. If 2%, 3%, 4% are
defective from three machines product. One item is selected and found to be defective. Find
the probability that it is from,
I) Machine- I ii) Machine- II iii) Machine- III
11. In a bolt factory machines A, B, C manufactures 20%, 30% and 50% of the total of their out
put and 6%, 3% and 2% are defective. A bolt is drawn at random and found to be defective.
Find the probability that it is manufactured from,
i) Machine – A ii) Machine – B iii) Machine - C
 UNIT-2

PART -A
1. Define co-relation write its properties.
2. Define regression.
3. Explain regression coefficients.
4. Write the formula for Karl Pearson correlation coefficient.
5. Define binomial distribution mention its properties
6. Define Poisson distribution mention its properties
7. Write the mean and variance of binomial distribution.
8. Define scatter diagram
9. Define random variable and its types.
10. If np= 4 npq=3 find n

PART-B

1. Let x be the discrete random variable taking the values 1,2,3,4,5,6 with f( x i) = 1/6 find its
mean and variance
2. A random variable x has the following probability function

X 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
P(x) 0 K 2k 2k 3k k
2
2k
2 2
7k +k

a) Find K value
b) P(x<6)
c) P(0<x<5)
d) E(x) and V(x)

3. A random variable x has the following probability function as follows

X 1 2 3 4 5 6
P(x) 1/36 3/36 5/36 7/36 9/36 11/36

Find the mean and variance.

4. A random variable x has the following probability function

X 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
P(x) a 3a 5a 7a 9a 11a 13a 15a 17a

a) Find a value
b) P (x <3)
 c) P (0< x ≤ 5)
d) Mean and variance
5. From a lot of 10 items containing 3 defectives. A sample of 4 items is drawn at random. Let
the random variable x denote the number of defective items in the sample. Find the
probability function and also find its mean and variance.
6. Suppose a continuous random variable x has the probability density function(pdf)
i. f(x) = k (1- x 2): 0 < x <1
ii. f(x)= k( e−|x| : −∞ < x < ∞
iii. f(x) = kx (e− λx ) : for x ≥ 0

find k value, mean and variance

7. 10 coins are tossed simultaneously. Find the probability of getting at least
i. 7 heads
ii. 6 heads
iii. 1 head
8. A hospital switch board receives an average of 4 emergency calls in 10minute interval. What
is the probability that
a) At most 2 emergency calls in 10 minutes interval
b) Exactly 3 emergency calls in 10 minutes interval
9. 2 dice are thrown 5 times find the probability of getting sum 7 as
i. At least once
ii. Exactly 2 times
iii. P (1 < x < 5)
10. If p (x =2) = 45 p (x =6) - 3 p(x =4) if x is a Poisson variate then find
i. Find λ
ii. P (3 < x < 5)
11. Calculate the correlation co efficient from the following data.

X 25 30 28 29 32 24 26 28 27 21
Y 18 20 21 16 14 13 22 15 19 12

12. The following data 10 students in mathematics(x) and statistics (y) in a test calculate
Karl Pearson’s correlation co efficient from the following data.

X 78 36 98 25 75 82 90 62 65 39
Y 84 51 91 60 68 62 86 58 53 47

13. Fit a straight line from the following data

X 0 1 2 3 4
Y 1 1.8 3.3 4.5 6.3

14. Fit a straight line from the following data

 X 0 1 2 3 4
Y 1 1.8 3.3 4.5 6.3
15.Find regression lines from the following data

X 1 2 3 4 5
Y 3 12 27 48 75

i. Estimate y when x = 20
ii. Estimate x when x = 100
 UNIT -3
Part – A

1. Define uniform distribution

2. Explain standard normal variate
3. Define normal distribution.
4. Write area properties of normal distribution
5. Define maximum error
6. Explain
a) Parameter
b) Sample
c) Statistic
d) Population
e) Sampling Distribution
f) Degrees of freedom
7. Mention applications of normal distribution
8. Write any 3 properties of normal distribution
9. Define central limit theorem
10. Define Gamma distribution

