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B.Sc. Statistics Semester-III (C.B.S.) Examination
STATISTICS (Statistical Methods)
Compulsory Paper—1
Time : Three Hours] [Maximum Marks : 50
N.B. :— ALL questions are compulsory and carry equal marks.
1.
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(A) Define (i) joint p.m.f. of two discrete random variables X and Y, (ii) Marginal p.m.f. of X,
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(iii) Conditional p.m.f. of Y given x.
Let the joint probability function of discrete random variables X and Y be :

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 x + 2y x = 0, 1, 2

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f ( x, y) =  27 y = 0, 1, 2
 0 , elsewhere.
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(i) Present the joint distribution of X and Y in a bivariate table.
(ii) Find marginal distribution of X and Y.
(iii) Find E(X).
(iv) Derive conditional distribution of Y given X = 2. 10

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(E) Define : 8
(i) Bivariate p.d.f. of random variables X and Y.
(ii) Conditional p.d.f. of X given Y = y.
(iii) Conditional mean of X given Y = y.
(iv) Conditional variance.
(v) Stochastic independence of r-vs X and Y.
If the random variables X and Y have joint p.d.f.

 0 <x <1
 12 xy (1 – y), 0 < y < 1
f ( x, y) = 
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 0 , elsewhere.

Check whether X and Y are stochastically independent. 10

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(A) State the p.m.f. of trinomial distribution. Find the marginal p.m.f. of X. A manufactured
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item is classified as “good”, a “second” or “defective” with probabilities 6/10, 3/10 and
1/10 respectively. Fifteen such items are selected at random from the production line. Let
X denote the number of good items. Y denote the number of seconds and 15-X-Y the
number of defectives.
(a) Give the joint p.m.f. of X and Y.
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(b) Find P(X = 10, Y = 4).
(c) Find P(X ≤ 1). 10
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(E) Define Bivariate normal distribution of a pair of random variables (X, Y). Find marginal
p.d.f. of X. Also find m.g.f. of bivariate normal distribution. Show that X and Y are
independent iff ρ, the correlation coefficient between X and Y is zero. 10
3. (A) Let X1 and X2 have joint p.d.f.

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f ( x1, x 2 ) = 
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Find :

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(i) Joint p.d.f. of Y1 = and Y
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(ii) Marginal p.d.f. of Y1 and Y2 .

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(iii) Are Y1 and Y2 independent ?

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(B) If X and Y are independent chi-square variables with n1 and n2 degrees of freedom respectively

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then show that probability distribution of is β2  , . 5+5
Y  2 2 

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(E) Suppose that random variables X and Y have joint density function given by :

 c(2x + y), 2 < x < 6, 0 < y < 5

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f ( x, y) = 
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(ii) Joint p.d.f. of U = 2X and V = 2Y.

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(iii) Marginal p.d.f. of U and V.

(iv) Are U and V independent ? 10
4. (A) Define F-Statistic. Derive its p.d.f. Find rth raw moment about origin and hence find mean
and variance of F-distribution. 10
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(E) Define chi-square statistic. State its p.d.f. Find its m.g.f. and hence find mean and variance.

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Also prove additive property of chi-square distribution.
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Solve any 10 of the following questions : 8
(A) Define Fisher’s t.
(B) Show that student’s t follows Fisher’s t with (n – 1) d.f.
(C) What is mode of t distribution ?

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(D) State conditional mean of X given Y = y if (X, Y) follows bivariate normal distribution.
(E) State m.g.f. of Trinomial distribution.
(F) State conditional variance of Y | X = x of bivariate normal distribution.
(G) Define a random sample.
(H) If joint p.d.f. of two r.vs, f(x, y) is given by :
f(x, y) = h(x) . g(y)
where h(x) and g(y) are non-negative functions of x alone and y alone respectively, then

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show that rvs X and Y are stochastically independent.
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(I) Define m.g.f. of bivariate probability distribution.
(J) Define (r, s)th product moment about origin. How can it be obtained from the m.g.f. of
bivariate probability distribution ?

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(K) Let a r.v. X ~ N(µ, σ 2 ) then derive the distribution of Z =  .
 σ 
(L) Define a statistic. 1×10=10

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