Sampling Distribution 1

UNIVERSITY OF CALICUT
SCHOOL OF DISTANCE EDUCATION

BSc. MATHEMATICS
COMPLEMENTARY COURSE
CUCBCSS
2014 Admission onwards
III Semester
STATISTICAL INFERENCE
Question Bank
1. The number of possible samples of size n out of N population units
with replacement is
a. N2 b. n2 c.  d. N!
2. Simple random sample can be drawn with the help of
a. random number tables b. Chit method
c. roulette wheel d. all the above
3. Which of following statement is true
a. more the SE, better it is
b. less the SE, better it is
c. SE in always zero
d. SE is always unity
4. If the samples values are 1, 3, 5, 6, 9, the SE of the sample mean is

a. SE = 2 b. SE = 1/ 2 c. SE = 2.0 d. SE = 1/2
5. Student’s ‘t’ distribution was discovered by
a. G.W. Snedecor b. R.A. Fisher
c. W.Z. Gosset c. Karl Pearson
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6. If X  N (0, 1) and Y  2 (n), the distribution of the variate b. Student’s t distribution with n1 + n2 df
x/ y / n follows c. Chi square distribution with n1 + n2 df
d. None of the above
a. Cauchy’s distribution
15. Student’s t curve is symmetric about
b. Fisher’s t distribution
a. t = 0 b. t =  c. t = 1 d. t = n
c. Student’s t distribution
16. An estimator is a function of
d. none of the above
a. population observations
7. The degrees of freedom for student’s ‘t’ based on a random sample
of size n is b. sample observations
a. n  1 b. n c. n  2 d. (n  1)/2 c. Mean and variance of population
8. The relation between the mean and variance of 2 with n df is d. None of the above
a. mean = 2 variance b. 2 mean = variance 17. Estimate and estimator are
c. mean = variance d. none of the above a. synonyms b. different
9. Chi square distribution curve is c. related to population d. none of the above
a. negatively skewed b. symmetrical 18. The type of estimates are
c. positively skewed d. None of the above a. point estimate
10. Chi square distribution is used to test b. interval estimate
a. goodness of fit c. estimates of confidence region
b. hypothetical value of population variance d. all the above
c. both (a) and (b) 19. The estimator x of population mean is
d. neither (a) nor (b) a. an unbiased estimator b. a consistant estimator
11. Fisher’s Z is closely related to c. both (a) and (b) d. neither (a) nor (b)
a. Helmert X2 b. Snedecor’s F 20. Factorasation theorem for sufficiency is known as
c. Fisher’s t d. all the above a. Rao - Blackwell theorem
12. F distribution was invented by b. Cramer Rao theorem
a. R.A. Fisher b. G.W. Snedecor c. Chapman Robins theorem
c. W.Z. Gosset d. J. Neymann d. Fisher - Neymman theorem
13. The range of F - variate is 21. If the sample mean x is an estimate of population mean , then x
a.  to +  b. 0 to 1 is
c. 0 to  d.  to 0 a. unbiased and efficient
14. If X  2 (n1), Y  2 (n2) and if X and Y are independent b. unbiased and inefficient
X + Y follows c. biased and efficient
a. Chi square distribution with n df
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d. biased and inefficient a. R.A. Fisher b. J. Neymann
22. Sample standard deviation as an estimate of population standard c. Karl Pearson d. Gauss
deviation is
30. The 100(1   )% confidence interval for  of N (,  ) when
a. unbiased and efficient
 unknown, using a sample of size less than 30 is
b. unbiased and inefficient
s s
c. biased and efficient a. x  t / 2 b. x  t  / 2
d. biased and inefficient n 1 n

23. If t is a consistent estimator for  , then s s

c. x  t d . x  t
n 1 n
a. t is also a consistent estimator for  2
31. A random sample of 16 housewives has an average body
b. t2 is also consistent estimator for  weight of 52kg and a standard deviation of 3.6kg. 99%
c. t2 is also consistent estimator for  2 confidence limits for body weight in general are
d. none of the above a. (54.66, 49.345) b . (52.66, 51.34)
24. Least square theory was propounded by whom and in which year? c. 55.28, 48.72) d . none of the above
a. Gauss in 1809 b. Markov in 1900 32. A confidence interval of confidence coefficient 1   is best
c. Fisher in 1920 d. None of these which has
25. The credit of inventing the method of moments for estimating a. smallest width b . Vastest width
parameters goes to
c. upper and lower limits equidistant from the parameter
a. R.A. Fisher b. J. Neymann
d . one sided confidence interval
c. Laplace d. Karl Pearson
26. The concepts of consistency, efficiency and sufficiency are due to 33. Formula for the confidence interval for the ratio of
a. J. Neymann b. R.A. Fisher variances of the two normal population involves
c. C.R. Rao d. J. Berkson a.  2 distribution b . F distribution
27. For an estimator to be consistent, the unbiasedness of the estimator c. t distribution d . none of the above
is 34. An ‘hypothesis’ means
a. necessary b. sufficient a. assumption b. a testable preposition
c. necessary as well as sufficient c. theory d. supposition
d. neither necessary nor sufficient 35. A wrong decision about H 0 leads to
28. The maximum likelyhood estimates are necessarily a. One kind of error b. Two kinds of error
a. unbiased b. sufficient c. Three kinds of error d. Four kinds of error
c. most efficient d. unique. 36. The idea of testing of hypothesis was first set forth by
29. The notion of confidence interval was introduced and developed by a. R.A. Fisher b. J. Neymann
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c. E.L. Lehman d. A. Wald a. Z <  2.58 b. Z > 2.58
37. Rejecting H0 when H0 is true is
c. Z  1.96 d. Z  2.58
a. Type I error b. Standard error
c. Sampling error d. Type II error 47. To test H0 :   500 against H0 :   500, we use
38. Power of a test is related to a. one sided left tailed test
a. Type I error b. Type II error
b. one sided right tailed test
c. both (a) and (b) d. neither (a) nor (b)
c. two-tailed test d. all the above
39. Level of significance is also called
a. size of the test b. size of the critical region 48. Testing H0 :   200 against H0 :   500 leads to
c. producer’s risk d. all the above a. left tailed test b. right tailed test
40. Area of critical region depends on c. two-tailed test d. none of these
a. size of type I error b. size of type II error
49. To test an hypothesis about proportions of success in a class, the
c. value of the statistic d. sample size n usual test is
41. A test which maximises the power of the test for a fixed  is known
a. t-test b. F-test c. Z-test d. None of these
as
a. optimum test b. randomised test 50. Standard error of the difference of proportions p1  p 2 in two
c. Bayes test d. likelihood ratio test classes under the hypothesis H0 : p1  p 2 with usual notations is
42. Neymann Pearson lemma provides
a. an unbiased test b. a most powerful test  1 1  1 1 
a. p *q*   b. p*  
c. an admissible test d. minimax test  n1 n 2   n1 n 2 
43. Every test statistic is
a. an estimate b. a random variable 1 1 p1q1 p 2 q2
c. p * q *  d. 
c. a fixed value d. None of these n1 n 2 n1 n2
44. Large sample tests are conventionally meant for a sample size
51. It is expected that 50% people of a city are cinema goers. A survy
a. n = 20 b. n < 30 c. n  30 d. n = 100 of 1600 people revealed that 35% people go to cinema. The value of
45. A parametric test is performed as a large sample test using Z statistic is

