DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS

SCHOOL OF ADVANCED SCIENCES

Model Question Paper
Final Assessment Test, May - 2017

Course Code: MAT2001 Slot: D1+TD1

Course Name: Statistics for Engineers Date: 00.00.0000
Max. Marks: 100 Duration: 3 Hours

Answer ALL the Questions

( 5 20 Marks = 100 Marks )

1. (a) The scores of two batsmen A and B in ten innings during a certain season are: (10 marks)

A 32 28 47 63 71 39 10 60 96 14
B 19 31 48 53 67 90 10 62 40 80

Find the coefficient of variation for two batsman A and B and give your conclusion.
(b) Obtain Karl Pearsons measure of skewness for the following data: (10 marks)

Values 5-10 10-15 15-20 20-25 25-30 30-35 35-40

Frequency 6 8 17 21 15 11 2

2. (a) A convenience store has two separate locations where customers can be checked out as they leave. These
locations each have two cash registers and two employees who check out customers. Let X be the number
of cash registers being used at a perticular time for location 1 and Y the number being used at the same
time for location 2. The joint probability functions (10 marks)

Y
0 1 2
0 0.12 0.04 0.04
X 1 0.08 0.19 0.05
2 0.06 0.12 0.30
(i) Give the marginal distribution of both X and Y as well as the probability distribution of X given
Y = 2.
(ii) Give E(X) and Var(X).
(5 marks)
(b) Given the two random variable X and Y which have the joint density
(
xex(1+y) for x > 0andy > 0
f (x) =
0 elsewhere,

find fX (x), fY |x and Y |x (10 marks)

CONTINUED
3. (a) The followng table shows the ages x and symbolic blood pressure y of 12 women. (10 marks)

Age(x) 56 42 72 36 63 47 55 49 38 42 68 60
Blood Pressure (y) 147 125 160 118 149 128 150 145 115 140 152 155
(i) Find the correlation coefficient between x and y, and
(ii) obtain the regression line of y on x.
(b) Obtain the rank correlation coefficient for the following data: (10 marks)

X 68 64 75 50 64 80 75 40 55 64
Y 62 58 68 45 81 60 68 48 50 70

4. (a) Fit a Poisson distribution for the following distribution (10 marks)

x 0 1 2 3 4 5
f 142 156 69 27 5 1

(b) The daily consumption of milk in a city, in excess 0f 20,000 gallons, is approximately distributed as a
1
gamma variate with the parameter k = 2 and = 10,000 . The city has a daily stock of 30,000 gallons,
what is the probability that the stock is insufficient on a particular day? (10 marks)

5. (a) In a survey of buying habits, 400 women shoppers are chosen at random in super market A located in a
certain section of the city. Their average weekly food expenditure is Rs. 250 with a standard deviation
of Rs. 40. For 400 women shoppers chosen at random in supper market B in another section of the city,
the average weekly food expenditure is Rs. 220 with a standard of Rs. 55. Test at 1% level of significance
whether the average weekly food expenditures of the two populations of shoppers are equal. (10 marks)
(b) Two random sample gave the following results (10 marks)

Samples Size Sample Mean Sum of the squares of deviations

from the mean
1 10 15 90
2 12 14 108

Test whether the samples come from the same normal population.

6. (a) The following table gives a classification of a sample of 100 plants of their flower colour and flatness of
leaf. (10 marks)

Flat leaves Curved leaves Total

White flowers 40 20 60
Red flowers 10 30 40
Total 50 50 100
Test whether the flower colour is independent of the flatness of leaf.
(b) The following data represent the number of units of production per day turned out by 5 different workers
using 4 differnt types of machines. (10 marks)

Machine Type
A B C D
1 44 38 47 36
2 46 40 52 43
Workers 3 34 36 44 32
4 43 38 46 33
5 38 42 49 39
(i) Test whether the mean production is the same for the different machine types.
(ii) Test whether the 5 men differ with mean productivity.

CONTINUED
7. (a) The time to repair a power generator is best described by its probability density function (10 marks)

t2
m(t) = , 1 t 10 hours
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(i) Fnd the probability that a repair will be completed in 6 hours.
(ii) What is the MTTR?
(iii) Find the repair rate.
(b) A cutting tool waers out with a time to failure that is normally distributed. It is known that about 34.5%
of the tools fail before 9 working days and about 78.8% fail before 12 working days. (10 marks)
(i) Compute the MTTF
(ii) Determine its design life for a reliability of 0.99.
(iii) Determine the probability that cutting tool will last one more day given that it has been in use for
5 days.