SECTION-III

THEORETICAL DISTRIBUTIONS AND STATISTICAL INFERENCE

THEORETICAL DISTRIBUTIONS

I. Choose the correct answer:

1. The range of a binomial distribution is-
a) b) c) d)
2. The variance of a Bernoulli distribution is-
a) np b) p c) pq d) npq
3. In a Bernoulli distribution, if p=0.2, the standard deviation is-
a) 0.4 b) 0.2 c) 0.16 d) 0.04
4. In a Binomial distribution, if n=6 and p=1/3, the variance is
a) 0.5 b) 1.33 c) 1.8 d) 2.33
5. Parameters of Hyper-Geometric distribution are-
a) n b) n and a c) n and b d) n,a and b
6. The relationship between mean and variance of a Poisson distribution is-
a) mean=variance b) mean>variance c) mean<variance d) None of these
7. In a Bernoulli distribution, mean is always ___________variance.
a) equal b) less than c) greater than d) not equal to
8. Following is the probability distribution of a binomial variate. Find the value of mode.

X 0 1 2 3
f 0.15 0.1 0.6 0.3

a) 2 b) 0 c) 1 d) 3
9. The relationship between variance and standard deviation of a standard normal
distribution is-
a) Variance=SD b) Variance > SD c) Variance < SD d) Variance SD
10. The range of Poisson distribution is
a) b)
c) d)
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11. In a Hyper-Geometric distribution mean is-

a) ) b) c) d)

12. In a normal distribution, if SD is 30, the quartile deviation is-

a) 10 b) 20 c) 30 d) 40
13. If ‘Z’ is a standard normal variate, the value of P(Z<0) is-
a) 0.05 b) 0.25 c) 0.5 d) 1
14. The area under the normal curve is-
a) 1 b) -1 c) 0.5 d) -0.5
15. In a binomial distribution, p<1/2 or q>1/2 then the distribution is,
a) Symmetric b) positively skewed c) negatively skewed d) none of these
16. In a binomial distribution, if np is an integer then mean and mode are
a) unequal b) mean is greater than mode
c) mean is less than mode d) equal
17. When is an integer then two modes of a poisson distribution are
a) b) c) d)
18. Poisson distribution is
a) Leptokurtic b) Mesokurtic c) Platykurtic d) None
19. Poisson distribution tends to normal distribution when
a) b) c) d) None
20. For a normal distribution mean deviation is-

a) b) c) d)None

21. For a normal distribution is

a) Leptokurtic b) Mesokurtic c) Platykurtic d) None
22. For a - distribution, for
a) b) c) d) None
23. - distribution is
a) Leptokurtic b) Mesokurtic c) Platykurtic d) None
24. For a t-distribution-

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c) d)
25. The variance of a - distribution with 12 degrees of freedom is 24. Then its mean is
a) 72 b) 2 c) 0.5 d) 12
26. In a - test for goodness of fit, there are 6 observations in which one parameter is
estimated, then the degrees of freedom of test statistic is,
a) 3 b) 4 c) 5 d) 6

II. Fill in the blanks:

27. The mean of a Binomial distribution is _______
28. In_________________distribution, mean and variance are equal.
29. The area under the normal curve is______
30. In ____________ distribution, mean=median=mode.
31. In ________________________distribution, variance and standard deviations are equal.
32. The mean of chi-square distribution is ____
33. The variance of a chi-square distribution is______
34. For a chi-square distribution with 10 df, the mode is_________
35. If parameter of a t-distribution is 6, the variance is________
36. In _______________________, mean=median=mode=0.

STATISTICAL INFERENCE

I. Choose the correct answer:

37. The set of all the admissible values of the parameter is-
a) Statistic b) Parameter space c) Sample space d) Sample
38. The set of all samples of same size that can be drawn from a population is-
a)Sample space b) Parameter c) Statistic d) None
39 A statistical constant of the population is called-
a) a parameter b) a statistic c) standard error d) None of these
40. A function of the sample values is called
a) a parameter b) a statistic c) standard error d) None of these
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41. Standard error is used to-
a) decide the efficiency and consistency of the statistics as an estimator
b) obtain the confidence intervals of an estimate
c) standardize the distribution of test statistic in testing of hypothesis
d) All the above
42. Standard error of difference of means is-

