CT3 Past Exams 2005 - 2009
CT3 Past Exams 2005 - 2009
CT3 Past Exams 2005 - 2009
Institute of Actuaries
EXAMINATION
12 April 2005 (am)
Subject CT3
1.
Enter all the candidate and examination details as requested on the front of your answer
booklet.
2.
You must not start writing your answers in the booklet until instructed to do so by the
supervisor.
3.
4.
Attempt all 13 questions, beginning your answer to each question on a separate sheet.
5.
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Faculty of Actuaries
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Calculate the sample mean and standard deviation of the following claim amounts ():
534
671
581
620
401
340
980
845
550
690
[3]
C ) = 16 , P ( B
(a)
(b)
C) =
1
6
and P ( A
B ) = 34 ,
1 .
C ) = 12
[4]
Consider a random sample of size 16 taken from a normal distribution with mean
= 25 and variance 2 = 4. Let the sample mean be denoted X .
State the distribution of X and hence calculate the probability that X assumes a
value greater than 26.
[3]
[3]
Consider a random sample of size 21 taken from a normal distribution with mean
= 25 and variance 2 = 4. Let the sample variance be denoted S2.
State the distribution of the statistic 5S2 and hence find the variance of the statistic S2.
[3]
[3]
For a group of policies the total number of claims arising in a year is modelled as a
Poisson variable with mean 10. Each claim amount, in units of 100, is independently
modelled as a gamma variable with parameters = 4 and = 1/5.
Calculate the mean and standard deviation of the total claim amount.
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[5]
The distribution of claim size under a certain class of policy is modelled as a normal
random variable, and previous years records indicate that the standard deviation is
120.
(i)
Calculate the width of a 95% confidence interval for the mean claim size if a
sample of size 100 is available.
[2]
(ii)
Determine the minimum sample size required to ensure that a 95% confidence
interval for the mean claim size is of width at most 10 .
[2]
(iii)
Comment briefly on the comparison of the confidence intervals in (i) and (ii)
with respect to widths and sample sizes used.
[1]
[Total 5]
Let X1, , Xn denote a large random sample from a distribution with unknown
population mean and known standard deviation 3. The null hypothesis H0: = 1 is
to be tested against the alternative hypothesis H1: > 1, using a test based on the
sample mean with a critical region of the form X
k , for a constant k.
(ii)
0.95 and
k 1.2
3/ n
0.10
[4]
The values for the sample size n and the critical value k which satisfy the
requirements of part (i) are n = 482 and k = 1.025 (you are not asked to verify
these values).
Calculate the approximate level of significance of the test, and comment on
the value.
[3]
[Total 7]
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10
A model used for claim amounts (X, in units of 10,000) in certain circumstances has
the following probability density function, f(x), and cumulative distribution function,
F(x):
f ( x) =
5(105 )
(10 x)
, x
6
0 ; F ( x) = 1
10
10 x
You are given the information that the distribution of X has mean 2.5 units (25,000)
and standard deviation 3.23 units (32,300).
(i)
Describe briefly the nature of a model for claim sizes for which the standard
deviation can be greater than the mean.
[2]
(ii)
(a)
0.2
0.2
Calculate the missing values for the simulated claim amounts in the
table below (which has been obtained using the method in (ii)(b)
above):
r
Claim ()
0.7423
0.0291
0.2770
0.5895
0.1131
0.9897
0.6875
0.8525
0.0016
0.5154
6,141
10,2872
29,272
11,148
54,635
207
7,782
3,243
?
?
[5]
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11
Twenty insects were used in an experiment to examine the effect on their activity
level, y, of 3 standard preparations of a chemical. The insects were randomly
assigned, 4 to receive each of the preparations and 8 to remain untreated as controls.
Their activity levels were metered from vibrations in a test chamber and were as
follows:
Activity levels (y)
Totals
Control
Preparation A
Preparation B
Preparation C
43
73
84
46
40
55
63
91
y = 1, 203 ,
65
61
51
84
51
65
72
71
33
39
54
62
387
254
270
292
y 2 = 77, 249 .
(i)
(ii)
(a)
Complete the following table of residuals for the data and analysis in
part (i) above:
Control
Preparation A
Preparation B
Preparation C
(iii)
?
9.5
16.5
?
?
8.5
?
?
16.6
2.5
16.5
?
2.6
1.5
4.5
2
15.4
9.4
5.6 13.6
(b)
(c)
(d)
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(i)
p( y ) =
(ii)
y !(1 e )
( y = 1, 2, ).
(b)
[4]
(a)
may be determined
= 0,
1 e
and deduce that the maximum likelihood estimate is the same as the
method of moments estimate.
(b)
(iii)
Obtain an expression for the Cramer-Rao lower bound (CRlb) for the
variance of an unbiased estimator of .
[9]
The following table gives the numbers of occupants in 2,423 cars observed on
a road junction during a certain time period on a weekday morning.
Number of occupants
Frequency of cars
1
1,486
2
694
3
195
4
37
5
10
6
1
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(a)
Obtain the expected frequencies for the fitted model, and use a 2
goodness-of-fit test to show that the model is appropriate for the data.
(b)
13
As part of an investigation into health service funding a working party was concerned
with the issue of whether mortality rates could be used to predict sickness rates. Data
on standardised mortality rates and standardised sickness rates were collected for a
sample of 10 regions and are shown in the table below:
Region
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
125.2
119.3
125.3
111.7
117.3
100.7
108.8
102.0
104.7
121.1
206.8
213.8
197.2
200.6
189.1
183.6
181.2
168.2
165.2
228.5
Data summaries:
m = 1136.1,
(i)
m2 = 129,853.03, s = 1934.2,
s2 = 377,700.62, ms = 221,022.58
Calculate the correlation coefficient between the mortality rates and the
sickness rates and determine the probability-value for testing whether the
underlying correlation coefficient is zero against the alternative that it is
positive.
[4]
(ii)
Noting the issue under investigation, draw an appropriate scatterplot for these
data and comment on the relationship between the two rates.
[3]
(iii)
Determine the fitted linear regression of sickness rate on mortality rate and test
whether the underlying slope coefficient can be considered to be as large
as 2.0.
[5]
(iv)
For a region with mortality rate 115.0, estimate the expected sickness rate and
calculate 95% confidence limits for this expected rate.
[4]
[Total 16]
END OF PAPER
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Faculty of Actuaries
Institute of Actuaries
EXAMINATION
April 2005
Subject CT3
Introduction
The attached subject report has been written by the Principal Examiner with
the aim of helping candidates. The questions and comments are based around
Core Reading as the interpretation of the syllabus to which the examiners are
working. They have however given credit for any alternative approach or
interpretation which they consider to be reasonable.
M Flaherty
Chairman of the Board of Examiners
15 June 2005
Faculty of Actuaries
Institute of Actuaries
April 2005
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x = 6212 , x2 = 4186784
6212
= 621.20
10
1
62122
4186784
9
10
(a)
P( A
B)
327889.6
9
P( A) P( B ) P( A
P ( A) P( B) ( 12 )( 12 )
(b)
P( A
B)
P( A
1
2
1
3
1
2
3
4
1
2
1
4
P( A) P ( B) P(C ) P( A
1 1
3 4
1
6
C)
P( A
1
6
1
12
5 .]
6
[OR P ( A
3
4
B)
P( A) P( B).
C)
1
2
1
4
= 190.87
1
6
1 1
6 12
B) P( A
C ) P( B C )
P( A B
C)
5
6
B ) P (C ) P ( A
C ) P( B
C ) P( A
C)
M(t) = (1 10t) 2
M (t) = ( 2)( 10)(1 10t) 3 = 20(1 10t) 3
M (t) = ( 60)( 10)(1 10t) 4 = 600(1 10t) 4
M (t) = ( 2400)( 10)(1 10t) 5 = 24000(1 10t)
Putting t = 0
Putting t = 0
E[X2] = 600
E[X3] = 24000
[OR use the power series expansion M(t) = 1 + 20t + 600t2/2! + 24000t3/3! +
[OR use the result on E[X r] for a gamma(2,0.1) variable in the Yellow Book]
X ~ N 25, 0.25
P X
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26
P Z
26 25
0.5
P Z
1 0.97725 0.02275
n 1 S2
5S 2 ~
x
n
172
200
2
20 =
0.86
95% CI is p 1.96
0.86
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2
20
V[5S2] = variance of
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p (1 p )
n
1.96(0.0245)
0.86
(i)
120
120
[or 2 1.96
n
n
3.92
120
]
n
120
23.52
100
120
[or 2 1.96
47.04]
100
1.96
(ii)
1.96 120
10
23.52 , n
10 we require
553.19
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(iii)
(i)
X approx
0.05
32
n
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=1
k 0.8
3/ n
0.95
and
0.1
= P(X
1.2)
k 1.2
3/ n
(ii)
k|
Significance level
1
1.025 1
3 / 482
k|
1)
10
(i)
(ii)
(a)
Solving r = F(x)
(b)
(c)
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0.2
r = 0.0016
r = 0.5154
(1 + x/10) = (1 r)
claim = 262390
claim = 14175
0.2
x = 10[(1
r)
0.2
1]
(i)
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12032/20 = 2030.675
H0: no treatment effects (i.e. population means are equal) v H1: not H0
Analysis of Variance
Source
DF
SS
Factor
3
2031
Error
16
2858
Total
19
4889
MS
677
179
F
3.79
(a)
5.4
9.5
16.5
27
8.4
8.5
4.5
18
16.6
2.5
16.5
11
2.6
1.5
4.5
2
15.4
9.4
5.6
13.6
(b)
20
10
resids
11
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-10
-20
-30
means
treatment
50
Control
60
70
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(c)
(d)
12
(i)
(a)
y |Y
P(Y
0)
y and Y
P(Y 0)
e
y !(1 P(Y
y
0))
( y 1, 2, ).
y !(1 e )
(b)
Expectation of Y:
y
E[Y ]
y
y 1
y !(1 e )
z
(1 e )
(1 e
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z 0
[1]
e
z!
(z
.
(1 e
y 1)
0)
(ii)
(a)
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is:
log L( )
yi log
n log(1 e )
constant
i 1
d log L( )
d
ny
n n
e
1 e
1 e
and E[Y ]
1 e
1 e
d2
d
ny
log L( )
e
(1 e ) 2
(1 e )
given by,
CRlb
E
or
d
d
log L( )
(1 e ) 2
n(1 e
e )
1
(1 e )
e
(1 e ) 2
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(iii)
(a)
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( y 1, 2, ) where
0.8925 and n
2423
y !(1 e )
y
ei
fi
1
1500.48
1486
2
669.59
694
3
199.20
195
4
44.45
37
( fi ei ) 2
(1486 1500.48) 2
=
ei
1500.48
(on 4 df).
2
5
7.93
10
6
1.35
1
Total
2423.00
2423
(1 1.35) 2
= 2.99
1.35
The Yellow Book gives that the probability value is greater than 50%,
therefore there is no evidence to reject the null hypothesis, i.e. the
model seems appropriate for the data.
[OR
(b)
= 2.68 on 3 df if
, since CRlb
5.711574
= 0.8925,
0.04684
0.84566
1 e
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10-4
0.84566
0.93934
1 e
0.93934
= (1.48, 1.54).
1
, is given
1 e
13
(i)
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Smm = 129853.03
(1136.1)2/10 = 780.709
Sss = 377700.62
(1934.2)2/10 = 3587.656
Sms = 221022.58
(1136.1)(1934.2)/10 = 1278.118
1278.118
(780.709)(3587.656)
H0:
= 0 v. H1:
r 8
1 r2
3.35
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0.764
>0
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1278.118
1.6371 and
780.709
(iii)
1
[1934.2
10
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(1136.1)] 7.426
1
(1278.118) 2
{3587.656
} 186.902
8
780.709
2
Var[ ]
Test H0:
t
0.2394
780.709
= 2 v. H1:
1.6371 2
0.2394
<2
0.74 on 8 df
1
{
10
(115 113.61) 2
} 19.1528
780.709
t8(s.e.)
195.69
2.306(4.376)
195.69
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Faculty of Actuaries
Institute of Actuaries
EXAMINATION
13 September 2005 (am)
Subject CT3
1.
Enter all the candidate and examination details as requested on the front of your answer
booklet.
2.
You must not start writing your answers in the booklet until instructed to do so by the
supervisor.
3.
4.
Attempt all 14 questions, beginning your answer to each question on a separate sheet.
5.
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Faculty of Actuaries
Institute of Actuaries
The table below gives the number of thunderstorms reported in a particular summer
month by 100 meteorological stations.
Number of thunderstorms:
Number of stations:
0
22
1
37
2
20
3
13
4
6
5
2
(a)
(b)
(c)
In an opinion poll, each individual in a random sample of 275 individuals from a large
population is asked which political party he/she supports. If 45% of the population
support party A, calculate (approximately) the probability that at least 116 of the
sample support A.
[3]
Calculate a 99% confidence interval for the percentage of claims for household
accidental damage which are fully settled within six months of being submitted, given
that in a random sample of 100 submitted claims of this type, exactly 83 were fully
settled within six months of being submitted.
[3]
A random sample of 500 claim amounts resulted in a mean of 237 and a standard
deviation of 137.
Calculate an approximate 95% confidence interval for the true underlying mean claim
amount for such claims, explaining why the normal distribution can be used.
[3]
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x2 = 866,600.
(a)
Calculate the sample mean and standard deviation for these claim amounts.
(b)
Show that the probability distribution of the premium for the fourth year, that
is, for the year following the third year, is given by
400
with probability
400k with probability
400k2 with probability
p
p(1 p)
(1 p)2
[3]
(ii)
Obtain an expression for the expected premium for the fourth year under this
procedure.
[1]
(iii)
If it is desired that this expected premium should equal 300, determine the
required value of k for the case where p = 0.1.
[3]
[Total 7]
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Random samples are taken from two independent normally distributed populations
(with means 1 and 2 respectively) with the following results.
Sample from population 1:
sample size n1 = 11, sample mean x1 124 , sample variance s12
59
42
10
Let X denote a random variable with a continuous uniform (0, 1000) distribution.
Define a random variable Y as the minimum of X and 800.
(i)
[2]
(ii)
Verify (giving clear reasons) that the expectation of the random variable Y is
480.
[3]
(iii)
Suppose that Y1, , Yn are independent and identically distributed, each with
the same distribution as Y.
