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STA301 Statistics and Probability – I

Mid Term Examination – Spring 2005
Time Allowed: 90 Minutes

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Please read the following instructions carefully before attempting any of the
questions:
1. Attempt all questions. Marks are written adjacent to each question.
2. Do not ask any question about the contents of this examination from anyone.
a. If you think that there is something wrong with any of the questions, attempt

b. If you believe that some essential piece of information is missing, make an

appropriate assumption and use it to solve the problem.
c. Write all steps, missing steps may lead to deduction of marks.
3. You are allowed to use the calculator & Statistical tables in order to solve the questions.
4. For your convenience we are providing you the following symbols,
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,?, X or write Mean, s, or sd for standard deviation, s2 2 or sd2 or variance for
log x
variance,   for square root or whole square root.

**WARNING: Please note that Virtual University takes serious note of unfair means.
Anyone found involved in cheating will get an `F` grade in this course.
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Solution No. 1 Marks: 3

Why is the dispersion of the distribution such as an important characteristic to understand and measure?
 Solution No. 2 Marks: 1

The marks obtained by 9 students are given below:

45, 32, 37, 46, 39, 36, 41, 48, 36
The arithmetic mean of the values is:

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o 39
o 45
o 40
o None of the above

Solution No. 3 Marks:07

Deviations from X= 25.5 of 15 different values are given below:

-15.4, -1.9, 6.2, 13.7, 24.6, 25.5, 3.8, -7.9, -13.6, 21.1, 16.4, 18.7, -14.3, -9.8 and 4.9

Calculate the Geometric Mean.

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o Fixed
o Random
o Both of above
o None of above
Solution No. 4

In regression problem, the independent variable is: .c Marks: 1

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Solution No. 5 Marks: 1

Which of the following is the example of relative measure of dispersion?

o Standard deviation
o Variance
o Coefficient of variation
o All of these
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Solution No. 6 Marks: 03

What are the two approaches to define probability? Define briefly.

Solution No. 7 Marks: 1

If y=x+4 and variance of x is 9 then variance of y is :

o 13
o 9
o 5
o 25

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Solution No. 8 Marks: 1

Which of the following statements is not correct?

o Some data sets do not have means

o Calculation of a mean is affected by extreme data values
o A weighted mean should be used when it is necessary to take the importance of each value into
account
o All of these statements are correct

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Differentiate between Skewness and kurtosis.

Solution No. 10
.c Marks: 03

Marks: 01

For discrete probability distribution, the sum of the probabilities associated with all the possible outcomes
must be:
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o Zero
o between 0 and 1
o unity
o between -1 and 1

Solution No. 11 Marks: 01

As the numbers of observations and classes increase, the shape of a frequency polygon
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o Tends to become increasingly smooth

o Tends to become jagged
o Stays the same
o Varies only if data become more reliable
 Solution No. 12 Marks: 07

A class contains 20 men and 40 women of which half the men and half the women have brown eyes .Find the
Probability that a person chosen at random is a man or someone who have brown eyes.

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