SRM VALLIAMMAI ENGINEERING COLLEGE

(An Autonomous Institution)

S.R.M. Nagar, Kattankulathur - 603203

DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS

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II YEAR / IV SEMESTER

B.E Agriculture Engineering

&
B.TECH-Information Technology

1918404 - PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS

Regulation – 2019

Academic Year – 2021 - 22

Prepared by

Ms. B. Aarthi, AP (OG)

Mr. B. Vasuki, AP (OG)

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 SRM VALLIAMMAI ENGNIEERING COLLEGE
(An Autonomous Institution)
SRM Nagar, Kattankulathur – 603203.

DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS
UNIT I - RANDOM VARIABLES
Discrete and continuous random variables – Moments – Moment generating functions – Binomial, Poisson,
Geometric, Uniform, Exponential and Normal distributions.
S. No QUESTIONS BT Level Competence

PART - A (2 Marks)
1. Define Discrete Random variables BTL1 Remembering
If f(x) = K (x + x2) in 1< x < 5 is a p.d.f of a continuous random variables.
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Find the value of K.
3. Define Continuous Random variables. BTL1 Remembering
The mean of Binomial distribution is 20 and standard deviation is 4. Find the
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parameters of the distribution.
If 3% of the electric bulbs manufactured by a company are defective, Find the
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probability that in a sample of 100 bulbs exactly 5 bulbs are defective.
Suppose that, on an average, in every three pages of a book there is one
typographical error. If the number of typographical errors on a single page of
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the book is a Poisson random variable. What is the probability if at least one
error on a specific page of the book?
The probability that a candidate can pass in an examination is 0.6. What is the
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probability that he will pass in third trial?
8. Define Moment Generating function of a random variable. BTL2 Understanding
Suppose that the life of industrial lamp (in thousands of hours) is exponentially
9. distributed with mean life of 3000 hours, find the probability that the lamp will BTL2 Understanding
last between 2000 and 3000 hours.
10. State the memory less property of the exponential distribution. BTL2 Understanding
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11. If a random variable X has the MGF 𝑀𝑋 (t) = . Find the mean of X. BTL3 Applying
2−𝑡
𝑒 −𝑥 , 𝑥 ≥ 0
Show that the function 𝑓 (𝑥) = { is a probability density function
12. 0, 𝑥<0 BTL3 Applying
of a continuous random variable X.
13. Find the MGF of Uniform distribution. BTL3 Applying
The number of hardware failures of a computer system in a week of operations
has the following p.d.f, Find the mean of the number of failures in a week.
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No. of failures 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
Probability .18 .28 .25 .18 .06 .04 .01
The number of hardware failures of a computer system in a week of operations
has the following p.d.f, Calculate the value of K.
