ASSIGNMENT QUESTIONS

UNIT-I RANDOM VARIABLE

1. A random variable X has the following probability function

( ) 0 2 7 +
X 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
K 2K 2K 3K

2. Evaluate [1.5 < < 4.5/ > 2]

[Link] the value of K

3. If [ ≤ ] > find the minimum value of c.

2. The probability mass function of RV X is defined as [ = 0] = 3 ; [ = 1] = 4 − 10 ;
[ = 2] = 5 − 1 where C > 0 and [ = ] = 0 ; ≠ 0,1,2. Find i) the value of C
ii) [0 < < 2 / > 0] iii) The distribution function of x. iv) The largest value of X for
which [!] < .
A random variable X takes the values -2,-1,0 and 1 takes the probability , . $%&
" " #
3.
respectively, Find the mean and variance. (N/D 2014)

2 [ = 1] = 3 [ = 2] = [ = 3] = 5 [ = 4] then find the probability distribution and

4. If the random variable X takes the values 1,2,3&4 

5. A continuous RV has the pdf '(!) = (! # ; −1 < ! < 1. Find the value of K and also find
cumulative distribution.

)* > , / * < # ,-.

+ +

0 !<0
⎧
⎪ ! 0 ≤ !≤
6. The DF of a continuous RV X is given by (!) = 5.
1 − (3 − ! )
2
⎨ ≤!≤3
⎪
3
⎩ 1 !≥3
Find the pdf of '(!) and evaluate [|!| ≤ 1 ) and [2 < ! < 4] using both CDF

7. A continuous RV X has the pdf '(!) = ! 7 +8 ; ! > 0. Find the r th moment about the origin,
and PDF

−∞ < ! < ∞5
:
MGF, Mean and variance.
8. A continuous RV X has the pdf '(!) = 9 ;8<
0 =>ℎ7 @AB7
. Find the value of K, distribution
function of x iii) [ ≥ 0].
!>0 5
9. Find MGF of the RV X having the pdf '(!) = 9# 7
8 CD
<

0 7EB7@ℎ7 7
. Also deduce the the first four
moments about the origin.
 ASSIGNMENT QUESTIONS

UNIT-II TWO DIMENSIONAL RANDOM VARIABLES

1. The joint probability mass function of ( , H) is given by (!, I) = ((2! + 3I) ; ! =

PART-B

0,1,2 I = 1,2,3. Find K and all the marginal & conditional probability distributions. Also
find the probability distribution of ( + H).
2. The bivariate probability distribution of ( , H) given below
X/Y 1 2 3 4 5 6
0 0 0 1/32 2/32 2/32 3/32
1 1/16 116 1/8 1/8 1/8 1/8
2 1/32 1/32 1/64 1/64 0 2/64
Find the marginal distributions, conditional distributions of X given Y=1 and conditional

3. The joint pdf of two dimensional RV ( , H) is given by '( , H) = J !I ; 0 ≤ ! ≤ I ≤ 2.

distribution of Y given X=0.
"

Find the densities of X & Y and the conditional probabilities of ' *L , , '(K).
K L

1 ≤ ! ≤ I ≤ 25
"8M
4. The joint pdf of the RV X & Y is given by '(!, I) = 9 J
0 =>ℎ7 @AB7
. Find the

conditional densities of X & Y.

0 ≤ ! ≤ 2; 0 ≤ I ≤ 15
5. The joint pdf of ( , H) is given by '(!, I) = 9!I +
8<

=>ℎ7 @AB7
"
0
. Compute

NH < O ; N > 1/H < O $%& [ + H ≤ 1].

!(! − I) 0 ≤ ! ≤ 2; −! < I < !5
6. Given the joint pdf of X & Y is given by '(!, I) = )
0 =>ℎ7 @AB7

7. The joint pdf of ( , H) is '(!, I) = 7 +(8;M) ; !, I ≥ 0. Are X & Y independent.

Evaluate C, marginal pdf of X and Find the conditional densities of Y/X.

! + ; 0 < ! < 1; 0 < I < 2

8M

.5 Find the
2
8. If the joint pdf of ( , H)is given by '(!, I) = P
0 =>ℎ7 @AB7
following i)
N > O AA) [H < ] AAA) [ + H ≥ 1] & =%&A>A=%$E &7%BA>I 'R% >A=%B.

