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TECH IV SEMESTER - PRODUCTION(A&B)

MAIR46 PROBABILITY & STATISTICS

ASSIGNMENT-1 (Units - 1 & 2)

1) For the following bivariate probability distribution of (X, Y) find:

(i) P(X 1 /Y 3) (ii) P(Y 3 / X 1) (iii) P(X + Y 4) (iv) E(Y 2X).
X \ Y 1 2 3 4 5 6
0 0 0 1/32 2/32 2/32 3/32
1 1/16 1/16 1/8 1/8 1/8 1/8
2 1/32 1/32 1/64 1/64 0 2/64

2) The joint probability density function of two random variables X and Y is given

by f(x, y) = + , 0 , 0 . Compute (i) P(X > 1 / Y < )

(ii) P(Y < / X > 1) (iii) P(X < Y) (iv) P(X+Y ) .

3) Six dice are thrown 729 times. How many times do you expect at least three dice
to show a five or six?

4) VLSI chips, essential to the running of a computer system, fail in accordance

with a Poisson distribution with the rate of one chip in about 5 weeks. If there
are two spare chips on hand, and if a new supply will arrive in 8 weeks. What is
the probability that during the next 8 weeks the system will be down for a week
or more, owing to a lack of chips.

5) A set of examination marks is approximately normally distributed with a mean

of 75 and s.d. of 5. If the top 5% of students get grade A and the bottom 25% of
students get grade F, what mark is the lowest A and what mark is the highest F?

6) Derive the moment generating function for Binomial, Poisson and Normal
distribution. Find its mean and variance using moment generating function. Also
write the characteristics of normal distribution.

7) A sample of heights of 6400 Englishmen has a mean of 170 cms and a standard
deviation of 6.4 cms, while a sample of heights of 1600 Australian has a mean of
172 cm and a standard deviation of 6.3 cm. Do the data indicate that the
Australian is on the average taller than the Englishmen?
8) Before an increase in excise duty on tea, 400 people out of a sample of 500
persons were found to be tea drinkers. After an increase in duty, 400 people were
tea drinkers in a sample of 600 people. Using standard error of proportion,
whether there is a significant decrease in the consumption of tea. Take
(i) = 0.05 (ii) = 0.01.

9) Write the properties and uses of t-test, F-test and Chi-square-test.

10) The marks obtained by two groups of students in a test are given below.
Regular 56 62 63 54 60 51 67 69 58
Part-time 62 70 71 62 60 56 75 64 72 68 66
Examine whether the average marks obtained by them differ significantly at 5%
and 1% level of significance.

11) Suppose that, in a public opinion survey answers to the question

(a) Do you drink?
(b) Are you in favour of local option on sale of liquor?
were as given the following table
Question (b) Question (a)
Yes No
Yes 56 31
No 18 6
Can you infer that opinion on local option is dependent on whether or not an
individual drinks at 5% level of significance? Verify it by using 2X 2 contingency
formula.

12) Four different, though supposedly equivalent, forms of standardized reading

achievement test were given to each of 5 students, and the following are the
scores which they obtained. Perform two-way analysis of variance to test at the

Student 1 Student 2 Student 3 Student 4 Student 5

Form A 75 73 59 69 84
Form B 83 72 56 70 92
Form C 86 61 53 72 88
Form D 73 67 62 79 95
level of significance = 0.01 whether it is reasonable to treat the four forms as
equivalent. (Use coding method to subtract 70 from each)

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