Dr B R AMBEDKAR NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

Department of Mathematics
Probability and Statistics (MACI-204)
Assignment - 6

1. Describe the probability model from which the binomial distribution can be generated. Hence find the
mean and variance of this distribution.

2. Obtain the recurrence relation for central moments of binomial distribution and hence obtain mean,
variance, skewness and kurtosis of the distribution.

3. Discuss the different situation of mode of binomial distribution. Show that if be a whole number,
the mean of the binomial distribution coincides with the greatest term.

4. Obtain the . . . of the binomial distribution. Hence or otherwise obtain the mean, variance and
skewness of distribution.

5. A set of 5 coins was thrown 3,125 times and the number of heads appearing in each throw was recorded as
No. of heads 0 1 2 3 4 5
Freq. 32 225 710 1,120 820 218
Estimate the binomial frequencies assuming ( ) The coin is unbiased ( ) The nature of coin is not known.

6. Derive Poisson distribution as a limiting form of a binomial distribution. Hence find and of the
distribution.

7. Give some examples of the occurrence of Poisson distribution in different fields. Prove the recurrence
relation between the moments of Poisson distribution:
= + , where is the th moment about the mean . Hence obtain the skewness
and kurtosis of Poisson distribution.

8. State and prove the reproductive property of the Poisson distribution. Show that the mean and
variance of the Poisson distribution are equal. Find the mode of the Poisson distribution with mean
value 5.

9. Show that for a Poisson distribution, the coefficient of variation is the reciprocal of the standard
deviation.

10. If , ,…, are independent random variables following the Poisson law with parameter
, ,…, respectively, show that ∑ follows the Poisson law with parameter∑ .