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BCA DEGREE (CBCS )REGULAR / REAPPEARANCE EXAMINATIONS, APRIL 2022

Third Semester
Bachelor of Computer Applications

COMPLEMENTARY COURSE - ST3CMT32 - ADVANCED STATISTICAL METHODS

2017 Admission Onwards
D2684240
Time: 3 Hours Max. Marks : 80

Part A
Answer any ten questions.
Each question carries 2 marks.

1. Obtain the expression for mean of a Poisson distribution.

2. Obtain the mean of uniform distribution in continuous setup.

3. What are the conditions under which Binomial distribution tends to Normal distribution?

4. What are the commonly used sampling distributions?

5. Point out some uses of F distribution.

6. What is the relation between Normal and a t variable?

7. Define point estimation.

8. Define efficiency.

9. What is the confidence interval for population variance in sampling from normal
population?

10. Define composite hypothesis.

11. What are the uses of chi-square test?

12. Write down the test statistic used when goodness of fit is applied.
(10×2=20)
Part B
Answer any six questions.
Each question carries 5 marks.

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13. If X is a Bernoulli variate taking values 1 or 0 with probabilities 0.6 and 0.4 respectively.
Find the mean and variance.

14. The weekly wages of 1000 work men are normally distributed with a mean of 70 and SD
of 5. Estimate the number of workers whose wages will be between 69 and 72.

15. In a Normal distribution 17% of the items are below 30 and 17% of the items are above
60. Find the mean & Standard deviation.

16. What are the properties of chi-square distribution?

17. Write down the pdf of t distribution.

18. Find the m.l estimate of a and b in U(a,b)

19. Derive the confidence interval for proportion of a Binomial population.

20. Explain the procedure for testing independence of attributes.

21. In two colleges affiliated to a university 46 out of 200 and 48 out of 250 candidates failed
in an examination.If the percentage of failure in the university is 18 % ,examine whether
the colleges differ significantly.
(6×5=30)
Part C
Answer any two questions.
Each question carries 15 marks.

22. Writes notes on Binomial distribution. What are its properties? What is its importance?

23. Explain sampling distribution with example.

24. Obtain confidence interval for mean of a normal population when population SD is
unknown.

25. A sample of 400 men from South India has a mean height of 65.85 inches and a SD of
2.50 inches while a sample of 100 men from North India has a mean height of 66.20
inches with a SD of 2.52 inches.Do the data indicate that North Indian's are on the
average taller than South Indian's.
(2×15=30)

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BCA DEGREE (CBCS) EXAMINATION, OCTOBER 2019

Third Semester
Bachelor of Computer Applications
COMPLEMENTARY COURSE - ST3CMT32 - ADVANCED STATISTICAL METHODS
2017 Admission Onwards
CE440935
Maximum Marks: 80 Time: 3 Hours
Part A
Answer any ten questions.
Each question carries 2 marks.

1. Write down the probability function of Bernoulli distribution for p=0.6.

2. Define continuous uniform distribution.

3. What are the conditions under which Binomial distribution tends to Poisson distribution?

4. What are large and small samples?

5. Wha is the variance of t distribution?

6. Define F distribution?

7. What is an estimate?

8. What are the branches of statistical inference?

9. Obtain 95% confidence interval for population proportion in sampling from binomial population.

10. Define simple hypothesis.

11. Write notes on small sample test.

12. Write down the test statistic for testing equality of mean when population SD's are known.
(10×2=20)
Part B
Answer any six questions.
Each question carries 5 marks.

13. 3% of defective bulbs manufactured by a company are defective, find the probability that in a
sample of 100 bulbs exactly five bulbs are defective .

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14. The height of the school children is normally distributed with mean of 54 inches and SD of 12
inches. What proportion of students have height between 46 and 56 inches?

15. In a Normal distribution 17% of the items are below 30 and 17% of the items are above 60. Find
the mean & Standard deviation.

16. Derive the sampling distribution of means of samples chosen from a normal population.

17. Write down the pdf of chi-square distribution.

18. Derive a 95 % Confidence interval for the mean of a normal population.

19. Obtain the mle of population mean in Poisson population.

20. What are the uses of chi-square test?

21. What are the conditions for applying chi-square test?

(6×5=30)
Part C
Answer any two questions.
Each question carries 15 marks.

22. The incidence of occupational disease in an industry is such that the workers have 20% chance of
suffering from it. Five workers are chosen at random. Find the probability that (i) None (ii) Exactly
2 (iii)At least 3 of them would be suffering from the disease.

23. Write down the inter relation ships between various sampling distributions.

24. How will you calculate confidence interval for mean of a normal population ..Explain.

25. Apply suitable test to examine whether the following figures provide evidence of the effectiveness
of innoculation.
Attacked Not attacked
Innoculated 20 300
Not innoculated 80 360
(2×15=30)

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BCA DEGREE (CBCS)EXAMINATION, MARCH 2021

Third Semester
Bachelor of Computer Application
Complementary Course - ST3CMT32 - ADVANCED STATISTICAL METHODS
2017 Admission Onwards
A659C9A8
Time: 3 Hours Max. Marks : 80
Part A
Answer any ten questions.
Each question carries 2 marks.