9. The joint pdf of the RVs ( , H) is '(!, I) = 3(! + I) ; 0 ≤ ! ≤ 1; 0 ≤ I ≤ 1; ! + I ≤ 1.

Find ST( , H).
10. Find the covariance of X & Y, if the random variable ( , H) has the joint pdf
'(!, I) = ! + I ; 0 ≤ !, I ≤ 1.
11. The joint pdf of RV ( , H) is given by '(!, I) = !I7 +(8 ;M ) ; ! > 0; I > 0. Find the
< <

12. The joint pdf of a random variable ( , H) is '(!, I) = 257 +3M ; 0 < ! < 0.2; I > 0. Find
value of K, Cov(X,Y). Are X & Y are independent.

the Cov(X,Y).
 UNIT-3 ESTIMATION THEORY
1. Find the estimators of a and b by method of moments of uniform distribution.
2. Let X1,…..Xn be a sample size n from an Poisson distribution. Find the maximum likelihood
estimators of λ.
3. Find the maximum likelihood estimator of the parameter in the population given by 𝑓 𝑥, 𝜃 =
−𝑥
1
𝑥 𝑝−1 𝑒 𝜃 , 𝑥 ≥ 0 and p>0 is known. Also find its variance.
𝜃 𝑝 𝛤(𝑝)
1
4. (x1, x2, …xn) is a random sample from a population with density function f(x, a, b) = 𝑏−𝑎 ,

a<x<b. Find the estimators of a and b by methods of moments.

1
5. Find the maximum likelihood of exponential distribution with estimator of λ .

6. Let X1,…..Xn be a simple random sample from a population. Then prove that the sample
mean is an unbiased estimator of the population mean.
7. Let X1,…..Xn be a simple random sample from a population with 𝑓 𝑥 = θ𝑒 −θ(𝑥−𝜇 ) , 𝑥 > 𝜇.
Find the method of moments estimators of Θ and 𝜇.
8. Find the estimators of 𝜇 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝜎 2 in normal distribution by method of moments.
9. A random sample of size n=100 is taken from a population with 𝜎 = 5.1. Given that the
sample mean is 𝑥 = 21.6, construct a 95% confidence interval for the population mean 𝜇.
10. The contents of 7 similar containers of sulfuric acid are 9.8, 10.2, 10.4, 9.8, 10, 10.2, 9.6
liters. Find a 95% confidence interval for the mean of all such containers, assuming an
approximate normal distribution.
 UNIT-4 NON-PARAMETRIC TEST
ASSIGNMENT QUESTIONS
1. Sample I: 0.63, 0.47, 0.17, 1.36, 0.35, 0.51, 0.49, 0.45, 0.48, 0.84, 0.43, 0.32,
0.12, 0,10, 0.20

Sample II: 1.13, 1.01, 0.54, 0.48, 0.96, 0.89, 0.26, 1.07, 0.39, 1.11, 0.88, 0.58,
0.92, 0.53. Use the U test at 1% LOS to test the null hypothesis that two samples
come from same population or not.

2. It is desired to check whether pinholes in electric tin plate are uniformly

distributed across a plated coil on the basis of the following distances in inches
of 10 pinholes from one edge of a long strip of tin plate 30 inches wide: 4.8 14.8
28.2 23.1 4.4 28.7 19.5 2.4 25 6.2. Test the null hypothesis at 0.05 LOS
using the Kolmogorov test.

3. Test whether the following two samples have been drawn from the same
population, using Rank sum test:

Sample I: 134, 146, 104, 119, 124, 161, 107, 113, 94

Sample II: 70, 101, 118, 85, 107, 132, 94, 97

4. Use Wald’s run test whether the two samples, the observation in which, given
as follows, have been drawn from the same population.

Sample I: 24, 35, 12, 50, 60, 70, 68, 49, 80, 25, 69, 28, 28

Sample II: 31, 37, 34, 54, 75, 45, 95, 75, 26, 43, 57, 94

5. The following data constitute a random sample of 15 measurements of the

octane rating of a certain kind of gasoline.
99 102.3 99.8 100.5 99.7 96.2 99.1 102.5 103.3 97.4 100.4 98.9 98.3 98 101.6.
Test the null hypothesis µ=98 against the alternative hypothesis µ>98 at 0.01
LOS. Conducting a sign test to test the hypothesis.

6. Test for the randomness of the following set of 26. Observations: 24, 35, 12,
50, 60, 70, 68, 49, 80, 25, 69, 28, 28, 31, 37, 34, 54, 75, 45, 95, 75, 26, 43, 57,
94, 48.
 UNIT-5 STATISTICAL QUALITY CONTROL
ASSIGNMENT QUESTIONS
1. The following data give the weight of an automobile part. Five samples
of four items each were taken on a random sample basis (at an interval of 1 hour each).Draw the mean
Control Chart and find out if the production process is in control.
1 10 12 10 12
2 10 12 13 13
3 10 10 9 11
4 11 10 9 14
5 12 12 12 12

̅ ) and Range for 10 samples

2. You are given the value of sample means ( X
of size 5 each. Draw mean chart and comment on the state of control of the process.

Sample No 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
̅ )
(X 43 49 37 44 45 37 51 46 43 47
R 5 6 5 7 7 4 8 6 4 6

3. The following data relate to the life (in hours) of 10 samples of 6 electric bulbs each drawn at an interval
of one hour from a production process. Draw the control chart for and R comment.

