Vellore Institute of Technology

Department of Mathematics

Digital Assignment
Probability and Statistics (BMAT202L)
G1+TG1 slot

Dr. Neelabja Chatterjee

March 19, 2024

Instructions:

1. Use A4 size papers to answer the questions and upload the same as a single pdf.

2. You may choose to answer in your own legible hand writing or you may choose to submit
it in a pdf form after compiling using LaTex.

3. Mention your name and registration number at the beginning, without fail.

4. Answers without proper justification will be considered incorrect. To refer a theorem,

please quote the full statement of the theorem.

5. Each of them carries equal weightage of 2 marks.

6. Last Date for Submission in VTOP: 22nd April 2024.

 Problems

1. For a continuous frequency distribution, prove that mode is given by the formula :

(f1 − f0 )
ℓ+
2f1 − f0 − f2
where ℓ is the lower limit, h is the magnitude of the modal class, f1 is the frequency of
the modal class, f0 is the frequency of the class preceding the modal class, and f1 is the
frequency of the class succeeding the modal class.

2. Consider the probability mass function given by

 
x + r − 1 r−1
P (X = x) := p (1 − p)x ; for x = 0, 1, 2, · · · .
r−1
:= 0, otherwise.

(a) Prove that µX < Var(X).

P
(b) If p = P1 and 1 − p = Q , then show that X behaves as a Poisson random variable
as P → 0, r → ∞ such that rP = λ (finite parameter of the corresponding Poisson
distribution).

3. Let X follows Poisson(λ). Then prove the following recurrence relation :

λ
P (X = x + 1) = P (X = x).
x+1

4. Consider the probability density function given by

( −x λ−1
e x
Γ(λ)
, if λ > 0, 0 < x < ∞
fX (x) :=
0, otherwise.

X−E[X]
Prove that Z := √ behaves as a Standard Normal random variable.
Var[X]

X1 +X2 +···+Xn
5. If X
 i follows
 N (µ, σ 2 ) for i = 1, 2, 3, · · · , n; then prove that X := n
follows
2
N µ, σn .