In the case that n is large, determine the approximate distribution of
1 n
Y =
Yi , stating its expectation. (You are not required to derive or state
n i1
the variance of Y .)
[1]
(iv)
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Consider the following simple model for the number of claims, N, which occur in a
year on a policy:
0
0.55
n
P(N = n)
1
0.25
2
0.15
3
0.05
(a)
(b)
12
A certain type of insurance policy has a claim rate of per year and the cover ceases
and the policy expires after the first claim. Accordingly the duration of a policy is
modelled by an exponential distribution with density function e x : 0 x
.
A company has data on (m + n) policies which have expired and which may be
assumed to be independent. Of these, m policies had duration less than 5 years and n
policies had duration greater than or equal to 5 years.
(i)
An investigator makes note of the actual durations, x1, , xn, of the latter
group of n policies, but ignores the former group without even noting the
value of m.
(a)
, 5
e5 .
Write down the likelihood for the data from the point of view of this
investigator and hence show that the maximum likelihood estimate
(MLE) of is given by
n
n
xi 5n
i 1
(c)
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(ii)
A second investigator ignores the actual policy durations and simply notes the
values of m and n.
(a)
Write down the likelihood for this information and hence show that the
resulting MLE of is given by
=
(b)
1
m n
log
.
5
n
The same data as in part (i) yield the values: m = 120 and n = 10.
Calculate this investigator s MLE of .
[5]
(iii)
The two investigators decide to pool their data, and so have the information
that there are m policies with duration less than 5 years, and n policies with
actual durations x1, ... , xn.
(a)
L( ) = (1 e
)m .
xi
i 1
and determine an equation, the solution of which will lead to the MLE
of .
(b)
13
A survey, carried out at a major flower and gardening show, was concerned with the
association between the intention to return to the show next year and the purchase of
goods at this year s show. There were 220 people interviewed and of these 101 had
made a purchase; 69 of these people said they intended to return next year. Of the
119 who had not made a purchase, 68 said they intended to return next year.
(i)
(ii)
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intends to return next year, given that he/she has made a purchase
intends to return next year, given that he/she has not made a purchase
has made a purchase, given that he/she intends to return next year
[3]
By testing the difference between the proportions of purchasers and nonpurchasers who intend to return next year, examine whether there is sufficient
evidence to justify concluding that the intention to return depends on whether
or not a purchase was made.
[7]
14
(iii)
(iv)
The data given in the following table are the numbers of deaths from AIDS in
Australia for 12 consecutive quarters starting from the second quarter of 1983.
1
1
Quarter (i):
Number of deaths (ni):
(i)
2
2
3
3
4
1
5
4
6 7 8 9
9 18 23 31
10
20
11
25
12
37
(a)
(b)
(ii)
E Ni = i 2
might be appropriate for these data, where is a parameter to be estimated
from the above data. She has proposed two methods for estimating , and
these are given in parts (a) and (b) below.
(a)
12
(n
i 1 i
(b)
i 2 ) 2 , is given by
12 2
i ni
i 1
12 4
i
i 1
(c)
12
n
i 1 i
12 2
i
i 1
Noting that
12 4
i
i 1
12
i 1
i2
ni
i2
is given by
12 2
i
i 1
= 650 , calculate
and
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(iii)
To assess whether the single parameter model which was used in part (ii) is
appropriate for the data, a two parameter model is now considered. The model
is of the form
E Ni = i
for i = 1,
(a)
, 12.
xi
The least squares estimates of and are 0.6112 and 1.6008 with
standard errors 0.4586 and 0.2525 respectively (you are not asked to
verify these results).
Using the value for the estimate of , conduct a formal statistical test to
assess whether the form of the model suggested in (ii) is adequate.
[7]
[Total 19]
END OF PAPER
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Faculty of Actuaries
Institute of Actuaries
EXAMINATION
September 2005
Subject CT3
Faculty of Actuaries
Institute of Actuaries
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150
1.5
100
(a)
(b)
Median is (101/2)th observation i.e. the mean of the 50th and 51st observations
so median = 1
(c)
Mean is higher than the median as the data are positively skewed (skewed to
the right).
116)
P( X
115.5) 1
115.5 123.75
68.0625
( 1)
120
120
100 and variance
1.2
1.22
(1) 0.841
83.333
X N (100,9.1292 ) by the Central Limit theorem (since the gamma variable is the
sum of 120 independent gamma(1,1.2) variables)
P X
120
P Z
120 100
9.129
2.191
1 0.98578 0.0142
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(0.83 0.17/100)1/2]
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237 1.96
s
n
137
500
6
Source of variation
Between groups
Residual
Total
d.f.
3
60
63
SS
840
660
1500
MSS
280
11
(a)
1
(3256) 162.8
20
1
32562
866600
19
20
17711.7
s 133.1
(b)
(i)
[These probabilities may be derived in other ways, such as via a tree diagram]
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(ii)
(iii)
0.092 4(0.81)(0.65)
1.62
0.09
k
k
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p)2
0.09 1.454
1.62
0.65 = 0
for 0 k 1
0.84
10 59
14 42
10 14
49.0833
124 105
10
is given by
2.064
49.0833
1 1
11 15
1/ 2
X ~ U(0,1000) , Y = min(X,800)
(i)
P( X
x| X
800)
P( X
x and X 800)
P ( X 800)
P( X x)
for 0 < x < 800
800 /1000
x /1000
800 /1000
x
for 0
800
x 800
400
= 480
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800
1000
800
200
1000
800)
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(iii)
(iv)
11
(a)
n=0
n=1
n=2
n=3
[OR any equivalent allocation which reflects the probabilities of the 4 values
of N.]
12
(b)
0.6221
0.1472
0.9862
(i)
(a)
n=1
n=0
n=3
k. e
dx 1
k[ e
]5
k .e
e5
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(b)
xi
e5 e
L( )
n 5n
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xi
i 1
log L( )
n log
d
log L( )
d
5n
xi
5n
xi
n
xi 5n
i 1
(ii)
(c)
n = 10, xi = 71
(a)
L( ) (1 e
log L( )
10
71 50
) m (e
m log(1 e
d
5me
log L( )
d
1 e
n
m n
)n
) n log(e
5
5
0.476
5n
1 e
n
m
1
m n
log(
)
5
n
[OR Reason via the MLE for a binomial p = P(X > 5) such that
n
p
and p e 5 ]
m n
(b)
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m = 120, n = 10
0.513
(iii)
(a)
(1 e
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, xn
i 1
m log(1 e
d
5me
log L( )
d
1 e
) n log
n
xi
xi
13
return
no return
purchase
69
32
101
no purchase
68
137
51
83
119
220
(i)
(a)
(b)
(c)
69/101 (= 0.6832)
68/119 (= 0.5714)
69/137 (= 0.5036)
(ii)
68 /119
0.1117
137 83 1
1
Estimated standard error of D =
220 220 101 119
1/ 2
0.06558
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=2
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return
no return
P-value = P
2
1
1
62.9
2.90
purchase
69 (62.9)
32 (38.1)
101
no purchase
68 (74.1)
51 (44.9)
119
1
1
1
74.1 38.1 44.9
137
83
220
2.90
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1 value
(i)
(a)
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30
20
10
0
0
10
Quarter
(b)
(ii)
(a)
i 2 )2
(ni
dq
d
2 i 2 (ni
dq
d
2 i 2 (ni
0
i 2 ni
i4
i 2 ni
i4
(
d 2q
d
i2 )
i2 ) 0
2 i4
minimum.)
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(b)
q*
(ni
dq*
d
i 2 )2
ni
i
i2
dq*
d
ni
i
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i2
ni
ni
i2
d 2 q*
d
i2
i 2 ni
(c)
ni
i
(iii)
(a)
E Ni
15694
60710
174
650
minimum.)
0.259
0.268
log E Ni
Thus
[OR
(b)
log( i ) = log
= log and
log(i ) log
= .
e and
.]
= 2 v H1 :
2
s.e.( )
1.6008 2
0.2525
1.58
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= 2 seems appropriate.
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Faculty of Actuaries
Institute of Actuaries
EXAMINATION
30 March 2006 (am)
Subject CT3
1.
Enter all the candidate and examination details as requested on the front of your answer
booklet.
2.
You must not start writing your answers in the booklet until instructed to do so by the
supervisor.
3.
4.
Attempt all 12 questions, beginning your answer to each question on a separate sheet.
5.
CT3 A2006
Faculty of Actuaries
Institute of Actuaries
The stem and leaf plot below gives the surrender values (to the nearest 1,000) of 40
endowment policies issued in France and recently purchased by a dealer in such
policies in Paris. The stem unit is 10,000 and the leaf unit is 1,000.
5
5
6
6
7
7
8
8
9
9
3
6
02
5779
122344
556677899
1123444
567778
024
6
[2]
In a certain large population 45% of people have blood group A. A random sample of
300 individuals is chosen from this population.
Calculate an approximate value for the probability that more than 115 of the sample
have blood group A.
[3]
= 20 and
Find the probability that the sample variance exceeds 1, that is find P(S2 > 1).
[3]
y1
276.7 ,
y2
254.6 ,
y3
296.3
SS R
( yij
yi ) 2 15,508.6
i 1 j 1
Calculate estimates for each of the parameters in the usual mathematical model, that
is, calculate , 1, 2 , 3 , and 2 .
[4]
CT3 A2006 2
A large portfolio of policies is such that a proportion p (0 < p < 1) incurred claims
during the last calendar year. An investigator examines a randomly selected group of
25 policies from the portfolio.
(i)
(ii)
Comment briefly on the above approximations, given that the exact values of
the probabilities in part (i), using the binomial distribution, are 0.9020 and
0.4207 respectively.
[2]
[Total 5]
Let (X1, X2 , , Xn) be a random sample from a uniform distribution on the interval
( , ), where is an unknown positive number.
A particular sample of size 5 gives values 0.87, 0.43, 0.12, 0.92, and 0.58.
(i)
(ii)
CT3 A2006 3
The events that lead to potential claims on a policy arise as a Poisson process at a rate
of 0.8 per year. However the policy is limited such that only the first three claims in
any one year are paid.
(i)
(ii)
The amounts (in units of 100) for the claims paid follow a gamma
distribution with parameters = 2 and = 1.
Calculate the expectation of the sum of the amounts for the claims paid in a
particular year.
[3]
(iii)
Calculate the expectation of the sum of the amounts for the claims paid in a
particular year, given that there is at least one claim paid in the year.
[2]
[Total 7]
+ XN
where N is the number of claims and has a Poisson distribution with mean , Xi is the
amount of the ith claim, and the Xi s are independent and identically distributed and
independent of N. Let MX(t) denote the moment generating function of Xi.
(i)
MX(t) 1}.
Note: You may quote the moment generating function of a Poisson random
variable from the book of Formulae and Tables.
[4]
(ii)
CT3 A2006 4
10
Each respondent who had investments above the threshold was asked about
the percentage of these investments that was held in the form of a certain type
of trust. The respondents answered by ticking appropriate boxes and the
results led to the following frequency distribution.
percentage
frequency
(ii)
< 10
22
10 25
76
25 50
73
> 50
49
(a)
(b)
Calculate the mean percentage for the full set of 220 such respondents,
assuming that the frequencies in each category are uniformly spread
over the corresponding range.
[5]
Calculate a 95% confidence interval for the percentage of such investors who
would have investments above the threshold.
[4]
The same respondents with investments referred to in part (i) were also asked to
specify their satisfaction with the current return received from their full portfolio of
investment. This was in the form of a four-point qualitative scale: very satisfied, quite
satisfied, a little disappointed, very disappointed. The following two-way table of
frequencies was obtained.
<10
1
8
10
3
very satisfied
quite satisfied
a little disappointed
very disappointed
6
29
37
4
7
36
28
2
6
27
15
1
Calculate the expected frequencies for the above table under an appropriate
hypothesis (which should be stated) and comment on why it would be
inappropriate to carry out a 2 test directly with these data.
[3]
(iv)
Combining the very satisfied and quite satisfied categories together and
the a little disappointed and very disappointed categories together results
in the following reduced two-way table.
<10
satisfied
disappointed
9
13
43
30
33
16
Perform the required 2 test at the 5% level using this reduced table and
comment on your conclusion.
[7]
[Total 19]
CT3 A2006 5
11
An actuary has been advised to use the following positively-skewed claim size
distribution as a model for a particular type of claim, with claim sizes measured in
units of 100,
f ( x; )
x2
2
exp
: 0
0
2
and E[X3] = 60 3.
(i)
(ii)
is given by
X
3
[5]
2, 675.68 .
(a)
(b)
(c)
(iv)
12
(a)
(b)
Evaluate the variance of the distribution at both the lower and upper
limits of this confidence interval and comment briefly with reference to
your answer in part (iii)(b) above.
[5]
[Total 18]
CT3 A2006 6
x 38.4 ;
(i)
2
3
4
68 23 35
1.6 2.3 2.7
528 ;
5
6
7
8
9
42 41 46 48 52
3.0 3.3 3.7 3.8 4.1
x 2 137.16 ;
y2
10 11 12
50 54 53
4.2 4.3 4.5
25, 428 ;
xy 1, 778.4
Draw a rough plot of the data to show the relationship between the SV and
PRH values.
[2]
It is evident that one of the observations is out of line and so may have an undue
effect on any regression analysis. You are asked to investigate this as follows.
(ii)
(a)
Calculate the total, regression, and error sums of squares for a leastsquares linear regression analysis for predicting PRH values from SV
values using all 12 data observations.
(b)
(c)
(d)
The details of the regression analysis after removing the data for batch 2 are given in
the box below.
Regression equation: y = 3.76 + 11.4 x
Coef
Stdev
t-ratio
p-val
Intercept
x
0.255
0.000
3.757
11.377
Analysis of Variance
Source
df
SS
Regression 1
Error
9
Total
10
(iii)
1486.9
80.8
1567.6
3.092
0.8838
MS
1486.9
8.98
1.22
12.9
p-val
165.69
0.000
(a)
(b)
END OF PAPER
CT3 A2006 7
Faculty of Actuaries
Institute of Actuaries
EXAMINATION
April 2006
Subject CT3
Introduction
The attached subject report has been written by the Principal Examiner with the aim of
helping candidates. The questions and comments are based around Core Reading as the
interpretation of the syllabus to which the examiners are working. They have however given
credit for any alternative approach or interpretation which they consider to be reasonable.