1. Write down the pdf of uniform distribution in (2,8)

2. What is the total area under a standard normal curve?

3. What are the conditions under which Binomial distribution tends to Normal distribution?

4. Define standard error.

5. How t tables are prepared?

6. What is the relation between Normal and a t variable?

7. Point out the estimate of population mean & variance when sampling from Normal population.

8. What is the moment estimator of population mean when sampling from Normal population?

9. What is the 90% C .I. for population mean in sampling from normal population.

10. Define large sample test.

11. Give an example of a non parametric test.

12. Write down the chi-square statistic for a 2x2 contingency table.
(10×2=20)
Part B
Answer any six questions.
Each question carries 5 marks.

13. Obtain the mean and variance of Bernoulli distribution.

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14. In a Binomial distribution consisting of 5 independent trials, first and second terms are 0.4096 and
0.2048 respectively. Find the parameter p.

15. A telephone exchange receives on an average 4 calls per minute. Find the probability that there will
be 2 or less calls per minute.

16. Explain sampling distributions.

17. What are the properties of chi-square distribution?

18. Suggest any three unbiased estimator for population mean in Poisson population.

19. In a sample of 20 persons from a town 4 are suffering from TB.Find a 95 % confidence interval for
the proportion of TB patients in the town.

20. How will you go on for a hypothesia testing?

21. A stenographer claims that she can take dictation at the rate of more than 120 words per minute. Of
the 12 tests given to her she could perform an average of 135 words with a SD of 40. Is her claim
valid at 5% level.
(6×5=30)
Part C
Answer any two questions.
Each question carries 15 marks.

22. Define Normal distribution.The distribution of marks obtained by a group of students is normal
with mean of 50 and SD 15. Estimate the proportion of students with marks (i) below 35(ii)
between 45 and 55.

23. Define F statistic.What is its pdf.Explain two important uses of it in statistical analysis.

24. Obtain confidence interval for mean of a normal population when population SD is known.

25. A sample analysis of an examination result of 200 students were made .It was found that 46
students had failed ,68 secured III class,62 second class and the rest were placed in the first division
.Are these figure commensurate with the general examination results which is in the ratio 2:3:3:2
for various categories respectively.
(2×15=30)

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BCA DEGREE (CBCS) REGULAR / IMPROVEMENT / REAPPEARANCE

EXAMINATIONS, JANUARY 2023
Third Semester
Bachelor of Computer Applications
COMPLEMENTARY COURSE - ST3CMT32 - ADVANCED STATISTICAL METHODS
2017 Admission Onwards
5BE896F3
Time: 3 Hours Max. Marks : 80

Part A
Answer any ten questions.
Each question carries 2 marks.

1. Define Bernoulli distribution.

2. Write down the mgf of Poisson distribution.

3. What is the value of Z when the area under the normal curve is 0.5?

4. Define sampling distribution.

5. What is the relation between Normal and a t variable?

6. What is the mean of sampling distribution of mean when samples are taken from Normal
population?

7. What is an estimator?

8. Define confidence coefficient.

9. What is the confidence interval for population proportion in sampling from binomial
population?

10. What is the relation between significance level and Type 1 error?

11. Write down the chi-square statistic for a 2x2 contingency table.

12. Write down the test statistic for testing equality of mean when population SD"s are known.
(10×2=20)
Part B

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 Answer any six questions.
Each question carries 5 marks.

13. A coin is tossed six times. What is the probability of obtaining five or more heads.

14. Obtain the mean, varianceand mgf of continuous uniform distribution.

15. The height of the school children is normally distributed with mean of 54 inches and SD of
12 inches. What proportion of students have height between 46 and 56 inches?

16. A population is known to follow the normal distribution with mean 2 and SD 3.Find the
probability that the mean of a sample of size 16 taken from this population will be greater
than 2.5.

17. What are the properties of t distribution?

18. Show that sample variance is a consistent estimator for the population variance when
samples are taken from normal population.

19. A random sample of 25 people from a population showed incomes with mean 4800 and
SD=500.Estimate the population mean with 95% confidence interval.

20. Explain chi-square test as a non parametric test.

21. The following are the number of accidents taking place in a road from Sunday to
Saturday.11,13,14,13,15,14,18.Using this information test whether accidents occur
uniformly over week days.
(6×5=30)
Part C
Answer any two questions.
Each question carries 15 marks.

22. Explain area property of Normal distribution. What is standard Normal Distribution? What
is standard Normal table?

23. Define F statistic.What is its pdf.Explain two important uses of it in statistical analysis.

24. Differentiate between method of moments and method of maximum likelihood.

25. A sample of 200 boys who passed SSLC examination are found to have mean marks 50
with SD 5 for English.The mean marks of 100 girls was found to be 48 with SD.4. Does
this indicate any significant difference between the abilities of Boys and girls assuming the
SD"s the same at 5% significance level.
(2×15=30)

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