MIT Arts, Design and Technology University, Rajbaug, Pune

MIT School of Engineering

B.TECH. (Computer Science and Engineering), T.Y.SEM-V

Probability and Queueing Theory

UNIT-II
ASSIGNMENT-II

Q.1. Define the following terms:

(i) Correlation (ii) Regression (iii) Positive Correlation (iv) Negative

Correlation

Q.2. Find (i) Marginal distributions f(x) and g(y)

(ii) E (X) and E (Y)

Y −4 2 7

X
1 1 1 1
8 4 8
5 1 1 1
4 8 8

Q.3. Given that joint density function

{
f ( x )=
x (1+3 y 2 )
4
0 , Elsewhere
0< x <2 , 0< y <1

Find g (x) and f (x/y).

yJ −2 5 8
x 1 2
Q.4. Find the joint distribution of X and Yg(which
i
y ¿¿ J )¿0are
.3 independent
0.5 0.2 random variable
0.7
f (x i) respective
with the following 0.3
distributions.

Show that Cov (X, Y) = 0

Marks in 35 23 47 17 10 43 9 6 28
Chemistry
Q.5. The
Marks in 30 33 45 23 8 49 12 4 31
marks
Mathematics
obtained by 9
students in chemistry and mathematics are given below:

Compute their ranks in the above two subjects and the coefficient of correlation of ranks.
Q.6. Obtain Regression lines for the following data:
x 6 2 10 4 8
y 9 11 5 8 7

Q.7. For a bivariate data the mean value of x is 20 and the mean value of y is
45.The regression coefficient of y on x is 4 and that of x on y is 1/9.Find

(i) The coefficient of correlation (ii) The S.D of x, if S.D of y is 12.

Q.8. Find (i) Marginal distributions f(x) and g(y)

(ii) E (X) and E (Y)

Y −4 2 7

X
1 1 1 1
8 4 8
5 1 1 1
4 8 8

Q.9. The regression equations are 8 x−10 y +66=0 and 40 x−18 y =214.
The value of variance of x is 9.
Find
(i) The mean values of x and y
(ii) The correlation x and y and
(iii) The standard deviation of y.

Q.10. If x +0.87 y=19.13∧¿

0.50 x + y=11.64

are two lines of regression, find

(i) Mean value of x and y

(ii) The regression coefficient

Q.11. From a group of 10 students, marks obtained by each in papers of Mathematics and Applied
Mechanics are given as
x marks in Maths 23 28 42 17 26 35 29 37 16 46
Y Marks in App. Mech 25 22 38 21 27 39 24 32 18 44
Calculate Karl’s Pearson’s Coefficient of correlation.

Q.12. The overall percentage of failures in a certain examination is 20. If six candidates
appear in the examination, what is the probability that at least five pass the
examination?
Q.13. From the following data estimate the most likely height of a sister whose brother’s height is
71Cm. Brother’s mean height is 67 Cm with S.D. is 3.5 Cm, sister mean height is 65Cm with S.D. is
2.5 Cm and the correlation coefficient is 0.8.

Q.14. If the two lines of regression are 9 x + y−λ=0 and 4 x+ y=μ and the means of x and y are 2
and −3 respectively, find the values of λ , μ and the coefficient of correlation between x and y.

Q.15. Find the correlation coefficient between x and y, when the lines of regression are
2 x−9 y +6=0and x−2 y +1=0

Q.16. Find the rank correlation for the following data:

X: 56 42 72 36 63 47 55 49 38 42 68 60
Y: 147 125 160 118 149 128 150 145 115 14 152 155
0

Q.17. Two gents X and Y are asked to rank 7 different type of shirts. The ranks assigned by them are
given below:

Shirts A B C D E F G
Rank 2 1 4 3 5 7 6
given by
X
Rank 1 3 2 4 5 6 7
given by
Y

Calculate Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient.

Q.18. Determine rank correlation for the following data which shows the marks obtained in two
quizzes in mathematics:
Marks in 1st quiz (X) 6 5 8 8 7 6 10 4 9 7
nd
Marks in 2 quiz (Y) 8 7 7 10 5 8 10 6 8 6

Q.19. Given that joint density function

f ( x )=
{ x (1+3 y 2 )
4
0 , Elsewhere
0< x <2 , 0< y <1

Find g (x) and f (x/y).

Q.20. Predict Y at X = 5 by fitting a least squares straight line to the following data:
X 2 4 6 8 10 12
Y 1.8 1.5 1.4 1.1 1.1 0.9

Q.21. The following table gives, according to age, the frequency of marks obtained by 100 students
in an intelligence test.

Age in years 18 19 20 21 Total

 Marks
10-20 4 2 2 - 8
20-30 5 4 6 4 19
30-40 6 8 10 11 35
40-50 4 4 6 8 22
50-60 - 2 4 4 10
60-70 - 2 3 1 6
Total 19 22 31 28 100

Calculate the correlation Coefficient.

Q.22. Calculate correlation coefficient r for the following data:

X: 63 50 55 65 55 70 64 70 58 68 52 60
Y: 87 74 76 90 85 87 92 98 82 91 77 78

Q.23. The following marks have been obtained by a group of students in Engineering Mathematics
Paper-I 80 45 55 56 58 60 65 68 70 75 85
Paper-II 82 56 50 48 60 62 64 65 70 74 90
Calculate the coefficient of correlation.

Q.24. Find a least square straight line for the following data:
X: 1 2 3 4 5 6
Y: 6 4 3 5 4 2
And estimate (predict) Y at X = 4 and X at Y = 4.