M Flaherty
Chairman of the Board of Examiners
June 2006
Faculty of Actuaries
Institute of Actuaries
April 2006
Examiners Report
Comments
Comments on answers presented by candidates are given below. Note that in some cases
variations on the solutions given are possible
the examiners gave credit for all sensible
comments and correct solutions.
Question 6
This question was the worst one on the paper as regards quality of answers. The
question linked the concept of a conditional distribution with the simulation of
observations of normal random variables (Core Reading Unit 6, section 1.3 and Unit 4,
section 5.2). There were few good answers. Many candidates simply did not submit
answers, suggesting that they were not familiar with the basic approach to the
simulation of observations despite the fact that there were short questions on this
topic in both immediately previous papers, for which solutions are readily available.
Question 7
The likelihood function in this question is not of standard form and expressing and
graphing it correctly requires a good understanding of the likelihood concept. Many
candidates did not think clearly about the range of values of for which the likelihood is
positive and for which it is zero and so got the wrong graph.
Question 8
Many candidates ignored the fact that only the first three claims in any one year are
paid . Suppose Y denotes the numbers of claims which arise, then
Y ~ Poisson(0.8). Suppose X denotes the number of claims which are paid. Many
candidates worked with the set of probabilities P(X = i) = P(Y = i), i = 0,1,2,3.
But these four probabilities do not sum to 1 and so do not provide a proper probability
distribution for X. What is required is the set of four probabilities
P(X = i) = P(Y = i), i = 0,1,2 together with P(X = 3) = P(Y 3).
Question 9
The wording of the question made it clear that candidates could assume the mgf of a
Poisson random variable and, armed with this information, should use a conditional
expectation argument . Full marks were not awarded to candidates who jumped into
the middle of the argument by assuming the mgf of a compound Poisson random
variable.
Question 10
Candidates should be aware that when constructing a histogram with unequal group
widths one must ensure that the areas (and not the heights) of the rectangles are
proportional to the frequencies.
In part (ii), many candidates calculated a confidence interval for a different proportion
to the one asked for.
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Question 11
Many candidates were unsure of the definition of the coefficient of skewness (Core
Reading Unit 3, section 3.4).
Question 12
In part (ii)(a), many candidates calculated S yy , S xx , and S xy but did not go on to
calculate the regression and error sums of squares (SSREG, SSRES) as asked for.
In part (iii)(a) many candidates failed to make any of the most pertinent possible
comments (but credit was given for relevant comments other than those given here).
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If X is the number in the sample with group A, then X has a binomial (300, 0.45)
distribution, so
E[X] = 300
0.45
0.55 = 74.25.
n 1 S2
2
P S2 1
1 0.5627
4
1
2
3
Page 4
(i)
so here 9S 2 ~
2
n 1
2
9
0.437
115.5 135
=1
74.25
( 2.26) =
2
9
(tables p165)
1
(276.7 254.6 296.3) 275.87
3
276.7 275.87 0.83
254.6 275.87
21.27
296.3 275.87 20.43
SS R
27
15508.6
27
574.4
using Poisson(2.5)
P(X 4) = 0.89118 from tables [or evaluation]
(b)
using Poisson(5)
P(X 4) = 0.44049 again from tables
(2.26) = 0.99.
(ii)
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(i)
L( )
1
2
for
< xi < , i = 1, 2,
, n and L( ) = 0 otherwise
0
0
(ii)
0.92
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(i)
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By subtraction using entries in tables for Poisson(0.8), the probabilities for the
Poisson distribution for 0, 1, 2 and 3 are: [or by evaluation]
0.44933, 0.35946, 0.14379 and (1 0.95258) = 0.04742
(ii)
E[S] = E[N]E[X]
Here E[N] = 1(0.35946) + 2(0.14379) + 3(0.04742) = 0.7893
and E[X] = 2/1 = 2 from gamma(2,1)
So E[S] = (0.7893)(2) = 1.5786 = 157.86
(iii)
(i)
(ii)
V[S] = CS (0) =
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(i)
(a)
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The key feature of the histogram is that the areas of the four rectangles
should be proportional to the frequencies.
See histogram below.
(b)
x
f
f = 220,
(ii)
17.5
76
fx = 7852.5
Estimated proportion is p
220
650
37.5
73
7852.5
220
0.338
75
49
35.7%
(or 33.8%)
p (1 p )
650
0.338 1.96
0.338(0.662)
650
as a percentage: 33.8%
0.338 0.036
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(iii)
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6.9
34.5
31.1
3.5
76
6.6
33.2
29.9
3.3
73
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4.5
22.3
20.0
2.2
49
2
20
100
90
10
220
test
41.455
34.545
39.818
33.182
26.727
22.273
6.455
+6.455
+3.182
3.182
+6.273
6.273
1.005
1.206
0.254
0.305
1.472
1.767
table of residuals (o e) is
3.000
+3.000
table of contributions to
is
0.750
0.900
giving
= 7.659 on 3 d.f.
2
3 (5%)
7.815
must accept the null hypothesis that there is no
relationship between percentage in type of trust and satisfaction with current
return.
However this decision to accept is marginal at the 5% level and there is some
evidence, but not strong, to suggest that satisfaction improves as the
percentage increases.
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11
(i)
= E[X 2 ]
[E(X)]2 = 12
= E[X 3] 3 E[X2] + 2
3
= 60
(3 )2 = 3
April 2006
Examiners Report
= (60
108 + 54)
=6
coefficient of skewness =
3
3
1.155
2 3
( 3
(ii)
L( )
i 1
xi2
2
exp(
3
xi
xi2
n 3n
xi
xi
3n
log L( )
xi
exp
equate to zero:
xi
3n
xi
3n
So MLE is
(iii)
1
E X
3
(a)
(b)
s2
2
log L( ) ]
X
3
1
E X
3
313.6
50
[or consider
6.272
1
3
3
unbiased
6.272
3
2.091
1
313.62
(2675.68
) 14.465
49
50
3
and 3
13.117
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(iv)
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(c)
(a)
s2
is x 1.96
n
1
s2
x 1.96
3
n
for data:
1
14.465
6.272 1.96
3
50
2.091 0.351
(b)
=3
or
(1.740, 2.442)
12
(i)
70
60
PRH
50
40
30
20
SV
(ii)
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(a)
5282/12 = 2196
552.20 = 1643.80
(b)
(c)
y = a + bx:
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24.101
s.e. b
1643.8 /10
14.28
1/ 2
3.3928
(a)
(b)
n 11,
Sxx = 11.4873
s.e. of estimation =
1
11
1/ 2
8.98
0.9138
t9(0.025) = 2.262
95% CI for expected PRH is 43.577
i.e. 43.577
2.067
(2.262
0.9138)
or (41.51, 45.64)
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Faculty of Actuaries
Institute of Actuaries
EXAMINATION
7 September 2006 (am)
Subject CT3
1.
Enter all the candidate and examination details as requested on the front of your answer
booklet.
2.
You must not start writing your answers in the booklet until instructed to do so by the
supervisor.
3.
4.
Attempt all 12 questions, beginning your answer to each question on a separate sheet.
5.
CT3 S2006
Faculty of Actuaries
Institute of Actuaries
A bag contains 8 black and 6 white balls. Two balls are drawn out at random, one
after the other and without replacement.
Calculate the probabilities that:
(i)
(ii)
The first ball drawn out was white, given that the second ball drawn out is
black.
[2]
[Total 3]
[1]
[3]
In a large portfolio 65% of the policies have been in force for more than five years.
An investigation considers a random sample of 500 policies from the portfolio.
Calculate an approximate value for the probability that fewer than 300 of the policies
in the sample have been in force for more than five years.
[3]
In a random sample of 200 policies from a company s private motor business, there
are 68 female policyholders and 132 male policyholders.
Let the proportion of policyholders who are female in the corresponding population of
all policyholders be denoted .
Test the hypotheses
H0:
0.4 v H1:
< 0.4
stating clearly the approximate probability value of the observed statistic and your
conclusion.
[4]
CT3 S2006
[1]
(ii)
Determine the probability that, in three consecutive years, there is one or more
claims in one of the years and no claims in each of the other two years.
[2]
(iii)
Suppose a claim has just occurred. Determine the probability that more than
two years will elapse before the next claim occurs.
[2]
[Total 5]
A commuter catches a bus each morning for 100 days. The buses arrive at the stop
according to a Poisson process, at an average rate of one per 15 minutes, so if Xi is the
waiting time on day i, then Xi has an exponential distribution with parameter
1
15
so
Calculate (approximately) the probability that the total time the commuter
spends waiting for buses over the 100 days exceeds 27 hours.
[3]
(ii)
At the end of the 100 days the bus frequency is increased, so that buses arrive
at one per 10 minutes on average (still behaving as a Poisson process). The
commuter then catches a bus each day for a further 99 days. Calculate
(approximately) the probability that the total time spent waiting over the
whole 199 days exceeds 40 hours.
[3]
[Total 6]
CT3 S2006
Let X1 denote the mean of a random sample of size n from a normal population with
mean
2
1,
and variance
2
2.
The
X1 (1
)X2
(i)
[1]
(ii)
[2]
(iii)
2
2
[3]
(iv)
Consider the special case when the variances of the two random samples are
equal to a common value 2 . State (do not derive) the maximum likelihood
estimator of calculated from the combined samples, and compare it with the
estimator obtained in (iii).
[2]
[Total 8]
(i)
(ii)
Suppose that a random variable X has a standard normal distribution, and the
conditional distribution of a Poisson random variable Y, given the value of
X = x, has expectation g(x) = x2 + 1.
Determine E[Y] and Var[Y].
CT3 S2006
[3]
[5]
[Total 8]
10
sample mean X .
(i)
(ii)
2
9n .
(a)
(b)
(c)
Evaluate the interval in (i)(b) above in the case for which a random
sample of 10 observations gave a value
xi 21.47
[9]
(a)
is given by
4.5
.
X
(b)
4.5n
(c)
1/ 2
is estimated by
CT3 S2006
11
Draw a diagram in which the maturity values for high street and other banks
may be compared.
[2]
(ii)
Calculate a 95% confidence interval for the difference between the means of
the maturity values for high street and other banks, and comment on any
implications suggested by the interval.
[6]
(iii)
(a)
Show that a test of the equality of variances of maturity values for high
street banks and other banks is not significant at the 5% level.
(b)
The following values (in units of 1,000 and rounded to 2 decimal places) are the
maturity values for the maximum possible investment for a random sample of 12
building societies (a different kind of financial institution).
Building societies (x3): 12.40, 12.19, 12.06, 12.01, 12.00, 11.97, 11.94, 11.92, 11.88,
11.86, 11.81, 11.79
( x3 = 143.83, x32 = 1,724.2449)
(iv)
Add further points to your diagram in part (i) such that the maturity values for
all three types of financial institution may be compared.
[1]
(v)
Use one-way analysis of variance to compare the maturity values for the three
different types of financial institution, and comment briefly on the validity of
the assumptions required for analysis of variance.
[6]
(vi)
Interpret the results of the statistical analyses conducted in (ii) and (v).
[2]
[Total 21]
CT3 S2006
12
(i)
y = 241
10
5
20
10
x 2 = 14,000
30
23
40
34
50
40
y 2 = 11,951
60
54
70
75
xy = 12,790
[4]
(ii)
[5]
(iii)
Calculate a 95% confidence interval for the slope of the underlying regression
line, and use this confidence interval to test the hypothesis that the slope of the
underlying regression line is equal to 1.
[5]
(iv)
Use the fitted line obtained in part (ii) to calculate estimates of the stopping
distance for a vehicle travelling at 50 mph and for a vehicle travelling at 100
mph.
Comment briefly on the reliability of these estimates.
END OF PAPER
CT3 S2006
[4]
[Total 18]
Faculty of Actuaries
Institute of Actuaries
EXAMINATION
September 2006
Faculty of Actuaries
Institute of Actuaries
Subject CT3 (Probability and Mathematical Statistics Core Technical) September 2006 Examiners Report
Comments
Comments on answers presented by candidates are given below. Note that in some cases
variations on the solutions given are possible the examiners gave credit for all
sensible comments and correct solutions.
The most common problems noted by the examiners are summarised below.
Some candidates were unsure of basic concepts in probability (such as the independence
of two events) and gave poor answers to Questions 2 and 3.
Question 5
Many candidates used = 0.34 (wrongly) rather than = 0.4 (correctly) in the
expression for the standard error of the estimate (the sample proportion) under H0.
However, it makes little difference numerically, and the examiners were generous on this
point when marking.
Question 7
was poorly attempted, with many candidates failing to realise that the distribution of the
total waiting time can be approximated by a normal distribution, by virtue of the central
limit theorem.
Question 8
Some candidates did not know the result on the variance of the mean of a random
sample of size n, namely Var X =
2
n
Question 9
Some candidates displayed a lack of familiarity with the use of conditional expectations,
and in particular with the application of the result
Var[Y] = Var[E(Y|X)] + E[Var(Y|X)]
Question 10
Some candidates did not know that the asymptotic standard error of a maximum
likelihood estimator is found from evaluating 1/ I , where
d 2A
I = E 2 and A ( ) is the log-likelihood.
d
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Question 11
s12
s22
(which is the reciprocal
In the part on equality of variances (part (iii)(a)) some candidates who worked with
(= 0.607) did not know how to find the lower 2.5% point of F7,11
of the upper 2.5% point of F11,7 , and is approximately
1/4.71 = 0.212).
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(i)
(ii)
299.5 325
) where Z ~ N(0,1)
10.665
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Under H0: sample proportion P is approximately normally distributed with mean 0.4
and standard error (0.40.6/200)1/2 = 0.03464
P-value of observed proportion (68/200 = 0.34)
0.34 0.4
= PZ <
= P ( Z < 1.732 ) = 0.042
0.03464
68.5 80
PZ <
= 1.660 = 0.048
200(0.4)(0.6)
Note: We can word the conclusion: we reject H0 at levels of testing down to 4.2% (or
4.8%) and conclude
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
(i)
1
15
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(ii)
If Yj is the waiting time on day j of the extra 99 days, then E(Yj) = 10 and
j =1Y j
99
2400 2490
Hence P(Z > 2400) 1
= 1 (0.5) = (0.5) = 0.6915.
