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1. In 250 digits from the lottery numbers, the frequencies of the digits were
as follows:
Digit 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Frequency 23 25 20 23 23 22 29 25 33 27
Test the hypothesis that the digits were randomly drawn.
2. In 120 throws of a single die, the following distribution of faces is obtained:
Face 1 2 3 4 5 6
Frequency 30 25 18 10 22 15
Do these results support the equal probability hypothesis?
3. Fit the Poisson distribution for the following data and also test the good-
ness of fit.
x 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
f 314 335 204 86 29 9 3 0
4. A random sample of 16 values from a normal population showed a mean
of 103.75 cm and the sum of the squares of deviations from this mean is
equal to 843.75 cm2 . Show that the assumption of a mean of 108.75 cm
for the population is not reasonable. Obtain 95% and 99% fiducial limits
for the same.
5. In one sample of 8 items, the sum of the squares of deviations of the sam-
ple values from the sample mean was 84.4, and in another sample of 10
observations it was 102.6. Test whether this difference is significant at the
5% level.
Moderate
6. The annual rainfall at a certain place is normally distributed with mean
30. If the rainfalls during the past 8 years are
31.1, 30.7, 24.3, 28.1, 27.9, 32.2, 25.4, 29.1.
can we conclude that the average rainfall during the past 8 years is less
than the normal rainfall?
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7. Three typists work in an office. The time (in minutes) taken for tea-break:
A : 25, 18, 30, 32, 35, 37, 19
B : 24, 22, 26, 28, 30, 32, 28, 26
C : 28, 20, 27, 19, 29, 35, 30, 23, 27, 32
Can the difference in average time be attributed to chance variation?
8. The following table gives the number of fatal road accidents that occurred
during the 7 days of the week. Find whether the accidents are uniformly
distributed over the week.
Day Sun Mon Tues Wed Thu Fri Sat
Number 8 14 16 12 11 14 9
9. Two random samples drawn from two normal populations gave the fol-
lowing observations:
Sample 1: 20 16 26 27 23 22 18 24 25 19 0 0
Sample 2: 17 23 32 25 22 24 28 18 31 33 20 27
Test whether the two populations have the same variance.
10. Five coins are tossed 256 times. The number of heads observed is given
below. Examine if the coins are true.
No. of heads (x) 0 1 2 3 4 5
Frequency 5 35 75 84 45 12
11. Five dice were thrown 243 times and the numbers of times 1 or 2 was
thrown (x) are given below. Examine if the dice were unbiased.
x 0 1 2 3 4 5
Frequency 30 75 76 47 13 2
12. The mean weekly sales of soap bars in departmental stores is 145 bars.
After an advertising campaign, the mean weekly sales in 17 stores for a
typical week increased to 155 and showed a standard deviation of 16. Was
the advertising campaign successful?
13. Two random samples gave the following results:
Sample Size Sum of values Sum of squares of values
1 10 150 2340
2 12 168 2460
Test whether the samples have been drawn from the same normal popu-
lation.
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14. A random sample of 8 envelopes is taken from the letter box of a post office
and their weights in grams are found to be 12.2, 11.9, 12.5, 12.3, 11.6, 11.7, 12.2, 12.4.
Find the 95% and 99% confidence limits for the mean weight of the en-
velopes in the letter box.
15. The weights of wires (in grams) produced using five different dyes are
given below:
D1 : 1.30, 1.32, 1.36, 1.35, 1.32, 1.37
D2 : 1.28, 1.35, 1.33, 1.34
D3 : 1.32, 1.29, 1.31, 1.28, 1.33, 1.30
D4 : 1.31, 1.29, 1.33, 1.31, 1.32
D5 : 1.30, 1.32, 1.30, 1.33
Test the hypothesis that there is no difference between the mean weights
of wires coming from different dyes.
Hard
16. A machine is expected to produce nails of length 7 cm. A random sample
of 10 nails was found to measure the following lengths:
7.2, 7.3, 7.1, 6.9, 6.8, 6.5, 6.9, 6.8, 7.1, 7.2.
On the basis of this sample, what can be said about the reliability of the
machine?
17. Two sample polls of votes for two candidates A and B for a public of-
fice are taken, one from among the residents of rural areas and one from
the residents of urban areas. The results are given in the table. Exam-
ine whether the nature of the area is related to voting preference in this
election.
Votes for area A B Total
Rural 620 380 1000
Urban 550 450 1000
Total 1170 830 2000
18. It is suspected that four machines used in a canning operation fill cans to
different levels on the average. Random samples of cans produced by each
machine were taken and the fill (in ounces) measured:
Machine A B C D
10.20 10.22 10.17 10.15
10.18 10.27 10.22 10.27
10.36 10.26 10.34 10.28
10.21 10.25 10.27 10.40
10.25 − − 10.30
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Do the machines appear to be filling the cans at different average levels?
19. Two random samples gave the following results:
Sample Size Mean Variance
1 16 440 40
2 25 460 42
Test whether the samples have been drawn from the same normal popu-
lation.
20. According to genetic theory, children having one parent of blood type
M and the other of blood type N will always be one of the three types
M, M N and N and the average proportions of these types will be 1 : 2 : 1.
Out of 300 children, having one M parent and one N parent, 30% were
found to be of type M , 45% of type M N and the remaining of type N .
Test the genetic theory by χ2 -test.
21. The number of demands for a particular spare part in a shop was found
to vary from day to day. In a sample study, the following information was
obtained:
Day Mon Tues Wed Thu Fri Sat
No. of demands 124 125 110 120 126 115
Test the hypothesis that the number of parts demanded does not depend
on the day of the week.
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