BAHRIA UNIVERSITY

KARACHI CAMPUS
Course: Statistical Inference [QTM-522] Spring - 2012 Course Supervisor: Ishtiaq Ahmed MBA-3A (Morning) February 13, 2012

Practice Exercise-1 [Application of Discrete and Continues Random Variables]

Q.1 Let X be a random variable with Probability Distribution X -1 0 1 2 P(x) 0.125 0.50 0.20 0.05 Required: a) Check that P(x) is a p.d.f and make probability histogram. b) Find E(x), Var(x) and standard deviation of x. Q.2. 3 0.125 Answers: a) 1 b) 0.55, 1.35, 1.16

Assume f(x) is a function of discrete random variable of x i.e. Answers: c) 2.86, 9.26, 4.715 f(x) = x + 1 for x = 1, 2, 3, 4 1.08, 1.04 14 Required: a) Construct the list of probability distribution function of the random variable x. b) Prove that given function f(x) is a p.d.f of the random variable x. c) Calculate E(x), E(x2), E(2x-1), Var(x) and Standard Deviation of x. d) Construct the Probability Histogram of x. Find the value of K so that the function f(x) defined as follows, may be a probability density function. f(x) = K/x2 for x = 1, 2, 3 Answers: a) 36/49 d) 1.34, 0.4244 0.63 Find the Probability Distribution of the above given random variable and prove that f(x) is a p.d.f of x. Construct the probability histogram of the above probability distribution function. Find the E(x), Variance, and standard deviation of x. Given the probability function: f(x) = (5 x) for x = 1, 2, 3, 4 Answers: a) 1 10 c) 2, 5, 1, 1 Required: a) Find the Probability Distribution of the above given random variable and prove that f(x) is a p.d.f of x. b) Construct the probability histogram of the above probability distribution function. c) Calculate the E(x), E(x2), variance and standard deviation of x. A continuous random variable X that can assume value between x=1 and x=4 has a density function given by f(x) =1/3. Required: Answers: a) 1 a) Show that the area under the curve is equal to 1. b) 0.5(50%) b) Find Pr.(1.5 x 3) c) 0.6 (60%) c) Find Pr.(x 2.2) d) Find expected value of x, E(x), variance and standard deviation.
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A continuous random variable x that can assume values between x = 2 and x = 5 has a density function given by f(x) = 2(1 + x)/27. Required: a) Show that the area under the curve is equal to 1 under the given intervals of x. b) Find Pr.(x 4) Answers: b) 16/27 (59.26%) c) Find Pr.(3 x 4) c) 1/3 (33.33%) d) Illustrate the obtained probability by the graph. e) 3.67, 0.70, 0.83 e) Find expected value of x, E(x), variance and standard deviation. A continuous random variable x that can assume values between x = 2 and x = 4 has a density function given by f(x) = x + 1 8 Answers: b) 0.70 Required: c) 0.54 a) Show that Pr.(2 x 4) = 1 e) 3.08, 0.326, 0.571 b) Find Pr.(x 3.5) c) Find Pr.(2.4 x 3.5) d) Illustrate obtained probability by the graph. e) Find the expected value of x, E(x), variance and standard deviation. Find the value of k so that the function f(x) defined as follows, may be a density function. f(x) = kx for 0 x 2

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Q.8b. Find the Pr.(x 1) of the above given f(x) in Q.9a. Also show the area of shaded region of obtained probability. Q.9

A continuous r.vs. X has the p.d.f as follows: Answers: a) 1 f(x) = 6x(1-x) 0x1 b) 0.4814, 0.148 Required: c) 0.48, 0.30, 0.069, 0.26 a) Check that f(x) is a p.d.f. and sketch it b) Compute Pr(1/3 x 2/3) and Pr (0.5 x 0.6) c) Calculate E(x), E(x2), E(2x-3), Var(x), S.d of x
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