180
(i)
E (W ) = E (X1 + (1 ) X 2 )
= E ( X1 ) + (1 ) E ( X 2 ) = + (1 ) =
Therefore W is unbiased.
(ii)
(iii)
12
2
+ (1 ) 2 2
n
n
2
2
dMSE
= 2 1 2(1 ) 2
d
n
n
dMSE
= 0 (12 + 22 ) = 22
d
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22
12 + 22
d 2 MSE
d 2
(iv)
=2
12
2
+ 2 2 > 0 minimum
n
n
nX + nX 2
sum of observations
= 1
number of observations
2n
1
1
X1 + X 2
2
2
(i)
22
12
+ 22
2
2
1
1
1
W = X1 + X 2 .
2
2
2
(ii)
E[Y]
= E[E(Y|X)] = E[X2 + 1]
= V[X] + {E[X]}2 + 1 = 1 + 0 + 1 = 2
Var[Y]
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(i)
(a)
(1 t / )
4.5
= (1 t / )
Xi
is
i =1
4.5n
i =1
4.5n
= (1 2t )
4.5 n
i =1
b
a
<<
P ( a < 2nX < b ) = 0.95 P
= 0.95
2nX
2nX
where a and b are such that
b
a
so a 95% CI for is given by
,
2nX 2nX
(c)
(ii)
(a)
L ( ) 4.5n exp xi
so
dA
= 4.5n / xi
d
d 2A
Setting
= 4.5n / 2 so s.e.( )
(b)
(c)
( 4.5n )1/ 2
( )}
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4.5n 4.5
dA
=
= 0 =
d
Xi X
Subject CT3 (Probability and Mathematical Statistics Core Technical) September 2006 Examiners Report
4.5 / 2.253
= 4.5 / 2.253 = 1.9973 and s.e.( )
= 0.0942
( 450 )1/ 2
so CI is 1.9973 (1.96 0.0942) i.e. (1.81 , 2.18).
11
(i)
11.4
(ii)
11.5
11.6
11.7
11.8
11.9
12.0
12.1
12.2
93.20
= 11.650
8
x2 =
141.78
= 11.815
12
1
93.202
s12 = 1086.0470
= 0.038143
7
8
s22 =
1
141.782
1675.8224
= 0.062882
11
12
Pooled estimate of :
s 2p
s p = 0.2308
= 0.165 (2.101)(0.2308)
1 1
+
8 12
1 1
+
8 12
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(a)
S 22
S12
~ F11,7
under the assumption that the variances are equal for high street and
other banks,
i.e. H0: 12 = 22
s22
s12
0.062882
= 1.65
0.038143
(iv)
The plot in (i) indicates that the assumption of a normal distribution for
maturity values is reasonable (but small samples) for both high street
and other banks. The assumption of equal variance also seems valid as
the test in (iii)(a) is not significant (and the plot above supports this).
11.4
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12.4
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(v)
378.812
= 1.832
32
= 0.551
8
12
12
32
SSR = SST SSB = 1.832 0.551 = 1.281
SSB =
df
2
29
31
SS
0.551
1.281
1.832
MSS
0.276
0.044
0.276
= 6.27 on (2, 29) degrees of freedom
0.044
Part (ii) indicates that there are no differences between the mean maturity
values of the two types of bank, but (v) indicates that there are differences
between the mean maturity values of the 3 types of financial institution.
Therefore, in conclusion, it seems that the mean maturity value for building
societies is not equal to the mean maturity values of the banks. Also, the plot
in (iv) suggests that the maturity value for building societies is higher than the
mean maturity values for the banks.
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(i)
Stopping distance
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
Speed
n=7
Sxx = x2 (x)2/n = 14000 (280)2/7 = 2800
Syy = y2 (y)2/n = 11951 (241)2/7 = 3653.714
Sxy = xy (x)( y)/n = 12790 (280)(241)/7 = 3150
Model: E[Y] = + x
Slope: =
S xy
S xx
3150
= 1.125
2800
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(iii)
2 =
S2
1
S yy xy
n2
S xx
s.e.( ) =
2
=
S xx
1
(3150) 2
= 3653.714
= 21.99
5
2800
21.99
= 0.0886
2800
(df = n 2 = 5)
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Faculty of Actuaries
Institute of Actuaries
EXAMINATION
23 April 2007 (am)
Enter all the candidate and examination details as requested on the front of your answer
booklet.
2.
You must not start writing your answers in the booklet until instructed to do so by the
supervisor.
3.
4.
Attempt all 13 questions, beginning your answer to each question on a separate sheet.
5.
CT3 A2007
Faculty of Actuaries
Institute of Actuaries
Consider the following two random samples of ten observations which come from the
distributions of random variables which assume non-negative integer values only.
Sample 1: 7 4 6 11 5 9 8 3 5 5
sample mean = 6.3, sample variance = 6.01
Sample 2: 8 3 5 11 2 4 6 12 3 9
sample mean = 6.3, sample variance = 12.46
One sample comes from a Poisson distribution, the other does not.
State, with brief reasons, which sample you think is likely to be which.
[2]
A random sample of 200 policy surrender values (in units of 1,000) yields a mean of
43.6 and a standard deviation of 82.2.
Determine a 99% confidence interval for the true underlying mean surrender value for
such policies.
[3]
It is assumed that claims on a certain type of policy arise as a Poisson process with
claim rate per year.
For a group of 150 independent policies of this type, the total number of claims during
the last calendar year was recorded as 123.
Determine an approximate 95% confidence interval for the true underlying annual
claim rate for such a policy.
[4]
The sample correlation coefficient for the set of data consisting of the three pairs of
values
(1,2) , (0,0) , (1,1)
is 0.982. After the x and y values have been transformed by particular linear functions,
the data become:
(2,2) , (6,4) , (10,7).
State (or calculate) the correlation coefficient for the transformed data.
CT3 A20072
[2]
The number of claims arising in one year from a group of policies follows a Poisson
distribution with mean 12. The claim sizes independently follow an exponential
distribution with mean 80 and they are independent of the number of claims.
The current financial year has six months remaining.
Calculate the mean and the standard deviation of the total claim amount which arises
during this remaining six months.
[4]
(i)
4
5 x +1
x = 0, 1, 2, ...
(ii)
[3]
Determine E[X] using the moment generating function given in part (i).
[3]
[Total 6]
A charity issues a large number of certificates each costing 10 and each being
repayable one year after issue. Of these certificates, 1% are randomly selected to
receive a prize of 10 such that they are repaid as 20. The remaining 99% are repaid
at their face value of 10.
(i)
Show that the mean and standard deviation of the sum repaid for a single
purchased certificate are 10.1 and 0.995 respectively.
[2]
Calculate approximately the probability that this person is repaid more than
2,040 by using the Central Limit Theorem applied to the total sum repaid.
[3]
(iii)
(iv)
CT3 A20073
f ( x) =
(1 + x)+1
0< x<
Show by evaluating the appropriate integral that, in the case > 1, the mean
1
.
of this distribution is given by
1
[Hint: when integrating, write x = (1 + x) - 1 and exploit the fact that the
integral of a density function is unity over its full range.]
(ii)
10
[3]
[2]
[Total 5]
Consider three random variables X, Y, and Z with the same variance 2 = 4. Suppose
that X is independent of both Y and Z, but Y and Z are correlated, with correlation
coefficient YZ = 0.5.
(i)
[1]
(ii)
[2]
(iii)
[2]
[Total 5]
A random sample of insurance policies of a certain type was examined for each of
four insurance companies and the sums insured (yij, for companies i = 1, 2, 3, 4)
under each policy are given in the table below (in units of 100):
Company
1
2
3
4
For these data,
CT3 A20074
Total
58.2
56.3
50.1
52.9
57.2
54.5
54.2
49.9
58.4
57.0
55.5
50.0
55.8
55.3
51.7
54.9
284.5
223.1
159.8
204.5
Consider the ANOVA model Yij = + i + eij , i = 1,..., 4, j = 1,..., ni , where Yij is the jth
sum insured for company i, ni is the number of responses for company i,
eij ~ N (0, 2 ) are independent errors, and
11
i=1 ni i = 0 .
4
(i)
(ii)
Test the hypothesis that there are no differences in the means of the sums
insured under such policies by the four companies.
[5]
[Total 8]
[3]
The number of claims, X, which arise in a year on each policy of a particular class is
to be modelled as a Poisson random variable with mean . Let X = (X1, X2, , Xn) be
1 n
a random sample of size n from the distribution of X, and let X = X i .
n i =1
Suppose that it is required to estimate , the mean number of claims on a policy.
(i)
(ii)
Derive the Cramer-Rao lower bound (CRlb) for the variance of unbiased
estimators of .
(iii)
[4]
(a)
(b)
Explain clearly why, in the case that n is large, the distribution of can
be approximated by
~ N , .
n
[3]
(iv)
(a)
(b)
0
11
1
28
2
19
3
28
4
9
5
2
6
2
7
1
[6]
[Total 16]
CT3 A20075
12
An insurance company is investigating past data for two household claims assessors,
A and B, used by the company. In particular claims resulting from similar types of
water damage were extracted. The following table shows the assessors initial
estimates of the cost (in units of 100) of meeting each claim.
A:
B:
4.6
5.7
6.6
3.4
2.8
4.7
5.8
3.6
2.1
6.5
5.2
3.3
5.9
3.8
3.4
2.4
7.8
7.0
3.5
4.0
1.6
4.4
8.6
2.7
Draw a suitable diagram to represent these data so that the initial estimates of
the two assessors can be compared.
[2]
(ii)
You are required to perform an appropriate test to compare the means of the
assessors initial estimates for this type of water damage.
(a)
(b)
Use your diagram in part (i) to comment briefly on the validity of your
test.
(c)
(d)
(iii)
(b)
Use your diagram in part (i) to comment briefly on the validity of your
test.
(c)
(d)
(iv)
Use your answers in parts (i) to (iii) to comment on the overall comparison of
the two assessors as regards their initial estimates for this type of water
damage.
[1]
[Total 20]
CT3 A20076
13
In a study of the relation between the amount of information available and use of
buses in eight comparable test cities, bus route maps were given to residents of the
cities at the beginning of the test period. The increase in average daily bus use during
the test period was recorded. The numbers of maps and the increase in bus use are
given in the table below (both in thousands).
Number of maps (x)
80 220 140 120 180 100 200 160
Increase in bus use (y) 0.60 6.70 5.30 4.00 6.55 2.15 6.60 5.75
For these data:
(ii)
(iii)
The fitted responses and the residuals from the linear regression model fitted
in part (ii) are given below:
Fitted values ( y )
Residuals (e)
Plot the residuals against the values of the fitted responses and comment on
the adequacy of the model.
[4]
(iv)
A new city is added to the study, and 250,000 maps are distributed to its
citizens.
Calculate the prediction of the increase in bus use in this city according to the
model fitted in part (ii) and comment on the validity of this prediction.
[2]
[Total 16]
END OF PAPER
CT3 A20077
Faculty of Actuaries
Institute of Actuaries
EXAMINATION
April 2007
Subject CT3 (Probability and Mathematical Statistics Core Technical) April 2007 Examiners Report
A Poisson random variable has mean = variance and this will be reflected in the
sample mean and variance for a random sample.
Sample 2 has a very much higher variance than mean, whereas sample 1 has mean
and variance approximately the same, so sample 1 is likely to be the one which comes
from a Poisson distribution.
x z / 2
(28.6, 58.6)
or
82.2
200
43.6 15.0
(28,600, 58,600)
123
= 0.82
150
0.82
150
X
n
0.82 1.96(0.0739)
Answer = 0.982
(The relationship is now a negative one; the only change is the sign. An answer of
+0.982 gets 1 mark.)
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E ( S ) = E ( N ) E ( X ) = (6)(80) = 480
V ( S ) = E ( N )V ( X ) + V ( N )[ E ( X )]2 = (6)(802 ) + (6)(802 ) = 76800
sd ( S ) = 277
(i)
M X (t ) = E[etx ]
41
4
= e
=
55
5 x =0
x =0
x
tx
et
(ii)
4 1
5 1 et
= 4 5 et
M '(t ) = 4et 5 et
E[ X ] = 4e0 5 e0
1
.
4
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(i)
(ii)
2040 2020
= 1.42)
14.07
= 1 0.9222 = 0.0778
(iii)
Clearly the Poisson approximation to the binomial is better than the Central
Limit Theorem approximation.
OR:
Since S is discrete and increases in steps of 10, one can argue for the use of a
continuity correction in (ii) above:
2045 2020
P ( S > 2040 ) = P Z
= P ( Z > 1.78 )
14.07
= 1 0.96246 = 0.0375
(Either approach is acceptable for the marks.)
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(i)
Mean =
x (1 + x)+1 dx
0
(1 + x)
0
(1 + x)
dx 1
+1
0
(1 + x)+1
dx
( 1)
dx 1
1 (1 + x)(1)+1
0
(ii)
1
1 =
1
1
Solve to get = 1 +
(i)
1
=x
1
1
1
, so MME = 1 +
x
X
(ii)
(iii)
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(i)
10
(ii)
= Y.. =
1 = Y1. Y.. =
284.5 871.9
= 2.406
5
16
2 = Y2. Y.. =
223.1 871.9
= 1.281
4
16
3 = Y3. Y.. =
159.8 871.9
= 1.227
3
16
4 = Y4. Y.. =
204.5 871.9
= 3.369
4
16
SST = yij2
i
SSB =
871.9
= 54.494
16
Y..2
= 120.430
n
Y2 Y2
[OR : SS B = i. .. = 85.428]
n
i ni
SS R = SST SS B = 35.002
The ANOVA table is:
Source
DF
SS
MS
F
Company (between treatments) 3
85.428 28.476 9.763
Residual
12 35.002 2.917
Total
15 120.430
At the 5% significance level, F0.05,3,12 = 3.490 (or F0.01,3,12 = 5.953 )
Since F = 9.763 > 3.490, there is evidence against the null hypothesis, and we
conclude that there are differences in the mean sums insured by the
companies.
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11
(i)
L( x) =
(ii)
e n xi
xi !
d
xi = 0 =
= n +
d2
d 2
Xi = X
n
xi
2
d2 1
n n
E 2 = 2 E X i = 2 =
d
CRlb =
(iii)
(a)
.
n
E = E X = E [ X ] =
V = V X =
(iv)
V [X ]
n
,which is CRlb.
n
(b)
(a)
( ))
1.96 s.e.
