Register Number

St. Xavier’s Catholic College of Engineering

(Autonomous)
Chunkankadai, Nagercoil - 629003
B.E./B.Tech. Degree Examinations, April/May 2023
Second Semester
Civil Engineering - Computer Science and Engineering - Electrical and Electronics
Engineering - Electronics and Communication Engineering - Information Technology -
Mechanical Engineering
MA3251 – Statistics and Numerical Methods
Regulations 2021
Permitted Tables/Data Books: Standard Normal, t, F, Distribution Tables.
Time: Three hours Maximum: 100 Marks
Answer All Questions

Part-A (10 × 2 = 20 Marks) CL CO

1. What are parameters and statistics in sample? Kn CO1

2. Define random sampling. Kn CO1

3. What is the aim of the design of experiment? Kn CO2

4. Is 2 2 latin square design possible? Why? Un CO2

5. State the Newton-Raphson formula and the criterion for convergence. Kn CO3

6. Compare Gauss elimination method with Gauss-Seidel method. Kn CO3

7. What are the order of errors in Trapezoidal rule and Simpson’s 1/3 rule? Kn CO4

8. Define direct and indirect methods of solving systems of simultaneous equations. Kn CO4

9. State the merits of RK method over Taylor’s series method. Un CO5

10. State the difference between single step method and multistep methods in solving ODE. Kn CO5

Part-B (5 × 16 = 80 Marks) CL CO

11. a) i) A sample of 900 members has a mean of 3.4 cm and standard deviation of 2.61 cm. Ap CO1

Is the sample from large population of mean of 3.25 cm and standard deviation of
2.61 cm?
Test at 5% level of significance. The value of z at 5% level is | |<1.96. (8) Ap CO1
ii) Sandal powder is packed into packets by a machine. A random sample of 12 packets
is drawn and their weights in kg are found to be 0.49, 0.48, 0.47, 0.48, 0.49, 0.50,
0.51, 0.49, 0.48, 0.50, 0.51 and 0.48. Test if the average weight of the packing can
be taken as 0.5 kg at 5% level of significance. (8)
Or
b) i) The demand for a particular spare part in a factory was found to vary from day-to- Ap CO1

day. In a sample study the following information was obtained.

Days Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
No. of spare parts
1124 1125 1110 1120 1126 1115
demanded
Test the hypothesis that the number of parts demanded does not depend on the

1
 day of the week. (5) = 11.07 (8) Ap CO1

ii) A group of 10 rats fed on a diet A and another group of 8 rats fed on diet B recorded
the following increase in weight.
Diet A 6 8 1 12 4 3 9 6 10
Diet B 3 6 8 1 10 2 8 - -
Find whether the variances are significantly different. (8)
12. a) The following table shows the lives in hours of four batches of electric lamps. Ap CO2

A 1610 1610 1650 1680 1700 1720 1800

B 1580 1640 1640 1700 1750
C 1460 1550 1600 1620 1640 1660 1740 1820
D 1510 1520 1530 1570 1600 1680
Test the homogeneity of the mean lives of the four brands of lamps by ANOVA.
Or
b) Perform a 2-way ANOVA on the data given below. Ap CO2

Treatment 1
1 2 3
1 30 26 38
2 24 29 28
Treatment 2 3 33 24 35
4 36 31 30
5 27 35 33
Use the coding method subtracting 30 from the given number.
13. a) i) Solve by fixed point iteration method. (8) Ap CO3

ii) Find the largest Eigen value and the corresponding Eigen vector of
Ap CO3
( ) with initial vector . (8)

Or
b) i) Solve by Gauss Seidel method the following system Ap CO3

(8)
ii) Solve the following equations by Gauss Elimination method Ap CO3
(8)
14. a) Evaluate Ap CO4

dxdy
∫ ∫ using Trapezoidal rule and Simpson’s rule with h=0.5 and k=0.25
x y
Or
b) i) Evaluate Ap CO4
1
dx
 (1  x) by Simpson’s one-third rule and hence find the value of
0
. (8)
Ap CO4

2
 ii) From the data given below find θ at x = 43 and at x = 84. (8)
x 40 50 60 70 80 90
θ 184 204 226 250 276 304
15. a) Solve the initial value problem dy  x  y 2 , y(0)=1 to find y(0.4) by Adam-Bashforth Ap CO5
dx
method and for starting solutions, use the information y(0.1)=0.9117, y(0.2)= 0.8494.
Compute y0.3) using Runge-Kutta method of 4th order.
Or
b) i) Given y '  x 2  y, y(0) = 1, y(0.1) = 0.9052, y(0.2) = 0.8213, find y(0.3) using Ap CO5

Taylor’s series method. (8)

dy
ii) Using Milne’s method, obtain the solution of  x  y 2 at x = 0.8 given y(0) =0, Ap CO5
dx
y(0.2) =0.02, y(0.4) = 0.0795, y(0.6) = 0.1762. (8)
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