Probability, Statistics and Reliability Theory

Assignment: 4
1. Analyse the variance in the following Latin square of yields (in kgs) of paddy, where A,
B, C and D denote the different methods of cultivation:

C25 B23 A20 D20

A19 D19 C21 B18
B19 A14 D17 C20
D17 C20 B21 A15
Examine whether the different methods of cultivation have given significantly different
yields.

2. The following table shows the lives in hours of four brands of electric lamps
A 1610 1610 1650 1680 1700 1720 1800
B 1580 1640 1640 1700 1750
C 1460 1550 1600 1620 1640 1660 1740 1820
D 1510 1520 1530 1570 1600 1680
Perform an analysis of variance and test the homogeneous of the mean lives of the 4
brands.
3. Four brands of flashlight batteries are to be compared by testing each brand in five
flashlights. Twenty flashlights are randomly selected and divided randomly into four
groups of five flashlights each. Then each group of flashlights uses a different brand of
battery. The lifetimes of the batteries, to the nearest hour, are as follows

𝐵𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐴 𝐵𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐵 𝐵𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐶 𝐵𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐷

⎡ 42 28 24 20 ⎤
⎢ ⎥
30 36 36 32 ⎥
.⎢
⎢ 30 31 28 38 ⎥
⎢ 28 32 28 28 ⎥
⎣ 29 27 33 25 ⎦

4. Find the reliability function for Series and Parallel system respectively. State and proof
Hazard function for Reliability.

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