()
s.e. =
which we can estimate by using x to estimate , giving
n
()
x
n
x
x 1.96
i.e. x 0.196 x .
100
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(b)
12
(i)
(a)
Let A = mean initial estimate for this type of water damage for
assessor A and B = mean initial estimate for this type of water damage
for assessor B.
H0 : A = B v H1 : A B
(b)
(c)
test statistic is t =
From data: x A =
60.6
1
60.62
) = 4.8692
= 4.662 , s 2A = (340.92
13
12
13
xB =
48.8
1
48.82
) = 2.0305
= 4.436 , sB2 = (236.80
11
10
11
s 2p =
12(4.8692) + 10(2.0305)
= 3.5789 s p = 1.8918
22
and
observed t =
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x A xB
tnA + nB 2 under H0
1
1
sp
+
n A nB
4.662 4.436
0.226
=
= 0.29 on 22 df
0.775
1 1
1.8918
+
13 11
Subject CT3 (Probability and Mathematical Statistics Core Technical) April 2007 Examiners Report
(iii)
(d)
(a)
H0 : 2A = 2B v H1 : 2A 2B
(b)
(c)
test statistic is F =
observed F =
s 2A
sB2
Fn A 1,nB 1 under H0
4.8692
= 2.40 on 12,10 df
2.0305
(iv)
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(i)
4
1
trips
13
80
100
120
140
160
180
200
220
maps
The plot suggests that there is a positive relationship between the increase in
bus use and the number of maps distributed. The increase seems to be
reasonably linear up to around 180000 maps, after which point it seems to
level off (overall, relationship seems curved, possibly quadratic).
(ii)
s.e.( ) =
0.75558
2
=
= 0.006706
16800
S xx
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0.0
-1.0
-0.5
Residuals
0.5
1.0
(iii)
Fitted
Negative residuals are associated with the fitted values at the two ends of the
data set, suggesting that the model is inadequate. Pattern suggests that a
quadratic model might be appropriate.
(iv)
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Faculty of Actuaries
Institute of Actuaries
EXAMINATION
4 October 2007 (am)
Enter all the candidate and examination details as requested on the front of your answer
booklet.
2.
You must not start writing your answers in the booklet until instructed to do so by the
supervisor.
3.
4.
Attempt all 13 questions, beginning your answer to each question on a separate sheet.
5.
CT3 S2007
Faculty of Actuaries
Institute of Actuaries
Data collected on claim amounts () for two postcode regions give the following
values for n (the number of claims), x (the mean claim amount) and s (the sample
standard deviation) of the claim amounts.
Region 1
25
120.2
58.1
n
x
s
Region 2
18
142.7
62.2
Calculate, to one decimal place, the mean and sample standard deviation of the claim
amounts for both regions combined.
[4]
2
x3
x >1
0,
F ( x) =
1
1 2 ,
x
x <1
x 1
It is known that 24% of the customers in a bank holding a current account also have
another type of account with the bank.
Calculate an approximate value for the probability that fewer than 50 customers in a
random sample of 250 customers with a current account also have another type of
account.
[3]
In a random sample of 200 policies from a companys private motor business, there
are 68 female policyholders and 132 male policyholders.
Calculate an approximate 99% confidence interval for the proportion of policyholders
who are female in the corresponding population of all policyholders.
[3]
CT3 S20072
For a particular insurance company a sample of eight claim amounts (in units of
8
xi = 56.7 and
i =1
xi2 = 403.95 .
i =1
(i)
Calculate a 90% confidence interval for the true mean claim amount.
[3]
(ii)
Let N denote the number of claims which arise in a portfolio of business and let Xi be
the amount of the ith claim. Let each of the Xis be independently modelled as a
normal variable with mean 10,000 and standard deviation 2,000 and let N be
independently modelled as a Poisson variable with parameter 20.
Calculate the mean and standard deviation of the total claim amount S = X1++XN.
[3]
Claim sizes in a certain insurance situation are modelled by a normal distribution with
mean = 30,000 and standard deviation = 4,000 The insurer defines a claim to
be a large claim if the claim size exceeds 35,000.
(i)
35,000, and
36,000
[2]
(ii)
(iii)
Calculate the probability that the size of a large claim (as defined by the
insurer) exceeds 36,000.
[2]
CT3 S20073
10
For a certain class of policies issued by a large insurance company it is believed that
the probability of each policy giving rise to any claims is 0.5, independently of all
other policies. A random sample of 250 such policies is selected.
(i)
Determine approximately the probability that at least 139 of the policies in the
sample will each give rise to any claims.
[4]
(ii)
Suppose we do observe that 139 policies in our sample give rise to at least one
claim. Use your answer to part (i) to determine whether this suggests at the
1% level of significance that the probability of any claims arising from a
policy of this certain class is greater than initially believed.
[3]
[Total 7]
A chi-square test of association for the frequency data in the following 2 3 table
Factor B
B1
B2
Factor A
A1
A2
A3
40
30
50
80
30
70
produces a chi-square statistic with value 4.861 and associated P-value 0.089.
Consider a chi-square test of association for the data in the following 2 3 table, in
which all frequencies are twice the corresponding frequencies in the first table:
Factor B
B1
B2
Factor A
A1
A2
A3
80
60
100
160
60
140
(i)
State, or calculate, the value of the chi-square test statistic for the second table.
[2]
(ii)
(iii)
CT3 S20074
[1]
[2]
[Total 5]
11
(a)
( > 0) .
1
X3.
y0
y<0
(ii)
(b)
Explain how you would simulate a value of Y given a value u from the
uniform U(0,1) distribution.
[7]
(a)
(b)
(iii)
(a)
(b)
CT3 S20075
12
A series of n geomagnetic readings are taken from a meter, but the readings are
judged to be approximate and unreliable. The chief scientist involved does know
however that the true values are all positive and she suggests that an appropriate
model for the readings is that they are independent observations of a random variable
which is uniformly distributed on (0, ), where > 1.
(i)
(ii)
Suppose that the chief scientist knows only that the number, M, of the readings
which are less than 1 is m, with the remaining n m being greater than 1 and
that she adopts the model as suggested above.
1
.
(a)
(b)
n
Demonstrate that the maximum likelihood estimate of is = .
m
(c)
Suppose that exactly 45 readings in a random sample of 100 readings are less
than 1.
(a)
(b)
CT3 S20076
13
14%
56
57
63
60
16%
56
63
60
64
18%
47
51
54
55
These data are analysed by two statisticians, A and B, who use an analysis of variance
approach and a linear regression approach, respectively.
(i)
Statistician As approach:
You are given the following data summaries:
sub-totals y = 186, 236, 243 and 207 at x = 12, 14, 16 and 18,
respectively, and overall totals y = 872 and y2 = 48,196.
(a)
(b)
Show that the P-value for the test is substantially less than 0.01, by
referring to tables of percentage points for the F distribution.
(c)
The result of part (b) above shows that there is very strong evidence of
an effect on y due to the quantitative factor x. Suggest a suitable
diagram that statistician A could now use to describe the effect of x on
y. Draw this diagram and hence comment on the effect of x on y.
(d)
The graph below shows the residuals plotted against the values of x:
CT3 S20077
[10]
(ii)
Statistician Bs approach:
You are given the following data summaries:
x = 240 y = 872 x2 = 3,680 y2 = 48,196 xy = 13,150.
(a)
(b)
(c)
The graph below shows the residuals plotted against the values of x:
END OF PAPER
CT3 S20078
Faculty of Actuaries
Institute of Actuaries
EXAMINATION
September 2007
Comments
The paper was answered quite well overall and there are no particular topics that stand out as
being poorly attempted. Similarly there were no particular misunderstandings widely evident,
and no particular errors were made so repeatedly as to be worthy of comment.
Faculty of Actuaries
Institute of Actuaries
Subject CT3 (Probability and Mathematical Statistics Core Technical) September 2007 Examiners Report
x=
s2 =
874525.14 (5573.6) 2 / 43
= 3621.02 s = 60.2
42
49.5 60
= 1.55) = 1 0.93943 = 0.061
6.753
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0.34 0.66
i.e. 0.34 0.086 i.e. (0.254, 0.426)
200
Subject CT3 (Probability and Mathematical Statistics Core Technical) September 2007 Examiners Report
(i)
56.7
= 7.0875.
8
1
56.7 2
s 2 = 403.95
= 0.298 s = 0.546 .
7
8
x=
s
0.546
= 7.0875 1.895
= 7.0875 0.3658
n
8
The value 6500 is not included in the CI above, and therefore we conclude
that the data are not consistent with the experts assessment at the 10%
significance level.
r n2
1 r2
r
1 r2
13 = 2.65
2.652
13
= 0.592
Solving gives r =
2.652
1+
13
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(a)
(b)
(ii)
35 30
P ( X > 35 ) = P Z >
= P ( Z > 1.25 ) = 1 0.89435 = 0.10565
4
36 30
P ( X > 36 ) = P Z >
= P ( Z > 1.5 ) = 1 0.93319 = 0.06681
4
P(X > 36 | X > 35) = P(X > 36 and X > 35) / P(X > 35)
= P(X > 36) / P(X > 35)
= P(Z > 1.5)/P(Z > 1.25) = 0.06681/0.10565 = 0.632
(iii)
(i)
5
2
3
0.1056 0.8944 = 0.0798
2
= PZ >
= 1 (1.7076 ) = 0.044 .
62.5
(ii)
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10
(i)
(ii)
11
(iii)
Comment: With the first table we do not have strong enough evidence to
justify rejecting the hypothesis of no association. In the second table, we have
the same proportions in the columns, but based on more data, and now we do
have strong enough evidence (P-value < 1%) to justify rejecting the
hypothesis of no association.
(i)
(a)
Y=X
FY ( y ) = P (Y y ) = P( X y 3 ) = FX ( y 3 )
1 exp(y 3 ), y 0
FY ( y ) =
y<0
0,
(using formulae or by integration).
Then, the pdf of Y can be derived as
fY ( y ) =
d
FY ( y ) = 3y 2 exp y 3 .
dy
[OR, directly as
fY ( y ) = f X ( x)
3
dx
= e y 3 y 2
dy
fY ( y ) = 3y 2 exp y 3 ,
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Subject CT3 (Probability and Mathematical Statistics Core Technical) September 2007 Examiners Report
(b)
then set y = x
3.
y 3
y = log(1 u )
(ii)
n
(a)
i =1
)} = 3 y
n n
n
( ) = yi 3
i
( ) = 0 =
yi3
i
[Check that ( ) =
(b)
n
2
< 0. ]
yi3 = 16.3952
i
yi
8
= 0.488 .
16.3952
(iii)
(a)
f ( x)
e x
=
=
S ( x) 1 1 e x
(
(
) = 3y
))
3y 2 exp y 3
f ( y)
h( y ) =
=
S ( y ) 1 1 exp y 3
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exp yi 3
Subject CT3 (Probability and Mathematical Statistics Core Technical) September 2007 Examiners Report
(b)
12
(i)
Let X be a reading and M be the number of readings which are less than 1
(a)
(b)
1 1
L ( ) 1
nm
( ) = m log + ( n m ) log
( ) = ( n m ) log ( 1) n log
nm n
=
set to zero = n / m
1
(1/ ) = m / n
(c)
1/ = m / n = n / m
( n m) n
nm n
2
=
2 =
1
( 1)2 2
nM n nn/ n
2
n
=
2= 2
E 2 = E
2
2
2
( 1)
( 1) ( 1)
CRlb =
(ii)
(a)
2 ( 1)
n
2 ( 1)
Large sample distribution of is N ,
Subject CT3 (Probability and Mathematical Statistics Core Technical) September 2007 Examiners Report
(b)
13
(i)
(a)
523.5 / 3 174.5
=
= 14.10
148.5 /12 12.375
(c)
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(ii)
(a)
S xx
S yy
S xy = 13150
(240)(872)
= 70
16
70
=
= 0.875 as required
80
=
(b)
1
(872 0.875(240)) = 41.375 as required.
16
2 =
1
702
(672
) = 43.625
14
80
43.625
= 0.7385
s.e. ( ) =
80
t=
0.875 0
= 1.185 on 14 d.f.
0.7385
Residual plot suggests that there may be a curved, rather than linear,
relationship between x and y.
(d)
Faculty of Actuaries
Institute of Actuaries
EXAMINATION
10 April 2008 (am)
Enter all the candidate and examination details as requested on the front of your answer
booklet.
2.
You must not start writing your answers in the booklet until instructed to do so by the
supervisor.
3.
4.
Attempt all 13 questions, beginning your answer to each question on a separate sheet.
5.
CT3 A2008
Faculty of Actuaries
Institute of Actuaries
The number of claims which arose during the calendar year 2005 on each of a group
of 80 private motor policies was recorded and resulted in the following frequency
distribution:
Number of claims x
Number of policies f
0
64
1
12
2
3
3
0
4
1
Data on a sample of 29 claim amounts give a sample mean of 461.5 and a sample
standard deviation of 618.8.
One claim amount of 3,657.50 is identified as an outlier and after investigation is
found to be in error. Calculate the revised sample mean and standard deviation if this
erroneous amount is removed.
[4]
1,595
1,524
1,764
4,320
1,464
1,626
1,854
1,440
1,560
1,602
1,698
(i)
[2]
(ii)
State, with reasons, which of the two measures considered above you would
prefer to use to estimate the central point of the claim amounts.
[1]
[Total 3]
CT3 A20082
[4]
An insurance company covers claims from four different non-life portfolios, denoted
as G1, G2, G3 and G4. The number of policies included in each portfolio is given
below:
G1
G2
G3
G4
Portfolio
No. of policies 4,000 7,000 13,000 6,000
It is estimated that the percentages of policies that will result in a claim in the
following year in each of the portfolios are 8%, 5%, 2% and 4% respectively.
Suppose a policy is chosen at random from the group of 30,000 policies comprising
the four portfolios after one year and it is found that a claim did arise on this policy
during the year. Calculate the probability that the selected policy comes from
portfolio G3.
[3]
Consider two random variables X and Y with joint probability density function (pdf)
f ( x, y ) =
4
(1 xy ) , 0 < x < 1, 0 < y < 1 .
3
2
(2 x) , 0 < x < 1
3
with a corresponding marginal pdf for Y by symmetry (you are not asked to verify
these marginal densities).
