2021 Probability and Statistics [IGS3130-001]

Final Exam 2021.12.14 Tuesday

Class:__001 SID: _ Name:___________

1. Joint probability distribution:

0 2 4 6 𝑓𝑋 (𝑥)
0 0.1 0.05 0.1 0
1 0.05 0.2 0.2 0.05
2 0 0.1 0.05 0.1
𝑓𝑌 (𝑦) 1

(1) Find the marginal probability distribution of 𝑋 and 𝑌 ?

(2) Find 𝑃[𝑋 = 𝑌] and 𝑃[𝑋 ≥ 𝑌 − 1] ?
(3) Find 𝜇𝑋 and 𝜇𝑌 ?
(4) Find the probability distribution of 𝑋 − 𝑌 ?
(5) Find 𝐸(𝑋 − 𝑌) from (4), is it the same value with 𝐸(𝑋) − 𝐸(𝑌)?
(6) Find covariance of 𝑋 and 𝑌.
(7) Find correlation coefficient of 𝑋 and 𝑌.

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2. One nanogram of Plutonium-239 will have an average of 2.3

radioactive decays per second, and the number of decays will
follow a Poisson distribution. What is the probability that in a 2
second period there are no more than 3 radioactive decays?

3. Uniform distribution

𝑓(𝑥)

0 1 2

(1) Find 𝑃[𝑋 = 2] = ?

(2) Find 𝑃[0.5 < 𝑋 < 1] = ?
(3) What is the 10th percentile ?

4. Let 𝑋 be a binomial random variable with 𝑛 = 160 and 𝑝 = 0.5.

(1) What is 𝜇 ?
(2) What is 𝜎 2 ?
(3) What is 𝑃[80 ≤ 𝑋 ≤ 100] = ?

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5. Using the Chi-square and F tables

(1) Find the probability of < 15.086, 𝑑𝑓 = 5.
(2) Find the F-distribution upper 10% point 𝑛1 = 16, 𝑛2 = 4.

6. 𝑛 = 50, ∑ 𝑥𝑖 = 100, ∑ 𝑥𝑖 2 = 350 Find 𝐸(𝑋̅) and 𝑆. 𝐸(𝑋̅) ?

7. 𝑋̅ = 30, 𝑠 = 12, 𝑛 = 9 Find 90% Confidence Interval for population

mean 𝜇 ?

8. A tech company believes that the percentage of residents in a town that

own a cell phone is 60%. A marketing manager believes this value to be
different. He conducts a survey of 100 individuals and found that 70
responded yes to owning a cell phone.
(1) State the null and alternative hypothesis.
(2) At a 95% confidence level, is there enough evidence to reject the null
hypothesis?

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