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Mid-term Examinations – November 2020

Programme : MCA Semester : Fall 2020-2021
Course : Applied Mathematics and Statistical Methods Code : MCA1001
Faculty : Dr. Sayed Mohammed Zeeshan Slot/Class No. : B11+B12+B13/1279
Time : 1½ hours Max. Marks : 50

Answer all the Questions

Q. No. Question Description Marks

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1 The probability that the executive is promoted to a higher position is 8. In case he is promoted,
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he will go on vacation with a probability of ; however, if he is not promoted, there is a
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probability of 3 that he will take a vacation. 5
(i) Find the probability that the executive will go on a vacation.
(ii) Given that he does go on a vacation, find the probability that it was due to his having
been promoted.
2 Define
(i) Type I error and type II error with the help of table 5
(ii) Level of significance, critical region and critical value with the help of a figure.
3 The income distribution of the population of a certain village has a mean of Rs. 6,000 and a
variance of 32,400. Could a sample of 64 persons with a mean income of Rs. 5,950 belong to 10
this population? Test at 1% level of significance.
4 The following data about the life of two brands of bulbs is as follows:
Mean Life Standard Deviation Sample Size
Brand A 2000 hours 250 hours 12 10
Brand B 2230 hours 300 hours 12
Is there a significant difference in the two bulbs? Test at 5% level of significance.
5 A sample of 320 units of a manufactured product classified according to the quality of the
product and the production shift is as follows:
Quality
Good Bad 10
Day Shift 150 20
Night Shift 105 45
Find whether quality depends on shift. Test at 5% level of significance.
6 The following data relates to the production of three varieties of wheat in kilograms shown in 12
plots:
Variety A 14 16 18
Variety B 14 13 15 22
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Variety C 18 16 19 19 20
Is there any significant difference in the production of three varieties? Test at 5% level of
significance.

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