APRIL/MAY 2021

BAMA13B — MATHEMATICAL
STATISTICS – I

Time : Three hours Maximum : 75 marks

SECTION A — (10 × 2 = 20 marks)

Answer ALL questions.

1. Prove : P    0 .

P    0 {ÖÄP.

2. State multiplication law of probability.

{PÌuPÂß ö£¸UPÀ Âvø¯ TÖ.

3. Define the distribution function.

£μÁÀ \õºø£ Áøμ¯Ö.

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4. Is f x   x , 0  x  3 , a p.d.f.?
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f x   x , 0  x  3 Ahºzv \õº£õ?
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5. Define characteristic function.
]Ó¨¤¯À¦ \õºø£ Áøμ¯Ö.

6. Prove : X ct   CX t  .

{ÖÄP : X ct   CX t 

7. If one regression co-efficient bxy  1 then can

byx  1 ?

J¸ ¤ßÚøhÄ öPÊ bxy  1 GÛÀ byx  1 GÚ

C¸US©õ?

8. What is the relation between regression and

correlation co-efficients?
¤ßÚøhÄ ©ØÖ® JmkÓÄ öPÊUPÐUPõÚ öuõhº¦
GßÚ?

9. Write  4 and 3 of poisson distribution.

£õ´\õß £μÁ¼ß 3 ©ØÖ®  4 I GÊx.

10. Write the moment generating function of binomial

distribution.
DÖ¸¨¦ £μÁ¼ß •kUP® E¸ÁõUS® \õºø£ GÊx.

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 SECTION B — (5 × 5 = 25 marks)

Answer ALL questions.

11. (a) State and prove the addition law of

probability.

{PÌuPÂß TkuÀ Âvø¯ TÔ {ÖÄP.

Or

(b) The chances of 2 students solving a problem

are 2/3 and 3/4. Find the probability that the
problem is solved if they try independently.

2 ©õnÁºPÎß Áõ´¨¦PÒ PnUS wºUP 2/3

©ØÖ® 3/4 BS®. •¯Øa] \õμux GÛÀ PnUS
wºUP¨£h {PÌuPÄ PõsP.

12. (a) Prove : E aX  bY   aE X   bE Y  .

{ÖÄP : E aX  bY   aE X   bE Y  .

Or

(b) If f x   Kx 3 , 0  x  2 is a density function

find the value of K .

f x   Kx 3 , 0  x  2 Ahºzv \õº£õP C¸UP

K ©v¨ø£ PõsP.

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13. (a) Prove that  X t  and  X  t  are conjugates.

 X t  ©ØÖ®  X  t  CønPÒ GÚ {ÖÄP.

Or

(b) If X 1 and X 2 are independent variables,

show that  X1  X 2 t    X1 t    X 2 t  .

X 1 ©ØÖ® X2 \õμõu ©õÔPÒ GÛÀ

 X1  X 2 t    X1 t    X 2 t  GÚ {ÖÄP.

14. (a) Find regression line of x on y .

x : 25 28 30 32 35 36 38 39 42 45
y : 20 26 29 30 25 18 26 35 35 46

y –ß «x x –ß ¤ßÚøhÄ ÷Põk PõsP.

x : 25 28 30 32 35 36 38 39 42 45
y : 20 26 29 30 25 18 26 35 35 46

Or
(b) If r is the correlation co-efficient, prove that
1  r  1 .
r Gߣx JmkÓÄ öPÊ GÛÀ  1  r  1 GÚ
{ÖÄP.

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15. (a) Show that  is the mode of Normal
distribution.
C¯À £μÁ¼ß •Pk  GÚ PõmkP.

Or
(b) Find the moment generating function of
negative binomial distribution.
SøÓ DÖ¸¨¦£μÁ¼ß •kUP® E¸ÁõUS®
\õº¦ PõsP.

SECTION C — (3 × 10 = 30 marks)

Answer any THREE questions.

16. Prove :
P A  B C   P  A C   P B C   P  A  B C  .

{ÖÄP :
P A  B C   P  A C   P B C   P  A  B C  .

17. Find a and P X  1.5 from the density function

ax , 0  x 1
a, 1x 2

f x   
 ax  3a, 2x 3
0, elsewhere

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 a ©ØÖ® P X  1.5 I Ahºzv \õº¤¼¸¢x PõsP.

ax , 0  x 1
a, 1x 2

f x   
 ax  3a, 2x 3
0, elsewhere
÷ÁÖ Ch[PÎÀ

18. State and prove Chebyshev’s inequality.

ö\¤öåÂß \©Ûßø©ø¯ TÔ {ÖÄP.

19. Find the regression lines, x where y  25 and

y when x  30 .
x : 25 28 30 32 35 36 38 39 42 45
y : 20 26 29 30 25 18 26 35 35 46

¤ßÚøhÄ ÷PõkPÒ, y  25 GÛÀ x –ß ©v¨¦

©ØÖ® x  30 GÛÀ y –ß ©v¨¦ PõsP.

x : 25 28 30 32 35 36 38 39 42 45
y : 20 26 29 30 25 18 26 35 35 46

20. Prove that recurrence formula for moments of

Binomial distribution.
DÖ¸¨¦ £μÁ¼ß •kUP[PÐUPõÚ «ÒÁ¸
`zvμzøu {ÖÄP.
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