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Statistics for Data Science - II

Week-5 and 6 questions asked in QUIZ 2

1. Let X be a continuous random variable with PDF


(
4x3 , 0 < x ≤ 1,
fX (x) =
0, otherwise.

Find the PDF of Y = X 3 . [3 Marks]


  
 1 y 1/3
, 0 < y ≤ 1,
(a) fY (y) = 3 4
0, otherwise.

 4 (y)1/3 , 0 < y ≤ 1,
(b) fY (y) = 3
0, otherwise.

 1 (y)1/3 , 0 < y ≤ 1,
(c) fY (y) = 3
0, otherwise.
(
4 (y)1/3 , 0 < y ≤ 1,
(d) fY (y) =
0, otherwise.

Answer : (b)

2. Suppose X ∼ Bernoulli(0.4) and (Y |X = x) ∼ Uniform[x − 1, x + 1]. Find the density


of Y . [3 Marks]

 1 , −1 ≤ y ≤ 2,
(a) fY (y) = 3
0, otherwise.


 0.3, −1 ≤ y < 0,

0.5, 0 ≤ y < 1,
(b) fY (y) =
0.2,

 1 ≤ y < 2,

0, otherwise.


 0.2, −1 ≤ y < 0,

0.5, 0 ≤ y < 1,
(c) fY (y) =


 0.3, 1 ≤ y < 2,

0, otherwise.

1
(
0.5, −1 ≤ y ≤ 1,
(d) fY (y) =
0, otherwise.

Answer: b
3. Suppose X and Y are two independent random variables with probability density func-
tions as 
 8 , x > 2,
g(x) = x3
0, otherwise.
and (
2y, 0 < y < 1,
h(y) =
0, otherwise.
Calculate the value of E[XY ]. [3 Marks]
(a) 2
2
(b)
3
8
(c)
3
(d) Insufficient information
Answer : c
4. Let X ∼ Uniform[0, 5] and g(x) = (x − 2)2 . Define a new random variable Y = g(X).
(i) Find the CDF of Y . [3 Marks]
√
2 y
(a) FY (y) = , 0≤y≤9
√5
y
(b) FY (y) = , 0≤y≤9
3 √
2 y

 , 0≤y≤4
 5

(c) FY (y) =
√
2 + y , 4 < y ≤ 9



 √5
3 y

 , 0≤y≤4
 10

(d) FY (y) =
√
2 y − 1, 4 < y ≤ 9



5
2
Answer: (c)
(ii) Find P (1 ≤ Y ≤ 6.25). Enter the answer correct to one decimal place. [2 Marks]
Answer: 0.5

5. Let X and Y be two continuous random variables with joint PDF


(
x + cy 2 , if 0 ≤ x ≤ 1 and 0 ≤ y ≤ 1,
fXY (x, y) =
0, otherwise.
Find the value of c. Enter the answer corret to one decimal place. [3 Marks]
Answer : 1.5

6. The joint density of two continuous random variables X and Y is given by

 x + y , 0 < x < 1, 0 < y < 1,


fXY (x, y) = k
0, otherwise.

(i). Find the value of k. [2 Marks]


Answer : 1
 
1 1
(ii). What is the value of P X < , Y < ? [3 Marks]
2 2
1
(a)
16
1
(b)
8
1
(c)
2
1
(d)
4
Answer : b

7. The joint density of two continuous random variables X and Y is given as


(
e−(x+y) , 0 ≤ x < ∞, 0 ≤ y < ∞,
fXY (x, y) =
0, otherwise.

(i) Are X and Y independent? [2 Marks]


(a) Yes
(b) No
Answer : (a)

3
(ii) Find the value of P (X < Y ). Enter the answer correct to one decimal place. [3
Marks]
Answer : 0.5

8. Let (X, Y ) ∼ Uniform(D), where D := [1, 2] × [1, 3]. [1 Mark]

(i) Find the joint density function fXY (x, y).


(
2, 1 < x < 2, 1 < y < 3,
(a) fXY (x, y) =
0, otherwise.

1, 1 < x < 2, 1 < y < 3,
(b) fXY (x, y) = 2
0, otherwise.
(
6, 1 < x < 2, 1 < y < 3,
(c) fXY (x, y) =
0, otherwise.

1, 1 < x < 2, 1 < y < 3,
(d) fXY (x, y) = 6
0, otherwise.
Answer: b
(ii) Find P (|X − Y | < 1). Enter the answer correct to two decimal places. [4 Marks]
Answer: 0.75

9. The joint probability density function of two continuous random variables X and Y is
given as,
(
8xy, 0 ≤ y ≤ x ≤ 1,
f (x, y) =
0, otherwise

(i). Find the marginal density of X. [3 Marks]


(
4x, 0 ≤ x ≤ 1,
(a) fX (x) =
0, otherwise.
(
4x, y ≤ x ≤ 1,
(b) fX (x) =
0, otherwise.
(
4x3 , 0 ≤ x ≤ 1,
(c) fX (x) =
0, otherwise.
(
4x3 , y ≤ x ≤ 1,
(d) fX (x) =
0, otherwise.
Answer: c

4
(ii). What the value of E[X]? Enter the answer correct to one decimal place. [2 Marks]
Answer : 0.8

10. Let (X, Y ) ∼ Uniform(D), where D := {(x, y) : x + y < 3, x > 0, y > 0}. What is the
marginal density function of fX (x)? [3 Marks]

 2 (3 − x) , 0 < x < 3,
(a) fX (x) = 9
0, otherwise.

 9 (3 − x) , 0 < x < 3,
(b) fX (x) = 2
0, otherwise.
(
9 (3 − x) , 0 < x < 3,
(c) fX (x) =
0, otherwise.
(
2 (3 − x) , 0 < x < 3,
(d) fX (x) =
0, otherwise.

Answer : (a)

11. Let a random variable X represent the temperature change and let Y represent the
pressure change during a chemical process. The joint density for X and Y is given by
(
cxy, 0 < x < 2, 0 < y < 2,
fXY (x, y) =
0, otherwise.

(i) Find the value of c. Enter the answer correct to two decimal places.
Answer: 0.25 [2 Marks]
(ii) What is the probability that the pressure change during the chemical process is
more than 0.5, given that the temperature change is equal to 0.5? Enter the answer
correct to two decimal places. [3 Marks]
Answer:0.94, range: 0.92 to 0.96

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