February 2011

Master of Computer Application (MCA) Semester 3

MC0074 Statistical and Numerical methods using C++ 4 Credits
(Book ID: B0812)
Assignment Set 1 (60 Marks)

Answer the following : 610 = 6
1. A box contains 74 brass washers, 86 steel washers and 40 aluminum washers, Three
washers are drawn at random from the box without replacement. Determine the probability
that all three are steel washers. 10 marks
2. Discuss and define the Correlation coefficient with the suitable example.
10 marks

3. If x is normally distributed with zero mean and unit variance, find the expectation and
variance of
2
o . 10 marks

4. The sales in a particular department store for the last five years is given in the following
table
Years 1974 1976 1978 1980 1982
Sales (in lakhs) 40 43 48 52 57

Estimate the sales for the year 1979.
10 marks

5. Find out the geometric mean of the following series
Class 0-10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50
Frequency 17 10 11 15 8
10 marks



6. Find the equation of regression line of x on y from the following data
x 0 1 2 3 4
y 10 12 27 10 30
10 marks
























February 2011
Master of Computer Application (MCA) Semester 3
MC0074 Statistical and Numerical methods using C++ 4 Credits
(Book ID: B0812)
Assignment Set 2 (60 Marks)

Answer the following : 610 = 6
1. Briefly explain the concept of Bernoullis process 10 marks

2. If
3
2
is approximated by 0.667, find the absolute and relative errors? 10 marks

3. If A, V, denote forward, backward and central difference operator, E and are
respectively the shift and average operators, in the analysis of data with equal spacing h, show
that
(1) 1 +
2

2
=
2
2
2
1
|
|
.
|

\
|
o
+
(2) E
1/2
= |
.
|

\
| o
+ u
2

(3)
|
|
.
|

\
|
o
+ o +
o
= A
4
1
2
2 2

10 marks

4. Find a real root of the equation x
3
4x 9 = 0 using the bisection method
10 marks



5. Find Newtons difference interpolation polynomial for the following data:
x 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5
f(x) 1.40 1.56 1.76 2.00 2.28
10 marks

6. Evaluate

+
1
0
2
1 x
dx
using Trapezoidal rule with h = 0.2. Hence determine the value of .
10 marks