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B.Sc. DEGREE EXAMINATION, 2012
( MATHEMATICS )

( THIRD YEAR )

( PART - III )

( PAPER - XI )

760. MATHEMATICAL STATISTICS

December ] [ Time : 3 Hours

Maximum : 100 Marks

Answer any FIVE questions.

ALL questions carry EQUAL marks.

(5 × 20 = 100)

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1. (a) If X is an random variable with distribution (b) Prove that the square of t variate with n
function which is given by degrees of freedom is distributed as F with
1 and n degrees of freedom.
0 , x ≤ 0

x , 0 < x ≤1 8. (a) Explain interval estimation with an example.
F(x) = 

1 , 1 < x
(b) Show that for the normal population with
Find : mean µ and variance σ2, the sample mean
(i) Probability density function. x is sufficient for estimating µ when σ is
known. Find the variance of this estimator.
(ii) P (0·4 ≤ x < 0·6)
9. Let x , x , .... x represent a random sample
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(b) X is a discrete random variable having from the distribution having the following
probability mass function. probability density function
θ
X 0 1 2 3 f(x) = θ x –1, 0 < x < 1, 0 < θ < α
P(X = x) 0 k 2k 2k = 0 , elsewhere
Determine MLE of θ.
4 5 6 7 (b) Explain minimum chi-square method of
estimation.
3k k2 2 k2 7k 2 +k
10. State and prove the Neyman-Pearson theorem
(i) Determine the constant k. of testing a simple hypothesis against simple
alternative.
(ii) Find P(x < 6) and P(x ≥ 6)
(iii) Find also, the mean and variance of the
distribution of x.
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5. (a) Let the random variables X and Y have the 2. (a) Find the mean and variance of Poisson
joint probability mass function distribution.

(b) Find the mean and gamma distribution.

f(x, y) = , (x, y) = (0,0), (1,1), (2,0)
3. Calculate the co-efficient of correlation between
= 0, elsewhere. the values of x and y from the following table:

Compute the covariance between X and Y.

x 78 89 97 69 59 79
(b) Show that the random variables x and y
y 125 137 156 112 107 136
with joint probability density function
f(x, y) = 12xy (1 – y),
61 61
0 < x < 1,
1 123 108
0 < y < 1, 3
4. Fit a second degree parabola to the following
0 = elsewhere data taking x as the independent variable.

are is to stochastically independent.

x 6 4 3 1 2 7
6. (a) What is sampling distribution of a statistic?
y 4 1 6 7 5 8
Define standard error. Explain these by
taking a particular statistic. 9 8 10 5
(b) What is simple random sampling? Discuss 10 9 3 2
its relative merits and demerits.
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7. (a) Find the r raw moment about the origin
of F - distribution. Turn Over