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STA 2200 Probability and Statistics II

The document is an exam for a Probability and Statistics course containing 5 questions. Question 1 has 4 parts asking students to explain statistical terms, analyze a probability density function, and calculate proportions. Question 2 involves representing the probabilities and scores of a game using a tree diagram and probability distribution table to find the mean score. Question 3 covers finding the number of defective packets in a shipment and the probability of pages with misprints. Question 4 defines moments and asks students to calculate the first four moments from wage data. Question 5 involves finding probabilities related to faults in balls of twine using approximations and properties of a probability density function.

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STA 2200 Probability and Statistics II

The document is an exam for a Probability and Statistics course containing 5 questions. Question 1 has 4 parts asking students to explain statistical terms, analyze a probability density function, and calculate proportions. Question 2 involves representing the probabilities and scores of a game using a tree diagram and probability distribution table to find the mean score. Question 3 covers finding the number of defective packets in a shipment and the probability of pages with misprints. Question 4 defines moments and asks students to calculate the first four moments from wage data. Question 5 involves finding probabilities related to faults in balls of twine using approximations and properties of a probability density function.

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W1-2-60-1-6

JOMO KENYATTA UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY

UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS 2016/2017


THIRD YEAR SECOND SEMESTER UNIVERSITY EXAMINATION FOR THE
DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

STA 2200 PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS II

DATE: NOVEMBER, 2016 TIME: 2 HOURS

INSTRUCTIONS:

QUESTION ONE: 30 MARKS

a. Explain the following terms as used in statistics:-

i. Random variable.
ii. Discrete random variable
iii. Continuous variable [6 marks]

b. A class of children is each asked to draw a line that they think is 10cm long
without using a ruler. The teacher models how many centimeters each
child’s line is longer than 10cm by the random variable x and believes that
x has the following probability density function:-
1 x
f (x) = / , -4 < x < 4
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o, otherwise

i. Profit that ……………………..

ii. Define fully the cumulative distribution function f(x) for x

iii. Calculate the proportion of children making an error of less than 15%
according to this model

iv. Give two reasons why this may not be a very suitable model.
[10 marks]

c. The discrete random variable x has the following probability distribution:-

x 0 1 2 3 4
p(x=x) 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.02

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i. Write down the name of this distribution x

ii. Find p( 0 < x < 2 )

iii. Find E (x) [6 marks]

d. A discrete random variable following a passion distribution with mean 6.


Find:

i. P(x=v)

ii. P(x>2)

iii. The mean of a distribution is 40 and standard deviation 6.


Calculate n, p and q. [4 marks]

QUESTION TWO: 20 MARKS

a. A game is played as follows. Thro a fair four sided due to score eight times
the number that faces down unless it is a four. If it is a four, you are given a
second chance is which you score only four times the number that faces
down. Let x be a random variable denoting the score for each player:

Represent the information in:-

i. A tree diagram showing the value of x and the corresponding


probability.

ii. Make a probability distribution table.

iii. Use the table to find the mean of the scores. [15 marks]

b. Payback is a popular investment criterion in practice. Discuss its


advantages and disadvantages. [10 marks]

QUESTION THREE: 20 MARKS

a. A factory produces blades in packets of 10. The probability of a blade to be


detective is 0.2%. Find the number of packets having two detective blades
in a consignment of 10,000 packets. [5 marks]

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b. What probability model is appropriate to describe a situation where 100
misprints are distributed randomly throughout 100 pages of a book? For
this model, what is the probability that a page observed at random will
obtain at let three PRIATS? [10 marks]

c. A discrete random variable x follows poison law. Find

p(x>2) and p(x is at must 2), if it is given that ϵ (x)=2.5 and -2.5 =0.0821
l
[5 marks]

QUESTION FOUR:20 MARKS

a. What are moments? [1 marks]

b. Name the first four moments. [4 marks]

c. From the following data of the wages of 50 workers of a factory compute


the first four moments about mean and also B1 B2.

100-120 1
120-140 3
140-160 7
160-180 20
180-200 12
200-220 4
220-240 3

QUESTION FIVE: 20 MARKS

From post records, a manufacturer of twine knows that faults occur in the
twine at a rate of 1.5 per 25 m.

a. Find the probability that a randomly chosen 25m length of twine there will
be exactly 4 faults. [2 marks]

The twine is usually sold in balls of length 100m. A customer buys there
balls of twine.
b. Find the probability that only one of them will have fewer than 6 faults.
[4 marks]

As a special order a ball of twine containing 500m is produced.

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c. Using a suitable approximation, find the probability that it will contain
between 23 and 33 faults inclusive. [4 marks]

The continuous random variable x has probability density function

F(y) = kx(5-x), v< x < 4

O otherwise, where k is a content

d. Show that k=3/56 [2 marks]

e. Find expressions for distribution, F(x) [4 marks]

f. E(x)

g. Verify that the median value of x lies between 2.5 and 5.5 [2 marks]

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