a) b) √ c) √ d) None

43. The likely value of the unknown parameter is

a) estimate b) estimator c) estimation d) Point estimation
44. If a single value is proposed as an estimate of the unknown parameter, then it is called
a) estmate b) interval estimation c) point estimation d) estimate
45. An interval (T1, T2) which is proposed to contain an unknown parameter is-
a) confidence interval b) confidence limits
c) confidence coefficient d) none of these
46. The boundary values of confidence interval are
a) Confidence coefficient b) Confidence interval
c) Confidence limits d) none of these
47. The probability that a confidence interval contains the unknown parameter is-
a) confidence limits b) confidence coefficient
c) confidence interval d) none of these
48. The probability that a confidence interval contains the unknown parameter is denoted
by
a) b) c) d)
49. Which of following statements are correct:
(i) (ii)
(iii) (iv)
a) (i) and (iv) b) (i) and (iii) c) (ii) and (iv) d) (ii) and (iii)
50. The probability of rejecting H0, when it is actually not true is called-
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a) Size of a test b) Power of a test c) Type-I error d) Type-II error
51. There are four statements:
(i) Size of the test = P(Type-I error) (ii) Size of test = 1-P(Type-I error)
(iii) Power of a test = P(Type-II error) (iv) Power of a test = 1-P(Type-II error)
a) (i) and (iii) b) (ii) and (iii) c) (i) and (iv) d) (ii) and (iv)
52. The values of statistic which lead to the rejection of H0 is called-
a) Null distribution b) Test statistic c) Acceptance region d) Critical region
53. If the rejection region is located on the right side of the curve, then the test is
a) Upper tailed test b) Two tailed test c) Lower tailed test d) None of these
54. The distribution of the test statistic under the null hypothesis is called-
a) Null distribution b) Critical region c) Acceptance region d) Test statistic
55. A statistic based on whose distribution the testing of hypothesis is conducted is called-
a) Acceptance region b) Critical region c) Null distribution d) Test statistic
56. The degrees of freedom while testing of independence of attributes in a
contingency table is-
a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 4
57. A lot contains 2% defective items. 40 items chosen from it. Another lot contains 1%
defective items. 60 items chosen from it. Then is
a) 0.0256 b) 0.256 c) 2.56 d) 0.00256
58. Which of the following is the application of the chi-square test?
a) Test for population mean b) Paired t-test
c) Test for proportion d) Test for independence of attributes
59. The record of the blood pressure before and after dhyana is associated with
a) Test for mean b) Test for variance
c) Paired t-test d) Test for goodness of fit
60. The degrees of freedom for test for goodness of fit is-
a) n-1 b) n-c c) n-c+1 d) n-2
II. Fill in the blanks:
61. A statistical constant of the population is called a _____________

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62. A function of the sample values is called a _______________
63. The set of all the admissible values of the parameters is called ______________
64. The standard deviation of the sampling distribution of a statistic is called its ____________
65. Method of obtaining the most likely value of the population parameter is
called________________
66. Any statistic which is used to estimate an unknown parameter is called_______________
67. If a single value is proposed as an estimate of the unknown parameter, it is
_________________
68. If an interval is proposed as an estimate of the unknown parameter, it is
___________________
69. The boundary values of confidence interval are __________________
70. The best estimator of the population mean is ________
71. The error that occurs by rejecting the null hypothesis when it is actually true is called
__________________
72. The error that occurs by accepting the null hypothesis when it is actually not true is called
___________________
73. The probability of rejecting the null hypothesis, when it is true is called________________
74. The probability of rejecting the null hypothesis, when it is not true is called_____________
75. ___________________ is the set of those values of test statistic, which leads to the
rejection of the null hypothesis.
76. _____________________ is the set of those values of test statistic, which leads to
acceptance of the null hypothesis.
77. The statistical distribution of the test statistic under the null hypothesis is
called__________________
78. A statistic based on whose distribution the testing of hypothesis is conducted is
called________________
79. Chi-square test for goodness of fit is always _____________ tailed test.
80. In Chi-square test for goodness of fit, if any Ei is ______________ , it should be pooled
with the adjacent frequency.

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