(i)
(ii)
(1 xy )
, 0 < y < 1.
(2 x)
[2]
(a)
(b)
CT3 A20083
The claim amount X in units of 1,000 for a certain type of industrial policy is
modelled as a gamma variable with parameters = 3 and = .
1
X ~ 62 .
2
(i)
(ii)
Hence use tables to find the probability that a claim amount exceeds 20,000.
[2]
[Total 5]
[3]
A woodcutter has to cut 100 fence posts of a standard length and he has a metal bar of
the required length to act as the standard. The woodcutter decides to vary his
procedure from post to post he cuts the first post using the metal standard, then uses
this post as his standard for the cut of the next post. He continues in a similar manner,
each time using the most recently cut post as the standard for the next cut.
Each time the woodcutter cuts a post there is an error in the length cut relative to the
standard being employed for that cut you should assume that the errors are
independent observations of a random variable with mean 0 and standard deviation
3mm.
Calculate, approximately, the probability that the length of the final post differs from
the length of the original metal standard by more than 15mm.
[5]
10
[3]
(ii)
Calculate the probability of the type II error of this test, if the true probability
that the coin lands heads is 0.7.
[3]
[Total 6]
Pressure readings are taken regularly from a meter. It transpires that, in a random
sample of 100 such readings, 45 are less than 1, 35 are between 1 and 2, and 20 are
between 2 and 3.
Perform a 2 goodness of fit test of the model that states that the readings are
independent observations of a random variable that is uniformly distributed on (0, 3).
[5]
CT3 A20084
11
Show that the probability that any randomly selected policy is still in
force at the time of the termination of the investigation is e tk .
(b)
L ( ) = k e
ti
i =1
e ( n k ) tk .
(ii)
Suppose instead that the investigation is terminated after a fixed length of time
t0. The number of policies that have expired by time t0 is considered to be a
random variable, denoted by K.
(a)
(b)
(c)
CT3 A20085
12
The members of the computer games clubs of three neighbouring schools decide to
take part in a light-hearted competition. Each club selects five of its members at
random under a procedure agreed and supervised by the clubs. Each selected student
then plays a particular game at the end of which the score he/she has attained is
displayed and recorded the standard set by the games designers is such that
reasonably competent players should score about 100.
The results are as follows:
School 1
School 2
School 3
(i)
105
103
137
134
81
115
96
91
105
147
100
123
116
110
149
d.f.
SS
MSS
2
12
14
2,298
3,468
5,766
1,149
289
Test the hypothesis that there are no school effects against a general
alternative.
You should quote a narrow range of values within which the
probability-value of the data lies, and state your conclusion clearly.
(b)
CT3 A20086
Calculate a 95% confidence interval for the underlying mean score for
club members in School 1, using the information available from all
three schools.
[7]
(ii)
The members of the computer games club of a nearby fourth school hear about
the competition and ask to be included in the overall comparison. Scores for a
random sample of five of the club members at this school (School 4) are
obtained and are:
112 140 88 103 123.
The scores obtained by all twenty students are shown in the display below:
(a)
Carry out an analysis of variance on the results for all four schools
together you should construct the ANOVA table and test the
hypothesis that there are no school effects against a general alternative.
You should quote an approximate value for the probability-value of the
data, and state your conclusion clearly.
(b)
(c)
CT3 A20087
13
8.5
3
x:
y:
9.8
12
10.8
10
11.5
14
11.2
8
9.6
7
10.1
9
13.5
13
14.2
17
11.8
10
8.7
5
6.8
5
(i)
(ii)
Calculate the equation of the least-squares fitted regression line of blood flow
on auricular pressure.
[4]
(iii)
(a)
(b)
(a)
(b)
(iv)
END OF PAPER
CT3 A20088
Faculty of Actuaries
Institute of Actuaries
Introduction
The attached subject report has been written by the Principal Examiner with the aim of
helping candidates. The questions and comments are based around Core Reading as the
interpretation of the syllabus to which the examiners are working. They have however given
credit for any alternative approach or interpretation which they consider to be reasonable.
M A Stocker
Chairman of the Board of Examiners
June 2008
Faculty of Actuaries
Institute of Actuaries
Subject CT3 (Probability and Mathematical Statistics Core Technical) April 2008 Examiners Report
s2 =
1
222 33.95
= 0.42975 s = 0.656
40
=
79
80
79
x = nx = 29(461.5) = 13383.5
x 2 = (n 1) s 2 + nx 2 = 28(618.8) 2 + 29(461.5) 2 = 16898062
x =
9726
= 347.4
28
1
97262
s = [3520756
] = 5272.6 s = 72.6
27
28
2
(i)
x=
23778
= 1829.08.
13
P ( A | B) =
P ( A B)
P ( B)
0.1
= 0.125
0.8
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P(C | B3 ) P( B3 )
P(C | B3 ) P( B3 )
,
=
P(C )
P(C | Bi ) P( Bi )
i
which gives
P ( B3 | C ) =
0.02
0.08
13
30
4
7
13
6
+ 0.05 + 0.02 + 0.04
30
30
30
30
0.26 / 30 0.26
=
= 0.222 .
1.17 / 30 1.17
(i)
f ( y | x) =
f ( x, y )
f ( x)
4
(1 xy )
(1 xy )
3
, 0 < y <1
=
=2
2
(2 x)
(2 x)
3
(ii)
(a)
E (Y | X = x) =
1
2
y (1 xy )dy
(2 x) 0
2
y2
y3 1
2
1 x
(3 2 x)
=
[ x ]0 =
( )=
(2 x) 2
3
(2 x) 2 3 3(2 x)
E (Y ) =
=
1 (3 2 x )
2
(2 x)dx
0 3(2 x ) 3
2 1
2
4
2 1
=
(3
2
x
)
dx
[3
x
x
]
0
9 0
9
9
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(b)
(i)
E (Y ) =
2 1
2 2 y3 1 2 2 4
y
(2
y
)
dy
=
[ y ]0 = =
3 0
3
3
3 3 9
1
X.
2
M Y (t ) = E (etY ) = E (etX / 2 ) = M X (t / 2) = (1 2t ) 6 / 2
which is the m.g.f. of a gamma(3,1/2) or 62 variable
(ii)
Let L be the length of the metal bar and Zi be the error that arises at the ith cut.
Length of 1st post cut = L + Z1
Length of 2nd post cut = L + Z1 + Z2
Length of 100th post cut = L + Z1 + Z2 + + Z100
Error in length of last post cut is E = Z1 + Z2 + + Z100
E ~ N(0,900) approximately, by CLT
P(|E| <15) P(|Z| < 15/30) = P(|Z| < 0.5) = 2 0.1915 = 0.383
So P(error exceeds 15mm) 1 0.383 = 0.617
(i)
which gives
1 1
= + = 0.125.
2 2
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(ii)
10
range
observed frequency
expected frequency
01
45
100/3
12
35
100/3
23
20
100/3
11
(i)
(a)
(b)
L() = f (ti )
i =1
= eti
i =1
j = k +1
P(T > tk )
) (e ) = e
n
tk
ti
i =1
e ( n k ) tk
j = k +1
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l ( ) =
k k
ti (n k )tk
i =1
l ( ) = 0 =
ti + (n k )tk
i =1
[And l ( ) =
(c)
<0]
n = 20, k = 5, tk = 21.54,
ti = 54.82 .
i =1
ti + (n k )tk
5
= 0.0132 .
54.82 + 15 21.54
i =1
(ii)
(a)
Therefore, K ~ bin n, 1 e t0
(b)
L() 1 e t0
) (e )
k
t0 n k
l ( ) =
kt0 et0
1 et0
(n k )t0
l ( ) = 0 et0 =
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nk
1
k
= log 1
n
t0
n
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12
(i)
(a)
(b)
(ii)
(a)
(103.0, 136.2)
d.f.
Between schools
Residual
Total
3
16
19
SS
MSS
2301
5023
7324
767
314
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From Yellow Tables pages 172/3, P-value of the data is just more than
0.1 (>10%)
We do not have sufficiently strong evidence against the no schools
effects hypothesis, which can stand.
(b)
With only three schools involved, the results from one of them (School
2) are sufficiently different from those of the other two to allow us to
detect a difference among underlying means. However, the results for
the fourth school range across the results for the original three schools
with all four schools in the comparison, the between schools sum
of squares is no longer so high relative to the residual and we fail to
detect differences.
(c)
t16(0.025) = 2.120
0.5
1 1
95% CI is (119.6 97 ) 2.120 314 +
5 5
13
(i)
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(ii)
n = 12
S xx = 1381.85
S yy = 1251
1132
= 186.9167
12
S xy = 1272.2
=
S xy
S xx
126.52
= 48.3292
12
(126.5)(113)
= 80.9917
12
80.9917
= 1.676
48.3292
1
= y x = (113 1.6758*126.5) = 8.249
12
Fitted line is y = -8.249 + 1.676x
(iii)
(a)
2
S xx
~ tn 2 where 2 =
2
S xx
2
S xy
1
( S yy
)
n2
S xx
Here: 2 =
1
(80.9917) 2
(186.9167
) = 5.1188
10
48.3292
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(iv)
(a)
(n 2) 2
~ 2n2
P[ n2 2 (97.5%) <
(n 2) 2
< <
Here 95% CI is
(n 2) 2
n2 2 (97.5%)
10(5.1188)
10(5.1188)
< 2 <
20.48
3.247
(2.50,15.76)
(b)
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Faculty of Actuaries
Institute of Actuaries
EXAMINATION
18 September 2008 (am)
Enter all the candidate and examination details as requested on the front of your answer
booklet.
2.
You must not start writing your answers in the booklet until instructed to do so by the
supervisor.
3.
4.
Attempt all 12 questions, beginning your answer to each question on a separate sheet.
5.
CT3 S2008
Faculty of Actuaries
Institute of Actuaries
The mean of a sample of 30 claim amounts arising from a certain kind of insurance
policy is 5,200. Six of these claim amounts have mean 8,000 while ten others have
mean 3,100.
Calculate the mean of the remaining claim amounts in this sample.
[3]
Five years ago a financial institution issued a specialised type of investment bond and
investors had the option to cash in after 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 years. The following table
gives a frequency distribution showing the numbers of those investors who cashed in
at each stage.
duration (length of time held before being cashed in)
1 year
2 years
3 years
4 years
5 years
130
151
97
64
98
Calculate the sample mean and standard deviation of the duration of these bonds
before being cashed in.
(i)
[4]
Let Y be the sum of two independent random variables X1 and X2, that is,
Y = X1 + X 2 .
Show that the moment generating function (mgf) of Y is the product of the
mgfs of X1 and X2.
[2]
(ii)
[3]
CT3 S20072
Suppose that the time T, measured in days, until the next claim arises under a
portfolio of non-life insurance policies, follows an exponential distribution with
mean 2.
(i)
Find the probability that no claim is made in the next one day period.
(ii)
The median of a random variable is defined as the value for which the
cumulative distribution function of the variable is equal to 0.5.
Find the median time until the next claim arises.
(iii)
[2]
[2]
Now let T1, T2, , T30 be the times (in days) until the next claim arises under
each one of 30 similar portfolios of non-life insurance policies, and assume
that each Ti, i = 1,,30, follows an exponential distribution with mean 2,
independently of all others.
Calculate, approximately, the probability that the total of all 30 times which
elapse until a claim arises on each of the portfolios exceeds 45 days.
[4]
[Total 8]
Let N be the number of claims arising on a group of policies in a period of one week
and suppose that N follows a Poisson distribution with mean 60.
Let X1, X2, . . , XN be the corresponding claim amounts and suppose that,
independently of N, these are independent and identically distributed with mean 500
and standard deviation 400.
N
Let S = X i be the total claim amount for the period of one week.
i =1
(i)
(ii)
CT3 S20083
[2]
(i)
(ii)
A random sample of four insurance policies of a certain type was examined for each
of three insurance companies and the sums insured were recorded. An analysis of
variance was then conducted to test the hypothesis that there are no differences in the
means of the sums insured under such policies by the three companies.
The total sum of squares was found to be SST = 420.05 and the between-companies
sum of squares was found to be SSB = 337.32.
Perform the analysis of variance to test the above hypothesis and state your
conclusion.
[4]
(ii)
State clearly any assumptions that you made in performing the analysis in (i).
[2]
(iii)
The plot of the residuals of this analysis of variance against the associated
fitted values, is given below.
0
-4
-2
Residuals
(i)
18
20
22
24
26
28
30
32
Fitted
Comment briefly on the validity of the test performed in (i), basing your
answer on the above plot.
[2]
[Total 8]
CT3 S20074
10
When a new claim comes into an office it is screened at a first stage and has a
probability of being cleared for progress, otherwise it is rejected. If it clears the first
stage, it is then independently screened at a second stage and has the same probability
of being cleared for progress, otherwise it is rejected.
(i)
Explain clearly why the probability of a claim being rejected at the first stage
is 1 - , of being rejected at the second stage is (1 - ) and of progressing
after the two stages is 2.
[3]
(ii)
For a sample of n independent claims which came into the office x1 were
rejected at the first stage, x2 were rejected at the second stage and x3
progressed after the two stages (x1 + x2 + x3 = n).
(a)
Write down the likelihood L() for this sample and hence show that the
derivative of the log-likelihood is given by
x + 2 x3 x1 + x2
.
log L() = 2
(b)
x2 + 2 x3
.
x1 + 2 x2 + 2 x3
[7]
(iii)
(iv)
(a)
(b)
Use the asymptotic distribution for the MLE with the CRlb
evaluated at to obtain an approximate large-sample 95% confidence
interval for expressing it simply in terms of and n.
[7]
For a sample of 1,000 independent claims, 110 were rejected at the first stage,
96 were rejected at the second stage and 794 progressed after the two stages.
Calculate the MLE together with an approximate 95% confidence interval
for .
[3]
[Total 20]
CT3 S20085
11
Male
4
6
10
1
1
8
6
7
7
8
2
8
5
2
1
6
7
7
8
3
9
3
7
11
9
6
5
6
5
3
4
6
9
6
1
10
1
2
2
3
Female
2
7
8
6
3
5
7
2
3
6
5
4
4
4
5
1
1
6
4
9
9
5
5
11
6
1
4
1
6
2
3
4
8
8
3
The male observations are assumed to be normally distributed with mean 1 and
standard deviation 1 , and independently the female observations are assumed to be
normally distributed with mean 2 and standard deviation 2 .
