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S1. No. 1836 GC 3 Your roll No...


Unique Paper Code 42371104
Name of the Paper Descriptive Statistics and Probability Theory.
Name of the Course B.Sc. (Prog.)Mathematical Sc. (CBCS).
Semester I
RAJA,
Duration ACA
SLIBRARYRASEN
3Hours
Maximnum Marks 75 Marks

Instructions for Candidate:


iversityof Delhi
i) Attempt six questions in all.
ii) Question No. 1is compulsory.
iii) Attempt any five from the remaining questions.
2

I. (u) ill in the blaiks.


The puD of absolute deviations is minimm fom
(01) Coetlicietof variation of o distthutionis 9 %md its standard devistun
() IA, B and Cane my three events then PAUIl/C)
(iv) For a noderately amynnetrical distribution empirical relatinship hetwoen
mcan, mcdian and modeis
(v) The line ofregrensson of Y onXpasses througlh the point
(15 5)
(b) If P(AUB) = PANB) = PÄ) =; find P(A) and P(B). Hence thorw tht A
and B are independent.

(c) Explain Yule'snotation for partialregression cocfficient.


(d) The mcan of marks in statistics of 100 students in a class was 12. The mcan of rnarks
of boys was 75, while their number was 70. Find out the mean marks of girls ín the
class.
(e) For two observations a and b, show that standard deviation is half the distance
between them.

() Prove that if one of the regression coefficients is greater than unity, the other must be
less than unity. (2%5 = 10)
2. (a) Describe how you can represent a frequency distribution diagrammatically using
cumulative frequencies. Explain graphically how the ogive can be used to find the
median and first quartile.
(b) Define the terms
i) Standard deviation.
ii) Root mean square deviation and establish the relationship between the two.
(6, 6)
(a) State and prove addition theorem of probability for two events A and B. Also, for any
three events A, B and Cdefined on a sample space S such that BcC and P(A)>0,
show that P(B|A)< P(C|A).
3
b) Let Aand Bbe two events such that P(A) =and P(B) =, show that
3
i) P(AUB) >and

);sP(An B) s
3

(c) A five figure number is


probability that the numberformed by the digits
formed is divisible by0,1,2,3,4(without
4. repetition). Find the
(6,3,3)
4. (a) Using the
Principle of Least Squares fit the curve of the form y =
(b) The variables X and Y are ax' + bx + c.
correlation between them ifconnected by the equationaX + bY + C =0. What is the
) if the signs of a and b are
(ii) if the signs ofa and b are
alike
(c) Show that two
uncorrelated variables may not be independent.different. (6,3, 3)
5. (a) Out of the two lines of
regression given by: 4X - 5Y +30 = 0and
20X - 9Y- 107 = 0, which one is the
the regression coefficient.
regression line of Xon Y? Also compute
(b) Define kurtosis. Explain it with the help of figure. For a
first moment about 7 is 23 and the second moment aboutmesokurtic distribution the
origin is 1000. Find the
coefficient of variation and the fourth moment about mean. (6,6)
6. (a) A committee of 4 people is to be appointed from 3 officers of the production
department, 4officers from the purchase department, 2 officers of the sales
department and one chartered accountant. Find the probability of forming the
committee in the following manner:
i) There must be one from each category.
i1) It should have at least one from the purchase department.
ii) The chartered accountant must be in the committee.
(b) Prove that Speaman's rank correlation coefficient (p) is given by:

p=1 6 d where d; denotes the difference between the rankS of ith


n(n2-1)
individual. (6,6)

(a) Define skewness. Give various measures of skewness and find the limits for
Bowley's
coefficient of skewness.
chances
(b)The chances that doctor A will diagnose a disease X correctly is 70%. The
the chances
that a patient will dieby his treatment after correct diagnosis is 30% and
had diseases X, died.
of death by wrong diagnosis is 80%. A patient of doctor A, who
What is the chance that his disease was diagnosed correctly? (6,6)
always
(a) Prove that two mutually disjoint events with positive probabilities are
dependent. Is the converse true? Justify your answer.

P.T.O.
(b) Explain the concepts of multipleand partial correlation coefficients. Explain the
following notations:
i) R1.23
ii) 12.3
ii) T12 (6,6)

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