Part – B

1. Define normal distribution, write its characteristics and applications

2. In a sample of 1000 cases the mean of particular test is 14 and the standard deviation is 2.5.
Assuming the distribution to be normal find
i. How many Students score between 12 and 15 marks.
ii. How many students scores above 18 marks.
3. Find the mean and standard deviation of a normal distribution in which 7% of the items
under 35 and 89% of the items under 63.
4. In a normal distribution 31% of the items under 45, 8% of the items over 64. Find the mean
and variance of the distribution.
5. A population consists of 5 members 2,3,6,8,11 consider all possible sample sides to that can
be drawn with replacement from the population. Find
i. Population mean and standard deviation
ii. Mean of the sampling distribution of means
iii. Standard deviation of the sampling distribution of means
6. A population consists of 5 members1, 2,3,4,5 consider all possible sample sides to that can
be drawn without replacement from the population. Find
iv. Population mean and standard deviation
v. Mean of the sampling distribution of means
vi. Standard deviation of the sampling distribution of means
7. A normal population has mean 0.1 and standard deviation (SD) is 2.1. Find the probability
that mean of a sample size 900 will be negative.
8. The mean of certain normal population is equal to the standard error of the mean of the
samples of 64 from the distribution. Find the probability that the mean of the samples 36
will be negative.
9. The marks obtained in mathematics by 1000 students is normally distributed with mean 78
% and standard deviation 11% determine
i. How many students got marks above 90%
ii. What was the highest mark obtained by the lowest 10% of the students
10. In a test on 2000 electric bulbs, it was found that the life of a particular make, was normally
distributed with an average life of 2040 hours and SD of 60 hours. Find the number of bulbs
likely to burn for
i. More than 2150 hours
ii. Less than 1950 hours
iii. In between 1920 to 2160 hours.
 UNIT -4
PART – A

1. Define null and alternative hypothesis

2. Define
i. Type 1 error
ii. Type 2 error
iii. Level of significance
iv. Critical region or rejectance region
3. Explain point and interval estimation.
4. Explain about one and two tailed test.
5. Define t- distribution
6. Explain standard error of sample mean.
7. Write 95% confidence limits for the test of significance of a single mean
Zα
8. If σ = 20, maximum error = 3, = 1.96, find n
2
9. If we can assert with 95% that the maximum error (ME) is 0.05 and p = 0.2 then find n
10. A random sample of size 100 has a standard deviation of 5. what you can say about
maximum error with 95% confidence.

PART – B

1. The mean and SD of a population or 11795 and 14054 respectively, what can one assert with
95% confidence about the maximum error. If sample mean x = 11795, n = 50 and also
construct 95% confidence interval

2. Find for the mean of normally distribute population from which the following samples was
taken 15,17,10,18,16,9,7,11,13,14

3. A random sample of 100 teachers in a metropolitan city revealed a mean weekly salary of
rupees 487 with SD rupees 48. What we can assert that average weekly salary of all teachers
in the metropolitan city in between 472 to 502.

4. Explain the procedure of test of significance in hypothesis

5. A sample of 900 members has a mean of 3.4 cm and SD is 2.61cm if the population is normal
of a mean is 3.25cm. Find 95% confidence limits.
6. The mean height 50 male students who participated in sports is 68.2inches and SD is
2.5inches.the mean height of 50 male students who have not participated in sports is
67.2inches and SD of 2.8inches. Test the hypothesis at 5% LOS
7. A random sample of 400 men and 600 women were asked whether they would like to have a
flyover near their residence. 200 men, 325 women were in favor of the proposal test the
hypothesis that proportions of men and women in favor of the proposal or not tested 5%
LOS

8. The nicotine in milligrams of 2 samples of tobacco were found to be as follows

Sample A 24 27 26 23 25
Sample B 29 30 30 31 24 36

Find the standard error and confidence limits for the difference between means at 5% LOS
9. Define chi-square distribution, write its properties and applications.
10. Define student -t distribution, write its properties and applications
 UNIT- 5

PART- A
1. Define stochastic or random process
2. Define
i. Markov property
ii. Markov chain
iii. Transition probability matrix (TPM)

3. Define
i. Irreducible state
ii. Periodic state
iii. Aperiodic state

4. Check whether the following stochastic or not

i. [ 1/2
1/2 −1/2 ]
1/2

ii. [ 1/30 1/04]

iii. [−11 02 ]
5. which of the following are regular stochastic or not

A= [ 1/20 1/21 ]
B= [ 01 10]
Part – B
1. which of the following matrices are regular

[ ]
1/2 1/4 1 /4
i. P= 0 1 0
1/2 0 1/2

[ ]
0 0 1
ii. P = 1/2 0 1/2
0 1 0
 [ ]
0 1 0
2. A TPM is P= 0 0 1 check whether the states are periodic or Aperiodic.
1/2 1/2 0

3. 3 boys A, B, C are throwing a ball to each other, A always throws the ball to B and B always
throws the ball to C but C just as likely to B as A, show that the process is Markov. Find the
TPM and classify the states.

4. The 3 Markov chain is given by the TPM

[ ]
0 2/3 1/3
= 1/2 0 1/2 Prove that the chain is irreducible
1/2 1/2 0

5. A fair die is tossed repeatedly if x n denotes the maximum of the numbers occurring in the
first n tosses. Find the TPM ‘p’ of Markov chain ( x n ¿ . Find p2 and p( x 2 = 6)
6. If the TPM of the market shares of 3 brands A, B, C

[ ]
0.4 0.3 0.3
P= 0.8 0.1 0.1 and the initial market shares are respectively 50% , 25
0.35 0.25 0.4
% , 25% . Find
i. The market shares in the 2nd and 3rd periods
ii. The limiting probabilities.