(i)
(b)
(ii)
(b)
Show that the variances in the male and female samples are not
significantly different at the 5% level, and comment briefly with
reference to the validity of the test conducted in (ii)(a).
(c)
Suppose you are not prepared to assume more than you feel is
absolutely necessary in particular you do not want to assume that
1 and 2 are equal, nor that the observations necessarily come from
normal populations.
Perform an alternative (large-sample) test to that conducted in part
(ii)(a), to investigate whether there is a difference between the mean
length of stay for males and the mean length of stay for females, and
compare the results of the test with the results of the test obtained in
part (ii)(a).
[11]
[Total 17]
CT3 S20076
12
Consider a situation in which the data consist of two responses at each of five values
of an explanatory variable (x = 1, 2, 3, 4, 5), so we have a data set with ten responses
(y), as in the following table:
1
12
x
y
1
19
2
18
2
35
3
19
3
44
4
32
4
53
5
44
5
65
(ii)
You are asked to carry out a linear regression analysis using these data.
(a)
Draw a plot of the data to show the relationship between the response
and explanatory values.
(b)
Calculate the total, regression, and residual sums of squares for a leastsquares linear regression analysis of y on x, and hence calculate the
value of R2, the coefficient of determination.
(c)
(d)
A colleague suggests that it will be simpler and will produce the same results
if we use the following reduced data, in which the two responses at each x
value are replaced by their mean:
x
y
1
2
3
4
5
15.5 26.5 31.5 42.5 54.5
The details of the regression analysis for these data are given in the box below.
Regression equation: y = 5.90 + 9.40 x
Coef
Stdev
t-ratio
p-val
Intercept
x
5.900
9.400
2.233
0.673
2.64
13.96
0.078
0.001
s = 2.129
R-sq = 98.5%
Analysis of Variance
Source
df
SS
Regression 1 883.60
Error
3
13.60
Total
4 897.20
MS
F
p-val
883.60 194.91 0.001
4.53
Discuss the similarities and the differences between the two approaches and their
results, in particular addressing the claim by the colleague that the two analyses will
produce the same results.
[6]
[Total 18]
END OF PAPER
CT3 S20087
Faculty of Actuaries
Institute of Actuaries
Introduction
The attached subject report has been written by the Principal Examiner with the aim of
helping candidates. The questions and comments are based around Core Reading as the
interpretation of the syllabus to which the examiners are working. They have however given
credit for any alternative approach or interpretation which they consider to be reasonable.
R D Muckart
Chairman of the Board of Examiners
November 2008
Comments
The paper was answered well overall and there are no particular topics that stand out as being
poorly attempted. Similarly there were no particular misunderstandings widely evident, and
no particular errors were made so repeatedly as to be worthy of comment.
Faculty of Actuaries
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n = 30, x = 5200
n1 = 6, x1 = 8000
n2 = 10, x2 = 3100
n3 = 14
x=
x = n1x1 + n2 x2 + n3 x3
n1 + n2 + n3
x3 =
1469
= 2.72 years
540
variance =
(i)
1
14692
(5081
) = 2.0126
539
540
M Y (t ) = E (etY ) = E (et ( X1 + X 2 ) )
= E (etX1 ) E (etX 2 ) = M X1 (t ) M X 2 (t )
(ii)
t
M X i (t ) = (1 ) i
t
M Y (t ) = (1 ) (1 + 2 )
t14(0.005) = 2.977
99% CI is 94.2 2.977
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E ( X ) = EY { E X ( X Y )} = E (Y ) =
a
.
b
E ( X 2 ) = var( X ) + E 2 ( X )
with
var( X ) = EY {varX ( X Y )} + varY { E X ( X Y )}
= E (Y ) + var(Y ) =
a a
+
b b2
giving
a a a2
E( X ) = + 2 + 2 .
b b
b
2
{
{var
[OR E ( X 2 ) = EY E X ( X 2 Y )
= EY
( X Y ) + E X2 ( X Y ) = E (Y ) + E (Y 2 )
= E (Y ) + var(Y ) + E 2 (Y )
=
a a a2
.]
+ +
b b2 b2
(i)
(ii)
which gives
1 e0.5 M = 0.5 M = 2 log(0.5) , or M = 2 log(2) = 1.386 .
(iii)
Then,
45 60
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2
, from which we can then use the
[OR Y ~ gamma(30,1/2), that is Y ~ 60
(i)
(ii)
As S is the sum of a large number of i.i.d. variables, then the central limit
theorem gives an approximate normal distribution for S.
P ( S > 40000) = P ( Z >
40000 30000
= 2.016)
4960
= 1 0.9781 = 0.0219
(i)
(ii)
(i)
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These give F =
337.32 2
= 18.348.
82.73 9
From tables, F0.01,2,9 = 8.022, and therefore we have strong evidence against
the hypothesis that the means of the insured sums are equal for the 3
companies.
10
(ii)
To perform the ANOVA we assume that the data follow normal distributions
and that their variance is constant.
(iii)
The variance of the residuals seems to depend on the company from which the
data come. This violates the assumption of constant variance in the response
variable, and therefore the analysis may not be valid.
(i)
(ii)
(a)
(b)
x + 2 x3 x1 + x2
log L() = 2
(iii)
(a)
x2 + 2 x3
log L() =
2
E{
x1 + x2
(1 ) 2
n(1 ) + 2n2
log L()} =
2
n(1 ) + n(1 )
(1 ) 2
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n
n
n(1 + )
1
1
= (1 + )
(1 + ) = n(1 + )( +
)=
1 )
(1 )
(1 )
1
CRlb =
E[
log L()]
2
2
(1 )
n(1 + )
(b)
using CRlb =
(1 )
(1 )
, then N (,
)
n(1 + )
n(1 + )
(1 )
95% CI is 1.96
n(1 + )
(iv)
96 + 2(794)
1684
=
= 0.8910
110 + 2(96) + 2(794) 1890
CRlb
0.8910(1 0.8910)
= 0.0000514 CRlb = 0.00717
1000(1 + 0.8910)
11
(i)
(a)
Males: n1 = 40
x1 = 215/40 = 5.375
12 22
+
n1 n2
32 2.52
+
40 35
= 0.575 (1.96)(0.6353)
= 0.575 1.245 or (0.67, 1.82)
(b)
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(ii)
(a)
s12 = (1481 2152/40)/39 = 8.34295
s22 = (1026 1682/35)/34 = 6.45882
s 2p =
t=
1 1
s 2p +
n1 n2
5.375 4.8
1
1
7.46541 +
40 35
= 0.909
s12
s22
8.34295
= 1.29
6.45882
z=
x1 x2
s12 s22
+
n1 n2
5.375 4.8
8.34295 6.45882
+
40
35
= 0.917
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Compare with N(0,1), e.g. 1.96 for 5% level test. Therefore we reach
exactly the same conclusion (as in (ii)(a) but without making the
assumptions of equal variances and normal distributions we have
large samples and can rely on CLT).
12
(i)
(a)
(b)
(c)
y = a + bx:
b = 188 / 20 = 9.4
()
t8(0.025) = 2.306
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1/ 2
949.7 / 8
s.e. b =
20
= 2.4363
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Faculty of Actuaries
Institute of Actuaries
EXAMINATION
30 April 2009 (am)
Enter all the candidate and examination details as requested on the front of your answer
booklet.
2.
You must not start writing your answers in the booklet until instructed to do so by the
supervisor.
3.
4.
Attempt all 13 questions, beginning your answer to each question on a separate sheet.
5.
CT3 A2009
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12.4
19.4
3.1
17.6
21.5
15.3
20.1
18.8
11.4
46.2
16.2
Consider three events A, B, and C for which A and C are independent, and B and C are
mutually exclusive. You are given the probabilities P(A) = 0.3, P(B) = 0.5, P(C) = 0.2
and P(AB) = 0.1.
Find the probability that none of A, B, or C occurs.
[3]
f ( x) = k (1 x)(1 + x),
0 < x <1,
(i)
(ii)
[2]
[2]
[Total 4]
Let the random variable Y denote the size (in units of 1,000) of the loss per claim
sustained in a particular line of insurance. Suppose that Y follows a chi-square
distribution with 2 degrees of freedom. Two such claims are randomly chosen and
their corresponding losses are assumed to be independent of each other.
(i)
Determine the mean and the variance of the total loss from the two claims. [2]
(ii)
Find the value of k such that there is a probability of 0.95 that the total loss
from the two claims exceeds k.
[2]
[Total 4]
CT3 A20092
[3]
The variables X1, X2, , X40 give the size (in units of 100) of each of 40 claims in a
random sample of claims arising from damage to cars by vandals. The size of each
claim is assumed to follow a gamma distribution with parameters = 4 and = 0.5
1 40
and each is independent of all others. Let X =
X i be the random variable
40 i =1
giving the mean size of such a sample.
(i)
(ii)
[1]
[Total 3]
[3]
(ii)
(iii)
[1]
[Total 7]
CT3 A20093
An analysis of variance investigation with samples of size eight for each of four
treatments results in the following ANOVA table.
Source of variation
d.f.
SS
MSS
Between treatments
Residual
Total
3
28
31
6716
3362
10078
2239
120
(i)
(ii)
(b)
10
For a group of policies the probability distribution of the total number of claims, N,
arising during a period of one year is given by
P(N = 0) = 0.70, P(N = 1) = 0.15, P(N = 2) = 0.10, P(N = 3) = 0.05.
Each claim amount, X (in units of 1,000), follows a gamma distribution with
parameters = 2 and = 0.1 independently of each other claim amount and of the
number of claims.
Calculate the expected value and the standard deviation of the total of the claim
amounts for a period of one year.
CT3 A20094
[5]
11
The number of claims, X, which arise in a year on each policy of a particular class is
to be modelled as a Poisson random variable with mean . Let X = (X1, X2, , Xn) be
a random sample from the distribution of X, and let X =
1 n
Xi .
n i =1
n
(i)
(a)
X i has a Poisson
i =1
State, with a brief reason, whether or not the variable 2X1 + 5 has a
Poisson distribution.
(c)
(d)
(a)
Show that the value of k for the test with level of significance 0.01 is
k = 1.2326.
(b)
Calculate the power of the test in part (ii)(a) in the case = 1.2 and
then in the case = 1.5.
(c)
Comment briefly on the values of the power of the test obtained in part
(ii)(b).
[9]
[Total 17]
CT3 A20095
12
In a genetic plant breeding experiment a total of 1,500 plants were categorised into
one of four classes (labelled A, B, C and D) with the following results:
class:
frequency:
A
1071
B
62
C
68
D
299
A genetic model specifies that the probability that an individual plant belongs to each
class is given by:
class:
probability:
1
(2 + )
4
1
(1 )
4
1
(1 )
4
(a)
Write down the likelihood for these data and determine the loglikelihood.
(b)
(ii)
(iii)
[7]
(a)
(b)
An extension of the genetic model suggests that the value of should be equal
to 0.775.
(a)
(b)
CT3 A20096
13
The following table gives the scores (out of 100) that 10 students obtained on a
midterm test (x) and the final examination (y) in a course in statistics.
65
44
Midterm x
Final y
62
49
50
54
82
59
80
66
68
67
88
71
67
81
90
89
92
98
For these data you are given: Sxx = 1,760.4, Syy = 2,737.6, Sxy = 1,529.8
(i)
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
The lecturer of this course decides to assess the linear relationship between the score
in the final examination and that in the midterm test, by using the sample correlation
coefficient r.
The hypothesis H0: = 0 (where denotes the population correlation coefficient) can
be tested against H1: > 0, by using the result that under H0 the sampling distribution
of the statistic
(ii)
r n2
1 r2
(a)
(b)
Calculate the value of r for the given data and hence verify numerically
the result of part (ii)(a) above.
[6]
[Total 19]
END OF PAPER
CT3 A20097
Faculty of Actuaries
Institute of Actuaries
Introduction
The attached subject report has been written by the Principal Examiner with the aim of
helping candidates. The questions and comments are based around Core Reading as the
interpretation of the syllabus to which the examiners are working. They have however given
credit for any alternative approach or interpretation which they consider to be reasonable.
R D Muckart
Chairman of the Board of Examiners
June 2009
Comments
The paper was answered quite well overall. Some questions were answered less well (or by
noticeably fewer candidates) than others they were:
Question 7(i) confidence intervals based on small samples
Question 9(ii) differences between pairs of treatment means in an ANOVA context
Question 11(i) deciding whether or not certain variables derived from Poisson variables are
themselves Poisson variables
Question 12 writing down the correct likelihood function, in which the stated probabilities
are raised to powers given by the observed frequencies of occurrence (not multiplied by the
frequencies)
There were no other misunderstandings widely evident, and no particular errors were made so
repeatedly as to be worthy of comment.
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1
167.62
so revised standard deviation = 2908.08
10
9
(i)
(ii)
x3
1
f ( x)dx = 1 k (1 x 2 )dx = 1 k x = 1 k 1 = 1 k = 1.5
3
3
0
0
0.25 f ( x)dx
1
x3
= 1.5 0.422 = 0.633.
= 1.5(1 x )dx = 1.5 x
0.25
3
0.25
1
(i)
E[Yi ] = 2, Var[Yi ] = 4
2
such that P 4 > k = 0.95.
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(i)
239.5 229.6
) = P ( Z > 1.54) = 1 0.93822 = 0.062
6.43
40
40
approximately.
[Note: The exact distribution of X is Gamma(160,20)]
(ii)
(i)
p(r; 1) = 0.025
and
r=x
p(r; 2 ) = 0.025
r =0
So for x = 2
1 is s.t.
p(r; 1) = 0.025
r =2
i.e.
p(r; 1) = 0.975
r =0
2 is s.t.
p(r; 2 ) = 0.025
r =0
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(ii)
where = X
X n
N (0,1) ]
X
n
2.4
2.4 0.55 (1.85, 2.95)
30
24S 2
2 24S 2
2
2
P <
= 0.95 k = 24 2.105 / 13.85 = 7.678
13.85
(i)
F=
2239
= 18.66 on 3,28 d.f.