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No. of failures 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
Probability K 2K 2K K 3K K 4K
A continuous random variable X has p.d.f 𝑓 (𝑥 ) = 2𝑥 , 0 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 1.
16. BTL4 Analyzing
Find𝑃(𝑋 > 05).
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 17. The p.d.f of a continuous random variable X is 𝑓 (𝑥 ) = 𝑘(1 + 𝑥 ), 2 < 𝑥 < 5 ,
BTL5 Evaluating
Find k.
For a continuous distribution𝑓 (𝑥 ) = 𝑘(𝑥 − 𝑥 2 ), 0 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 1, where 𝑘 is a
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constant. Find k.
19. If 𝑓 (𝑥 ) = 𝑘𝑥 2 , 0 < 𝑥 < 3, is to be a density function, find the value of k. BTL6 Creating
𝑥
20. If the p.d.f of a RV is 𝑓 (𝑥 ) = 2 , 0 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 2, find 𝑃(𝑋 > 1.5). BTL6 Creating
Part – B (13 Marks)
1. (a) If the discrete random variable X has the probability function given by the
table.
x 1 2 3 4 BTL1 Remembering
P(x) k/3 k/6 k/3 k/6
Find the value of k and Cumulative distribution of X.
1. (b) Find the MGF of Binomial distribution and hence find its mean and variance BTL2 Understanding
2. (a) The atoms of a radioactive element are randomly disintegrating. If every gram
of this element, on average, emits 3.9 alpha particles per second, then what is
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the probability that during the next second the number of alpha particles
emitted from 1 gram is (i) at most 6 (ii) at least 2 and (iii) at least and atmost5
2. (b) Find the MGF of Geometric distribution and hence find its mean and variance BTL1 Remembering
3. (a) The number of monthly breakdowns of a computer is a random variable
having a Poisson distribution with mean equal to 1.8. Find the probability that
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this computer will function for a month (i) without breakdown (ii) with only
one breakdown and (iii) with at least one breakdown.
3. (b) Derive the MGF of Uniform distribution and hence find its mean and variance BTL3 Applying
4. (a) A random variable X has the following probability distribution:
X 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
2 BTL2 Understanding
P(X) 0 𝑘 2𝑘 2𝑘 3𝑘 𝑘 2 2𝑘 7𝑘 2 +k
Find (i) the value of 𝑘 (ii) 𝑃(1.5 < 𝑋 < 4.5 / 𝑋 > 2)
4. (b) Find the MGF of Poisson distribution and hence find its mean and variance BTL4 Analyzing
5. (a) The probability mass function of a discrete R. V X is given in the following
table:
X -2 -1 0 1 2 3 BTL3 Understanding
P(X=x) 0.1 k 0.2 2k 0.3 k
Find (i) Find the value of k, (ii) P(X<1), (iii) P(-1< X ≤ 2)
5. (b) Find the MGF of Exponential distribution and hence find its mean and
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variance
6. The probability mass function of a discrete R. V X is given in the following
table X 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
P(X) a 3a 5a 7a 9a 11a 13a 15a 17a BTL6 Evaluating
Find (i) the value of a , (ii) 𝑃( 𝑋 < 3), (iii) Mean of X and (iv) Variance of
X.
7. (a) The probability mass function of a RV X is given by 𝑃(𝑋 = 𝑟) = 𝑘𝑟 3 , BTL5
1 5 Evaluating
𝑟 = 1,2,3,4. Find (i) the value of k, (ii) 𝑃(2 < 𝑋 < 2 /𝑋 > 1)
7. (b) State and Prove the memory less property of Exponential distribution BTL2 Understanding

