SWARNANDHRA
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY R19
AUTONOMOUS
B. Tech III Semester Supplementary Examinations, Jan - 2023
Probability and Statistics
(19MA3T05)
(Common to CE & ME)
Time: 3 hours Max. Marks:
70
PART – A
(Answer all questions - 5 X 2 = 10 marks)
1 (a) State Bayes’ theorem. [K1]
(b) The random variable X has a Poisson distribution. If P(X = 1) = 0.01487,
P(X = 2) = 0.04461, then find P(X = 3). [K2]
(c) List the steps involved in the procedure of testing a hypothesis. [K1]
(d) The mean and the standard deviation of a population are 11,795 and 14,054 respectively.
If n = 50, find 95% confidence interval for the mean. [K2]
(e) State a few important methods for studying correlation. [K1] [2+2+2+2+2]
PART – B
(Answer the following question - 5 X 12 = 60 marks)
2 (a) An urn A contains 5 white and 3 black balls. Another urn B contains 3 white and 5
black balls. Two balls are taken from urn A randomly and are placed in urn B. Now,
one ball is taken from urn B. What is the probability that it is a black ball? [K2] [6M]
(b) If A and B are two independent events such that P(A) = 1−α , P(B) = 1−β , then find
P( A ∪ B). [K3] [6M]
(OR)
3 (a) Describe the properties of the probability distribution function. [K2] [6M]
(b) Let X be a discrete random variable having the following probability distribution:
X -2 -1 0 1 2 3
P(X) 0.1 k 0.2 2k 0.3 3k
Find (i) k, (ii) mean, (iii) variance. [K3] [6M]
4 (a) Derive recurrence relation of binomial distribution. [K3] [6M]
(b) Deduce variance of binomial distribution. [K3] [6M]
(OR)
5 (a) If the probability of a defective fuse from a manufacturing unit is 2%, in a box of 200
fuses, find the probability that (i) exactly 4 fuses are defective (ii) more than 3 fuses
are defective. [K3] [6M]
(b) In a normal distribution, 7% of the items are under 35 and 89% are under 63. What are
the mean and standard deviation of the distribution. [K3] [6M]
6 (a) The mean of certain normal population is equal to the standard error of the mean of the
samples of 64 from that distribution. Find the probability that the mean of the sample
size 36 will be negative? [K3] [6M]
(b) Describe two-tailed and one-tailed tests of hypothesis. [K3] [6M]
(OR)
7 (a) A random sample of size 81 was taken whose variance is 20.25 and mean is 32.
Construct 98% confidence level. [K3] [6M]
(b) The standard deviations of two samples of size 225 and 300 are respectively 5 and 10.
Determine the standard error of the difference between the means. Also find the
confidence interval at 0.05 level of significance. Assume the means of the samples are
80 and 50 respectively. [K3] [6M]
8 (a) A random sample of size 16 has 53 as mean. The sum of the squares of the deviations
taken from mean is 150. Can this sample be regarded as taken from population having
56 as mean? Obtain 95% and 99% confidence limits of the mean of the population.
[K3] [6M]
(b) The following are the samples of skills. Test the significant difference between the
means at 0.05 level. [k3] [6M]
Sample - I 74.1 77.7 74.4 74 73.8 --
Sample - II 70.8 74.9 74.2 70.4 69.2 72.2
(OR)
9 (a) Explain briefly the variance ratio test (F-test). [K3] [6M]
(b) The following is the distribution of the hourly number of trucks arriving at a
company’s warehouse:
Trucks arriving per hour 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Frequency 52 151 130 102 45 12 5 1 2
Fit a Poisson distribution and test for goodness of fit at the level of significance
α =0.05 . [K3] [6M]
10 (a) Fit a parabola y=a+bx +c x2 to the following data:
x : 2 4 6 8 10
y : 3.07 12.85 31.47 57.38 91.29 [K3] [6M]
(b) Fit the curve of the form y=a e bx to the following data:
x : 77 100 185 239 285
y : 2.4 3.4 7.0 11.1 19.6 [K3] [6M]
(OR)
11 (a) Calculate the correlation coefficient between X and Y for the following data
X 10 12 18 24 23 27
Y 13 18 12 25 30 10
[K3] [6M]
(b) The marks obtained by 10 students in Mathematics and Statistics are given below. Find
the coefficient of correlation between the two subjects and the two lives of regression.
Marks in 75 30 60 80 53 35 15 40 38 48
Maths
Marks in 85 45 54 91 58 63 35 43 45 44
Statistics
[K3] [6M]
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