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B.Sc. DEGREE (CBCS) EXAMINATION, NOVEMBER 2018
Third Semester
cOMPLEMENTARYCOURSE -ST3CMTO03-STATISTICs -PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS
(Common to B.Sc Computer Applications Model lIlI Triple Main,
B.Sc Mathematics Model 1, B.Sc Physics Model )
2017 Admission Onwards
12921CDC
Maximum Marks: 80o Time: 3 Hours
Part A
Answer any ten questions.
Each question carries 2 marks.
1. Mention one example each for discrete and continuous variable where expectation does not exist.
2 Write the expressions for third and fourth central moments using raw moments
3 Mention two examples of random variables following discrete uniform distribution.
4. Define continuous uniform distribution.
. Show that for a Poisson distribution, coeficient of variation is the reciprocal of the standard deviation.
6. Defne hyper geometric distribution.
7 Find the second raw moment of two parameter gamma distribution.
8. Find the expression for r raw moment oftype -1 beta distribution.
9 Define type -2 beta distribution.
10. IfXis a randomvariable with mean 3 and variance 2, find h suchthat PIX-31< h) 2 0.99
11. Define chi- square distribution.
12. Define Snedecor's F distribution
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Part B
Answer any six questions.
Each question carries 5 marks.
13. Find a and b if Y = aX+ b has mean 6 and variance unity where X is a random variable with mean 8
and variance 16.
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14 Explain any two properties of moment generating function.
15. Derive the mgf of Bernoulli distnbution and hence find the mean and variance
16 Obtain the first three raw moments of binomial distribution.
17. Derive the mgf of exponential distnibution and hence find the mean and variance.
18. Derive the additive property of one parameter gamma distribution.
19. A sample of size n is taken from a population with mean p and SD o . Find the limits within which the
sample mean will lie with probability 0.9 by using Tchebycheffs inequality and central limit theorem.
Evaluate thelimtsifn = 64, = 10 ando =2.
20.Ifsis the sample variance ofsample of size n taken from a normal population with mean and SD a,
find the distribution of Y = ns/o2
21. Explain an example of a statistic following student's t distribution.
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Part C
Answer any two questions
Each question carries 15 marks.
22. The joint pdfofrandomvariables X and Y is given by fx, y) = 2;0<x<y<1. Obtainthe corelatfon
between X and Y.
23. (a) Obtain the mean and variance of geometric distribution.
b)Establish the lack of memory property of geometric distribution.
24. Show that ß = 0 and P2 = 3 for a normal distribution.
25. (1) State and prove weak law of large numbers.
(2) Show by an example of a case where weak law of large numbers cannot be applied.
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