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 8. (a) Find the mean and variance of the following probability distribution
Xi 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 BTL4 Analyzing
Pi 0.08 0.12 0.19 0.24 0.16 0.10 0.07 0.04
(b) State and Prove the memory less property of Geometric distribution. BTL1 Remembering
9. (a) Messages arrive at a switch board in a Poisson manner at an average rate of 6
per hour. Find the probability that exactly 2 messages arrive within one hour,
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no messages arrives within one hour and at least 3 messages arrive within one
hour.
9. (b) 4 coins were tossed simultaneously. What is the probability of getting
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(i) 2 heads, (ii) at least 2 heads, (iii) at most 2 heads.
10. The probability distribution of an infinite discrete distribution is given by P[ X
1 BTL1 Remembering
= j ] = 2𝑗 ( j = 1,2,3…) Find (i)Mean of X, (ii)P [X is even], (iii) P(X is odd)
11. (a) A normal distribution has mean 𝜇 = 20 and standard deviation𝜎 = 10.
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Find𝑃(15 ≤ 𝑋 ≤ 40).
11. (b) Find the MGF of the random variable X having the probability density
𝑥
𝑥 − BTL2 Understanding
function f(x) ={ 4 𝑒 𝑥 > 0 . Also find the mean and variance.
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0 otherwise
12. (a) Suppose that the life of an industrial lamp in 1,000 of hours is exponentially
distributed with mean life of 3,000 hours. Find the probability that (i) The
lamp last more than the mean life, (ii) The lamp last between 2,000 and 3,000 BTL2 Understanding
hours (iii) The lamp last another 1,000 hours given that it has already lasted for
250 hours.
12. (b) Assume that 50% of all engineering students are good in mathematics.
Determine the probabilities that among 18 engineering students BTL1 Remembering
(i) Exactly 10, (ii) at least 10 are good in mathematics.
13. (a) The life (in years) of a certain electrical switch has an exponential distribution
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with an average life of  2. If 100 of these switches are installed in different BTL1 Remembering
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systems; find the probability that at most 30 fail during the first year.
13. (b) Let X be a Uniformly distributed R. V. over [-5, 5]. Determine
(i) P(X ≤ 2) , (ii) P(|X| > 2) (iii) Cumulative distribution function of X BTL1 Remembering
(iv) Var(X)
14. In a test on 2000 electric bulbs, it was found that the life of a particular make
was normally distributed with an average life of 2040 hours and Standard
Deviation of 60 hours. Find the number of bulbs likely to burn for (i) more BTL1 Remembering
than 2150 hours (ii) less than 1950 hours and (iii) more than 1920 hours bus
less than 2160 hours.
PART C (15 Marks)
Q. No. Question BT Level Competence
1. Out of 2000 families with 4 children each , Find how many family would you
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expect to have (i) at least 1 boy, (ii) 2 boys, (iii) 1 or 2 girls and iv) no girls
2. 1
, |𝑋|<2
( )
If a random variable X has p.d.f 𝑓 𝑥 = { 4
0 , 𝑂𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑤𝑖𝑠𝑒 BTL6 Evaluating
Find (i) 𝑃(𝑋 < 1), (ii) 𝑃( |𝑋| > 1), (iii) 𝑃(2𝑋 + 3 > 5).
3. In an Engineering examination, a student is considered to have failed, secured BTL2 Understanding
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 second class, first class and distinction, according as he scores less than
45%,between 45% and 60% between 60% and 75% and above 75%
respectively. In a particular year 10% of the students failed in the examination
and 5% of the students get distinction. Find the percentage of students who
have got first class and second class. Assume normal distribution of marks.
4. Buses arrive at a specified stop at 15 minutes interval starting at 6 a.m. i.e.,
they arrive at 6 a.m., 6.15a.m., 6.30 a.m., and so on. If a passenger arrives at BTL2 Understanding
the stop at a time that is uniformly distributed between 6 and 6.30 a.m. Find
the probability that he waits (i) Less than 5 minutes for a bus. (ii) More than
10 minutes for a bus.
UNIT II - TWO - DIMENSIONAL RANDOM VARIABLES
Joint distributions – Marginal and conditional distributions – Covariance – Correlation and linear
regression – Transformation of random variables – Central limit theorem.
Q. No. Question BT Level Competence

