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Name of the Candidate :

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B.Sc. DEGREE EXAMINATION, 2010
( MATHEMATICS )

( THIRD YEAR )

( PART - III )

( PAPER - IX )

760. MATHEMATICAL STATISTICS

( Including Lateral Entry )

December ] [ Time : 3 Hours

Maximum : 100 Marks

Answer any FIVE questions.

Statistical tables can be used.
All questions carry equal marks.

(5 20 = 100)

1. (a) State and prove Bayes theorem :

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(b) A random variable X has the following 10. (a) The annual sales of a company are given
probability function : below. Estimate that sales for the year 1990:

Value of X, Year 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005

X 0 1 2 3 Sales
in lakhs 125 163 238 282 380
P(x) 0 k 2k 2k
of Rs.

(b) Apply Lagranges formula to find f(5) from

4 5 6 7
the data :
3k k2 2k 2 7k 2 + k
X 0 1 3 6
(i) Find k.
F(x) 180 216 425 732
(ii) Evaluate p (X < 6)
(iii) Evaluate P (X 6)
(iv) Evaluate P(0 < X < 5)

2. (a) State and prove Addition Theorem on

Expectation.

(b) An urn contains 4 tickets numbered 1, 2,

3, 4 and another contains 6 tickets
numbered 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9. If one of the
two urns is chosen at random and a ticket
is drawn at random from the chosen urn,
find the probabilities that the ticket drawn
bears the number.
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4. (a) Find the rank correlation co-efficient for the (b) For a normal distribution with usual
following data : notations, prove that

X 68 64 75 50 64 2n = 2 (2n 1) 2n 2

Y 62 58 68 45 81 6. (a) Define uniform distribution and find the

characteristic function of uniform
distribution.
80 75 40 55 64
(b) Define gamma distribution and find the
60 68 48 50 70 moment generating function of gamma
distribution.
(b) Find the equations of two lines of regression
for the following data. Also, obtain the 7. (a) Explain the following terms :
estimate of X for Y = 70.
(i) Null hypothesis.
X 65 66 67 67 68
(ii) Alternate hypothesis.
Y 67 68 65 68 72
(iii) Type-I error.

(iv) Type-II error.

69 70 72
(b) A random sample of 200 tins of coconut
72 69 71 oil gave an average weight of 495 kgs with
a standard deviation of 0.21 kg. Do we
5. (a) From the binomial distribution consisting of
accept the hypothesis of net weight 5 kgs
5 independent trials, probabilities of 1 and
per tin at 1% level.
2 success are 04096 and 02048
respectively. Find the parameters p of the
distribution.
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8. (a) In a sample of 1,000 people in Maharastra, (i) 2 or 4.

540 are rice eaters and the rest are wheat
(ii) 3.
eaters. Can we assume that both rice and
wheat are equally popular in this state at (iii) 1 or 9.
1% level of significance?
3. (a) The joint probability distribution of X and
(b) State and prove Neyman Person lemma. Y is given below :

9. Compute Fishers ideal index number for the

following data. Also, prove that it satisfies time
reversal test and factor reversal test.

Commo- Price (Rs.) Quantity

dity Base Current Base Current
year year year year
Find the correlation co-efficient between
A 6 10 50 50 X and Y.
B 2 2 100 120 (b) Fit the second degree parabola to the
C 4 6 60 60 following data :

D 10 12 30 25 X 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Y 15 18 21 23 24 22 20

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