Sample No Life time in hrs

1 620 687 666 689 738 686

2 501 585 524 585 653 668
3 673 701 686 567 619 660
4 646 626 572 628 631 743
5 494 984 659 643 660 640
6 634 755 625 582 683 555
7 619 710 664 693 770 534
8 630 723 614 535 550 570
9 482 791 533 612 497 499
10 706 524 626 503 661 754
4. For a sampling plan N = 1,200, n = 64 and c = 1, determine the probability of acceptance of the
following lots; (i) 0.5%defective (ii) 0.8%defective (iii) 1%defective (iv) 2%defective (v) 4% defective
(vi) 10%defective Also draw and OC curve.

5. 10 samples each of size 50 were inspected and the number of defectives in the inspection were:
2,1,1,2,3,5,5,1,2,[Link] the appropriate control chart for defectives

6. A machine is set to deliver packets of a given weight, 10 samples of size

5 each were recorded. Below are given the relevant data:
1 2 3 4 5 6
15 17 15 18 17 14
7 7 4 9 8 7
Calculate the values of the Central Line and the control limits for the
mean chart and the range chart and then comment on the state of
control.
(Conversion factors for n = 5 are A2 = 0.58 D3 = 0, D4 = 2.115)
7.
The following data show the values of sample mean ̅X and the range.R
for the samples of size 5 each. Calculate the values for central line and
control limits for mean-chart and range chart and determine whether the
process
SampleisNoin control.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
X 11.2 11.8 10.8 11.6 11 9.6 10.4 9.6 10.6 10
R 7 4 8 5 7 4 8 4 7 9
(Conversion factors for n = 5 are A2 = 0.577 D3 = 0, D4 = 2.115)
8. The following table gives the inspection data relating to 10 samples of 100 items each, concerning
the production of bottle corks.
Sample Size of Number of Fraction
Number Sample Defectives Defective
1 100 5 .05
2 100 3 .03
3 100 3 .03
4 100 6 .06
5 100 5 .05
6 100 6 .06
7 100 8 .08
8 100 10 .10
9 100 10 .10
10 100 4 .04
Construct a p- chart.
 UNIT-5 STATISTICAL QUALITY CONTROL-TUTORIAL QUESTIONS
1. 15 tape-recorders were examined for quality control test. The number of defects
in each tape-recorder is recorded below. Draw the appropriate control chart and
comment on the state1of 2control.
Unit No (i) 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
No of defects (c) 2 4 3 1 1 2 5 3 6 7 3 1 4 2 1

̅ chart for following data

2. Construct X
Sample No 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
32 28 39 50 42 50 44 22
Observation 36 32 52 42 45 29 52 35
42 40 28 31 34 21 35 44
Also determine whether the process is in control.

3. The following data gives the number of defectives in 10 samples each of size [Link] a np chart
for these data and also determine whether the process is in control

Sample No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
No. of defectives 24 38 62 34 26 3 6 38 52 3 44
State your conclusions. Write all the steps in the construction of the above chart including formula for
UCL and LCL.

4. Construct a Control Chart for fraction defectives ( p-Chart) for

following data
Sample No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Sample Size 90 65 85 70 80 80 70 95 90 75
No of defectives 9 7 3 2 9 5 3 9 5 6
5. An inspection of 10 samples of size 400 each from 10 lots reveled the following number of defective
units17,15,14,26,9,4,19,12,9,6.
6. Construct R chart for the following data
Sample No. Observation
1 1.7 2.2 1.9 1.2
2 0.8 1.5 2.1 0.9
3 1 1.4 1 1.3
4 0.4 0.6 0.7 0.2
5 1.4 2.3 2.8 2.7
6 1.8 2 1.1 0.1
7 1.6 1.3 1.5 2
8 2.5 1.6 1.8 1.2
9 2.9 2 0.5 2.2
7. Comment on State of Control:
A machine fills boxes with dry cereal. 15 samples of 4 boxes are drawn
randomly. The weights of the sampled boxes are shown as follows.
Draw the control charts for the sample mean and sample range and
determine whether the process is in a state of control.
Sample
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
No.

10 10.3 11.5 11 11.3 10.7 11.3 12.3 11 11.3 12.5 11.9 12.1 11.9 10.6
Weight
of 10.2 10.9 10.7 11.1 11.6 11.4 11.4 12.1 13.1 12.1 11.9 12.1 11.1 12.1 11.9
Boxes 11.3 10.7 11.4 10.7 11.9 10.7 11.1 12.7 13.1 10.7 11.8 11.6 12.1 13.1 11.7
(X)
12.4 11.7 12.4 11.4 12.1 11 10.3 10.7 12.4 11.5 11.3 11.4 11.7 12 12.1

̅ and R values for 20 samples of readings. Draw

8. The following are the X
̅X chart and R chart and write your conclusion

Samples 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
̅ )
(X 34 31.6 30.8 33 35 33.2 33 32.6 33.8 37.8
R 4 4 2 3 5 2 5 13 19 6
Samples 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
̅ )
(X 35.8 38.4 34 35 38.8 31.6 33 28.2 31.8 35.6
R 4 4 14 4 7 5 5 3 9 6
(Given for n = 5 are A2 = 0.58 D3 = 0, D4 = 2.12)