Department of Mathematics,
B. I. T. Sindri, Dhanbad
B. Tech. 3rd Semester (EE, CSE, IT)
Probability and Statistics (Module II Assignment)
1. An ambulance service claims that it takes on the average of 8.9 minutes to reach its destination in
emergency calls. To check on this claim the agency which license ambulance services has then
timed on 50 emergency calls, getting a mean of 9.3 minutes with a standard deviation of 1.8
minutes. Does this constitute evidence that the figure claimed is too low at the 1% level of
significance?
2. A sales clerk in the departmental store claims that 60% of the shoppers entering the store leave
without making a purchase. A random sample of 50 choppers showed that 35 of them left without
buying anything. Are these sample results consistent with the claim of the sales clerk with 5 %
level of significance.
3. A politician claims that she will receive 60% of the votes in the upcoming election. The results of
a simple random sample of 100 voters showed that 50 of those sampled will vote for her. Test the
politicians claim at the 0.05 level of significance.
4. According to the norms established for a mechanical aptitude test, persons who are 18 years old
have an average height of 73.2 with a standard deviation of 8.6. If 45 randomly selected persons of
that aged averaged 76.7, test the null hypothesis = 73.2 against the alternative hypothesis
> 73.2 at 0.01 level of significance.
5. A random sample of 1000 workers from South India show that their mean wages are 47 Rs. per
week with a standard deviation of 28 Rs. A random sample of 1500 workers from North India
gives a mean wage of 49 Rs. per week with a standard deviation of 40 Rs. Is there any significant
difference between their mean level of wages?
6. The IQ test on two groups of boys and girls gave the following results:
Mean of girls = 78, S. D. = 10, n = 30
Mean of boys = 78, S. D. = 13, n = 70
Is there any significance in the mean score of girls and boys at 5% level of significance?
7. On a certain day, 74 trains were arriving on time at Delhi station during the rush hours and 83
were late. At New Delhi, there were 65 on time and 107 late. Is there any difference in the
proportion arriving on time at the two stations?
8. On the basis of their total scores, 200 candidates of a civil services examination are divided into
two groups, the upper 30% and the remaining 70%. Consider the first question of the examination.
Among the first group 40 had correct answer whereas the second group 80 had the correct answer.
On the basis of these results, can one conclude that the first question is not good at discriminating
ability of the type being examined here?
9. A machine is designed to produce insulating washers for electrical devices of average thickness of
0.025 cm . A random sample of 10 washers was found to have thickness of 0.024 cm with a
standard deviation of 0.002 cm. Test the significance of the deviation at 5% level. {t0.05(9)=2.26}.
10. Two laboratories A and B carry out independent estimates of Fat-content in ice-cream made by a
firm. A sample is taken from each batch, halved and the separate halves sent to the two
laboratories. The fat content (in grams) obtained by the laboratories are recorded below:
Lab A 7 8 7 3 8 6 9 4 7 8
Lab B 9 8 8 4 7 7 9 6 6 6
Is there a significant difference between mean fat-content obtained by the two laboratories A and
B?{t0.05(18)=2.10}.
11. In a sample of 8 observations, the sum of square of deviation from means is 94.5. In other sample
of 10 observations, the sum of deviation from mean is 101.7. Test whether there is significant
difference of variance ?{F0.05(7,9)=3.29}.
12. The time taken by workers in performing a job by method I and method II is given below:
Method I 20 16 26 27 23 22
Method II 27 33 24 35 32 34 38
Do the data show that the variances of time distribution from population from which these samples
are drawn do not differ significantly? {F0.05(6,5)=4.95}.
13. The following figures relate to the number of units sold in five different areas by four salesman
Area Number of Units
A B C D
I 80 100 95 70
II 82 110 90 75
III 88 105 100 82
IV 85 115 105 88
V 75 90 80 65
Is there a significant difference in the efficiency of these salesman? {F0.05(3,16)=3.24}
14. 200 digits were chosen at random from a set of tables. The frequencies of the digits were
Digit 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Total
Frequency 18 19 23 21 16 25 22 20 21 15 200
Use Chi-square test to assess the correctness of the hypothesis that the digits were distributed in
the equal number in the tables from which these were chosen. { 9 = 16.9 at 5% level of
significance}.
15. A die is thrown 270 times and the results of these throws are given below:
No. appeared on the die 1 2 3 4 5 6
Frequency 40 32 29 59 57 59
Test whether the die is biased or not. { 5 = 11.07 at 5% level of significance}.
16. A manufacturing company has purchased 3 new machines (A, B, C) of different makers and
wishes to determine whether one of them is faster than the other in producing a certain item. From
hourly production figures are observed at random from each machine and results are given below
A B C
20 18 25
21 20 28
23 17 22
16 25 28
20 15 32
Use analysis of variance to test whether machines differ significantly.{F0.05(2,12)=3.89}
17. Calculate the co-efficient of correlation between X and Y from the following data:
X 6 2 10 4 8
Y 9 11 7 8 7
18. Calculate the correlation coefficient of X and Y from the following data:
X 61 72 73 63 84 80 66 76
Y 40 52 49 43 61 58 42 58
19. The following table gives age (x) in years of cars and annual maintenance cost (y) in hundred
rupees:
X 1 3 5 7 9
Y 15 18 21 23 22
Estimate the maintenance cost for a 4 year old car after finding the regression equation.
20. A study of prices of a certain commodity at Hapur and Kanpur yields the following data
Hapur (Rs.) Kanpur (Rs.)
Average Price/Kilo 2.463 2.797
Standard Deviation 0.326 0.207
The correlation coefficient between prices at Hapur and Kanpur is 0.774. Estimate from the above
data, the most likely price at Hapur corresponding to the price of 3.052 Rs. per kilo at Kanpur.