120
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(ii)
(a)
1 1
1 1
LSD = t28 (2.5%) 2 ( + ) = 2.048 120( + ) = 11.2
8 8
8 8
(b)
means in order
underlined thus:
Treatments 2 & 3 are separate from treatments 1 & 4 which have
significantly higher means.
10
2
2
= 20, Var [ X ] = 2 = 200
0.1
0.1
11
(i)
(a)
Let S = X i
i =1
{(
)}
M X ( t ) = exp et 1
{(
)}
{ (
)}
n
M S ( t ) = {M X ( t )} = exp et 1 = exp n et 1
S ~ Poisson(n)
(b)
No
One reason is that E[2X1 + 5] = 2 + 5, which is not equal
to V[2X1 + 5] = 4
[Note: another obvious reason is that 2X1 + 5 can only takes values 5,
7, 9, , not 0, 1, 2, 3, ]
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(c)
No
One reason is that E X = , which is not equal to V X = / 2
[Note: another obvious reason is that X can take values 0.5, 1.5, 2.5,
, which a Poisson variable cannot.]
(d)
(ii)
(a)
(b)
X N ,
n
1
Under H0 , X ~ N 1 ,
approximately
100
k 1
k is such that P ( X > k | H 0 ) = 0.01 so
= 2.3263
0.1
k = 1.2326
Power() = P(reject H0|)
Power( = 1.2) = P ( X > 1.2326 ) where X ~ N (1.2, 0.012)
= P(Z > 0.298) = 0.383
Power( = 1.5) = P ( X > 1.2326 ) where X ~ N (1.5, 0.015)
12
(i)
(a)
d
1071 130 299
log L() =
+
d
2 + 1
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=
= 0.17067 0.65406
2(750)
So MLE = 0.82473 (or 0.825 to 3dp) as other root is negative.
(ii)
(a)
d2
d
log L() =
1071
(2 + )
130
(1 )
299
2
d2
at = 0.825 ,
log L() = 134.20 4244.90 439.30 = 4818.4
d 2
CRlb =
(b)
1
d2
E 2 log L()
d
1
= 0.0002075
4818.4
(iii)
(a)
( o e) 2
= 0.887 + 5.934 + 3.178 + 0.241 = 10.24 on 3 df
e
This is consistent with the fact that = 0.775 is well outside the
approximate 95% CI.
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(i)
(a)
70
60
30
40
50
80
90
100
13
50
60
70
80
90
Midterm score
2
S xy
1
S yy
=
n2
S xx
s.e. ( ) =
1
(1529.8)2
= 2737.6
= 176.0241
8
1760.4
2
176.0241
=
= 0.3162
1760.4
S xx
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s.e.(y new ) =
= 13.26741
1 (75 74.4) 2
+
= 13.26741 0.31655
10
1760.4
= 4.1998
(ii)
(d)
The CI for the individual predicted score will be wider than the CI for
the mean score in (i)(c), because the variance for the individual
predicted value is larger.
(a)
0
2
S xx
(b)
r=
Then
S xy
S xx
S xy
1
S yy
(n 2) S xx
S xx
S xy
S xx S yy
1 r
S yy 1
S xy
S xx
2
S xy
r n2
1 r2
S xx S yy
1529.8
= 0.6969.
1760.4 2737.6
r n2
(n 2) S xx
0.6969 8
1 0.6969
Faculty of Actuaries
Institute of Actuaries
EXAMINATION
9 October 2009 (am)
Enter all the candidate and examination details as requested on the front of your answer
booklet.
2.
You must not start writing your answers in the booklet until instructed to do so by the
supervisor.
3.
4.
Attempt all 12 questions, beginning your answer to each question on a separate sheet.
5.
CT3 S2009
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Institute of Actuaries
1
7
2
f2
3
20
4
f4
5
18
6
10
7
5
The mean number of people per household was found to be 4.0. However, the
frequencies for two and four members per household (f2 and f4 respectively) are
missing.
(i)
[2]
(ii)
Find the median of these data, and hence comment on the symmetry of the
data.
[2]
[Total 4]
Two tickets are selected at random, one after the other and without replacement, from
a group of six tickets, numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6.
(i)
Calculate the probability that the numbers on the selected tickets add up to 8.
[2]
(ii)
Calculate the probability that the numbers on the selected tickets differ by
3 or more.
[2]
[Total 4]
Let X be a random variable with moment generating function MX(t) and cumulant
generating function CX(t), and let Y = aX + b, where a and b are constants. Let Y have
moment generating function MY(t) and cumulant generating function CY(t).
(i)
(ii)
Find the coefficient of skewness of Y in the case that MX(t) = (1 t)2 and
Y = 3X + 2 (you may use the fact that CY(0) = E[(Y Y)3]).
[5]
[Total 7]
CT3 S20092
[2]
Let the random variables (X,Y) have the joint probability density function
(ii)
[2]
[Total 5]
0 < x < .
[4]
(i)
0< x<.
[3]
Claim sizes for certain policies are modelled using an exponential distribution with
parameter . A random sample of such claims results in the value of the MLE of as
= 0.00124 .
A large claim is defined as one greater than 4,000 and the claims manager is
particularly interested in p, the probability that a claim is a large claim.
(ii)
CT3 S20093
[3]
[Total 6]
A scientific investigation involves a linear regression with the usual assumptions that
the response variable y follows a normal distribution with mean + x and variance
2. Twenty data points were recorded, corresponding to four observations of y at
x = 1, three observations of y at x = 2, six observations of y at x = 3, and seven
observations of y at x = 4. The resulting means of these sets of y observations are
given in the table below.
x
no. of y's
mean of y's
1
4
18.6
3
6
23.2
4
7
27.1
(i)
(ii)
Suppose that you have been asked to provide a 95% confidence interval for
the slope coefficient.
[5]
(a)
(b)
Indicate briefly any further information that you would need in order
to overcome these problems.
[3]
[Total 8]
The table below shows a bivariate probability distribution for two discrete random
variables X and Y:
Y=1
Y=2
Find the value of E[X|Y = 2].
2
3
21.7
X=0
0.15
0.05
X=1
0.20
0.15
X=2
0.25
0.20
[3]
In a group of motor insurance policies issued by a company, 80% of claims are made
on comprehensive policies and 20% are made on third-party-only policies.
(i)
Calculate the average amount paid out on a claim, given that the average
amount paid out by the company on a comprehensive policy claim is 1,650,
and the average amount paid out on a third-party-only policy claim is 625.
[1]
(ii)
Calculate the total expected amount paid out in claims by the company in one
year, given that the total number of policies is 150,000 and, on average, the
claim rate is 0.15 claims per policy per year.
[2]
[Total 3]
CT3 S20094
10
Explain clearly why the mean and standard error of P are given by
E [ P ] = ,
s.e.[ P ] =
(1 )
n
[3]
Calculate the approximate probability that at least 150 yes answers are
found in the sample, on the assumption that the true (population) proportion of
yes answers is 0.7.
[4]
Suppose the true (population) proportion of yes answers () is unknown, and for a
random sample of 200 responses, the number of yes answers is found to be 146.
(iii)
(a)
(b)
(c)
CT3 S20095
11
21
19
22
18
28
38
27
33
20
24
23
39
26
22
32
20
25
28
21
26
30
30
(ii)
(iii)
(b)
(b)
(1)
(2)
(3)
(iv)
Comment briefly on the conclusions that may have been reached by the three
colleagues.
[2]
[Total 22]
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A bank has a free telephone number for its customer services department. Often the
call volume is heavy and customers are placed on hold until a staff member is
available to answer. The bank hopes that a caller remains on hold until the call is
answered, so as not to upset or lose an existing or potential customer.
A survey was conducted to analyse whether callers would remain on hold longer (on
average), if they heard a recorded message containing: (A) an advertisement about the
banks products; (B) easy listening music; or (C) classical music. The bank
randomly selected a sample of five unanswered calls under each recorded message,
and the length of time (in minutes) that the caller remained on hold before hanging up
is given in the table below.
Recorded message
Time
Total
5 1 11 2 8
A: advertisement
B: easy listening music 0 1 4 6 3
C: classical music
13 9 8 15 7
27
14
52
(a)
(b)
An equivalent approach for analysing the effects of the recorded messages on holding
time is the following:
consider the regression model E[Yi ] = a + b1xi1 + b2 xi 2 , i = 1, 2, , 15, where
Yi is the telephone holding time and xi1, xi 2 are indicator variables such that
xi1 = 1 if the message for caller i contains an advertisement (and 0 otherwise),
and xi 2 = 1 if the message contains easy listening music (and 0 otherwise).
The results from fitting this model are given below:
Coef.
Intercept
x1
x2
s = 3.406
CT3 S20097
10.400
5.000
7.600
p-value
R-sq = 51.7%
(ii)
Calculate the predicted value for the telephone holding time when the
message contains classical music.
(b)
(c)
END OF PAPER
CT3 S20098
Faculty of Actuaries
Institute of Actuaries
Introduction
The attached subject report has been written by the Principal Examiner with the aim of
helping candidates. The questions and comments are based around Core Reading as the
interpretation of the syllabus to which the examiners are working. They have however given
credit for any alternative approach or interpretation which they consider to be reasonable.
R D Muckart
Chairman of the Board of Examiners
December 2009
Comments for individual questions are given with the solutions that follow.
Faculty of Actuaries
Institute of Actuaries
Subject CT3 (Probability and Mathematical Statistics Core Technical) September 2009 Examiners Report
Comments
The paper was answered quite well overall and there are no topics that stand out as being
particularly poorly attempted. Similarly there were no particular misunderstandings widely
evident, and no particular errors were made so repeatedly as to be worthy of comment.
1
(i)
We have 60
These give f 2
f 4 100 and
f2
40
4.
f 4 and 2 f 2 4 f 4 148
7 2 f 2 60 4 f 4 90 60 35
100
6 and f 4
34 .
Median is equal to the midpoint between the 50th and 51st ordered
observations, i.e. median = 4.
2
(i)
i}
(that is, i is the number on the first ticket selected, j that on the second
selected) there are 30 equally likely outcomes.
Favourable outcomes are (2,6), (3,5), (5,3), (6,2)
so probability = 4/30 = 2/15 = 0.133
(ii)
OR: Use a sample space of size 15: {(i,j)} where i is smaller number selected,
j is larger.
Then event (i) has 2 favourable outcomes and event (ii) has 6.
3
(i)
(ii)
E[(Y
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(i)
f X ( x)
f ( x, y)dy
0
fY ( y)
x y
dy e
x y
dx e
f ( x, y)dx
0
0
x y
Since f X ,Y ( x, y ) e
[OR by symmetry].
xy
(ii)
FX ,Y ( x, y)
u v
dvdu
00
y
x
u
FX ,Y ( x, y)
e v dv
e du
0
u x
0
v y
0
1 e
1 e
5
E[ X ]
xf ( x)dx
2
3
Consider Z
x3
3
X
2
2x2
dx
2
.
3
1
3
E[ X ]
2
E[Z ]
Z is an unbiased estimator of
6
(i)
L( )
log L( )
xi
n log
xi
e
xi
1
d
log L( )
d
and
n
Xi
xi
1
X
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(ii)
7
(i)
69.48
25.2
1
(56)(468.4) 69.48 and S xx
20
1381.0
182
1
(56)2
20
25.2
1
1
2.757
1
[468.4 (2.757)56] 15.7
20
y 15.7 2.757 x
(ii)
(a)
2
S xx
So we need to calculate
2
1
n 2
( yi
x )2
i
or
1
n 2
( S yy
2
S xy
S xx
).
y 2 for each
8
X|Y = 2 takes values 0, 1, 2 with probabilities 1/8, 3/8, 4/8
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(i)
(ii)
10
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
E[P] = n / n =
P Z
149.5 140
42
P( X
150)
P( Z
1.466) 0.071
(a)
Pr
P
e.s.e. P
Pr
1.645
0.95
P 1.645 e.s.e. P
0.95
(c)
i.e. (0.678, 1)
The Pvalue indicates that the null hypothesis = 0.7 can stand
and we do not have to conclude that > 0.7.
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(i)
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The spread of the B data appears to be greater than that of the A data and so
casts some doubt on the equal variance assumption.
1
(ii)
(a)
s 2A
1
2752
7033
10
11
15.8
sB2
1
297 2
8559
10
11
54.0
3.418 on 10, 10 df
sB2
s 2A
54.0
15.8
2
A
1
2
B
at the 5% level.
By interpolation: P-value is
0.05
(iii)
(a)
3.717 3.418
(0.10 0.05) 0.05 (0.405)(0.05) 0.070
3.717 2.978
If the samples have equal variances, then the absolute deviations will
be similar in size for both samples; if one sample has a larger variance
than the other, then the deviations will be more extreme such that the
absolute deviations will be larger for that sample.
A two-sided two-sample t-test applied to these absolute deviations
will test for a difference in the means of these absolute deviations
and hence for a difference in the variances in the original samples.
(b)
(1)
xA
275
11
25
| xA xA | , are
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xB
297
11
27
| xB
xB | are
8 9 11 6 3 12 5 7 1 1 3
(2)
Calculations:
dA
36,
d A2 158 and
dB
66,
d B2
540
dA
36
11
2
3.273 and sdA
1
362
158
10
11
4.018
dB
66
11
2
6.000 and sdB
1
662
540
10
11
14.400
2
sdp
10(4.018) 10(14.400)
20
obs. t =
3.273 6.000
1 1
3.035
11 11
3.035
2.107 on 20 df
9.209
2.727
1.294
sdp
dA
dB
and hence H 0 :
2
A
1
2
B
By interpolation: P-value is
0.02
(iv)
2.528 2.107
(0.03) 0.02 (0.952)(0.03) 0.049
2.528 2.086
Tests in (ii) and (iii) give different results at the 5% level, but in fact have
quite similar P-values.
Graphical approach in (i) casts doubt on H0.
So all three are fairly consistent.
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(i)
(a)
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93 /15 = 149.2
149.2 = 139.2
Source of variation
d.f.
SS
MSS
Between
149.2
74.6
Residual
12
139.2
11.6
Total
14
288.4
2
(b)
t12(0.025) = 2.179
1
95% CI is (5.4 10.4) 2.179 11.6
5
i.e. 5 4.694
(ii)
(a)
or ( 9.694, 0.306)
10.4
2
1
(c)
0.5
(b)
1
5
For xi1 1, xi 2
and xi1
b1
xi 2
A
0 we have
0 gives
a b1
1
1
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