a. central limit theorem b. Techebysheff inequality a. 12.0 b. 6.0 c. 12.58 d. 12.0

c. Weak law of large numbers d. none of these 52. A normal population has a mean of 0.5 and SD = 6.0. The probability
that the sample mean of 625 items of a sample will be negative is
46. For a two failed test with  = 0.05, the best critical region of a Z
test is a. 0.0188 b. 0.365 c. 0.4812 d. 0.135
53. The claimed average life of electric bulbs is 2000 hours with a SD =
250 hours. To make 95% sure that the bulbs should not fall below
the claimed average life by more than 5%, the sample size should be
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a. 24 b. 16 a. 2.73 b. 0.97
c. 41 d. none of these c. 3.30 d. 0.41
54 Student’s ‘t’ test was invented by 61. Range of t statistic is
a. G.W. Snedcor b. R.A. Fisher a. 1 to +1 b.  to  
c. W.Z. Gosset d. W.G. Cochran c. 0 to  d. 0 to 1
55. Student’s t-etst is applicable only when 62. The hypothesis that popultion variance has a specified value can be
tested by
a. the variate values are independent
b. the variable is distributed normally a. F-test b. Z-test
c. the sample is not large c.  2 -test d. t-test
d. all the above 63. Degrees of freedom for statistic  2 in case of 22 contigency
56. Paired ‘t’ test is applicable when the observations in the two samples table is
are a. 3 b. 4
a. paired b. correlated c. 2 d. 1
c. equal in number d. all the above 64. Statistic  2 to test H 0 :  2   02 based on a sample of size n has
57. Equality of two population variances can be tested by degrees of freedom equal to
a.  2 -test b. t-test a. n1 b. n
c. n+1 d. none of these
c. F-test d. Z-test
58. Range of the variance ratio F is 65. Degrees of freedom for  2 in case of contingency table of order
a. 1 to +1 b.  to   43 are
a. 12 b. 9
c. 0 to  d. 0 to 1
c. 8 d. 6
59. While performing the F-est, observe that in the F ratio whether
66. When d.f. for  2 are 100 or more,  2 is approximated to
a. Numerator is less than the denominator
b. Numerator is greater than the denominator a. t-distribution b. F-distribution
c. Z-distribution d. none of these
c. Numerator is equal to the denominator
d. None of these 67. If all frequencies of classes are the same, the value of  2 is
60. Given the following 8 sample values 4, 3, 3, 0, 3, 3, 4, 4 the a. 1 b. 
value of student’s t test H0: = 0 is c. zero d. none of these
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68. The range of statistic  2 is
a. 1 to +1 b.  to  
c. 0 to  d. 0 to 1
69. Contingency table having a zero count is called
a. a complete contingency table
b. an incomplete contingency table
c. abnormal contingency table
d. none of these
70. If the calculated value of  2 is greater than its degrees of freedom,
then
a. null hypothesis be accepted directly
b. null hypothesis be rejected straight-away
c.  2 table be consulted to arrive at a decision about the null
hypothesis
d. all the above
ANSWERS
(1) c (2) d (3) b (4) a (5) c
(6) c (7) a (8) b (9) c (10) c
(11) c (12) c (13) d (14) c (15) a
(16) b (17) a (18) d (19) c (20) d
(21) a (22) d (23) c (24) a (25) d
(26) b (27) b (28) b (29) b (30) a
(31) a (32) a (33) a (34) b (35) b
(36) b (37) a (38) b (39) d (40) a
(41) b (42) b (43) b (44) c (45) a
(46) c (47) a (48) c (49) c (50) a
(51) d (52) a (53) b (54) c (55) d
(56) d (57) c (58) c (59) b (60) d
(61) b (62) c (63) d (64) a (65) d
(66) c (67) c (68) c (69) b (70) c
Prepared by: Dr. K.X.Joseph, Director,
Academic Staff College,University of Calicut.