PART A
1. Define Two dimensional Discrete random variables. BTL4 Analyzing
2. Define Two dimensional Continuous random variables. BTL1 Remembering
x y
The joint probability distribution of X and Y is given by p ( x, y )  ,
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x = 1, 2, 3; y = 1, 2. Find the marginal probability distributions of X.
Find the probability distribution of X + Y from the bi-variate distribution of
(X,Y) given below:
4. X Y 1 2 BTL1 Remembering
1 0.4 0.2
2 0.3 0.1
The joint probability function (X,Y) is given by 𝑃(𝑥, 𝑦) = 𝑘(2𝑥 + 3𝑦),
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𝑥 = 0,1,2 𝑦 = 1,2,3, Find the value of K.
Let X and Y have the joint p.m.f. Then find P(X+Y > 1)
Y X 0 1 2
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0 0.1 0.4 0.1
1 0.2 0.2 0
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, 0 < 𝑥, 𝑦 < 2
7. If the joint pdf of (X, Y) is 𝑓 (𝑥, 𝑦) = {4 . Find 𝑃(𝑋 + 𝑌 ≤ 1) BTL2 Understanding
0, 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑤𝑖𝑠𝑒
Let X and Y be random variables with joint density function
8. f(x,y) = 4 xy , 0  x  1 , 0  y  1 formulate the value of E(XY) BTL2 Understanding
 0, otherwise
If the joint probability density function of a random variable X and Y is given
𝑥 3𝑦 3
, 0 < 𝑥 < 2, 0 < 𝑦 < 2
9. by𝑓(𝑥, 𝑦) = { 16 . Find the marginal density function BTL2 Understanding
0, 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑤𝑖𝑠𝑒
of X.
10. What is the condition for two random variables are independent? BTL2 Understanding
The joint probability density of a two dimensional random variable (X, Y) is
11. 𝑘𝑥𝑒 −𝑦 ; 0 ≤ 𝑥 < 2 , 𝑦 > 0 BTL3 Applying
given by 𝑓(𝑥, 𝑦) = { . Evaluate𝑘.
0, 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑤𝑖𝑠𝑒
12. The joint probability density function of random variables (X, Y) is BTL3 Applying
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 f ( x, y)  k e ( 2 x 3 y ) , x  0, y  0 . Find the value of k.
13. State the correlation coefficient formula. BTL3 Applying
The regression equations are x + 6y = 14 and 2x + 3y = 1. Find the correlation
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coefficient between X & Y.
If 𝑋̅ = 970 , 𝑌̅ = 18, 𝜎𝑥 = 38 , 𝜎𝑦 = 2 and r = 0.6 , Find the line of regression of
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X on Y.
In a partially destroyed laboratory, record of an analysis of correlation data, The
16. following results only are legible; Variance of X = 9; Regression equations are BTL4 Analyzing
8X - 10Y + 66 = 0 and 40X-18Y = 214. Find the mean values of X and Y?
The regression equations are 3x + 2y = 26 and 6x + y = 31. Find the correlation
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coefficient.
18. Define Marginal probability density function of X. BTL5 Evaluating
19. What is the acute angle between the two lines of regression? BTL6 Creating
20. State Central Limit Theorem. BTL6 Creating
Part – B(13 Marks)
If X, Y are RV’s having the joint density function
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𝑓(𝑥, 𝑦) = 𝑘(6– 𝑥– 𝑦),0 < 𝑥 < 2, 2 < 𝑦 < 4, Find (i) P(x < 1, y < 3), BTL1 Remembering
(ii) P(x < 1/y < 3), (iii) P(y < 3/x < 1) and (iv) P(x + y < 3)
𝑥+𝑦
The joint distribution of X and Y is given by 𝑓 (𝑥, 𝑦) = 21 , x = 1, 2, 3; y = 1, 2.
2.(a) BTL1 Remembering
Find the marginal distributions of X and Y.
The joint pdf a bivariate R.V(X, Y) is given by 𝑓(𝑥, 𝑦) =
𝐾𝑥𝑦 , 0 < 𝑥 < 1, 0 < 𝑦 < 1
2.(b) { BTL2 Understanding
0 , 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑤𝑖𝑠𝑒
Find (i) K. (ii) Find P(X+Y<1). (iii)Are X and Y independent R.V’s.
If the joint pdf of (X, Y) is given by P(x, y) = K(2x+3y), x = 0, 1, 2, 3;
3.(a) y = 1, 2, 3. Find all the marginal probability distribution. Also find the BTL1 Remembering
probability distribution of X+Y.
𝑘𝑥(𝑥 − 𝑦), 0 < 𝑥 < 2 , −𝑥 < 𝑦 < 𝑥
The joint pdf of X and Y is given by f(x,y)={
3.(b) 0, 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑤𝑖𝑠𝑒 BTL3 Applying
(i)Find k (ii) Find 𝑓𝑥 (𝑥) and 𝑓𝑦 (𝑦)
The joint pdf of a two dimensional random variable (X, Y) is given by
4. 𝑥2
𝑓(𝑥, 𝑦) = 𝑥𝑦 2 + , 0 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 2, 0 ≤ 𝑦 ≤ 1. BTL3 Applying
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Compute (i) 𝑃 (𝑋 > 1 / 𝑌 < 2) (ii) 𝑃 (𝑌 < 2 /𝑋 > 1 ) (iii) 𝑃(𝑋 + 𝑌) ≤ 1.

From the following table for bi-variate distribution of (X, Y). Find
(i) 𝑃 (𝑋 ≤ 1) (ii) 𝑃(𝑌 ≤ 3) (iii) 𝑃(𝑋 ≤ 1, 𝑌 ≤ 3)
(iv) 𝑃 𝑋 ≤ 1/ 𝑌 ≤ 3 (v) 𝑃 𝑌 ≤ 3/ 𝑋 ≤ 1 (vi) 𝑃(𝑋 + 𝑌 ≤ 4)
( ) ( )
Y
1 2 3 4 5 6
X
5. 1 2 2 3 BTL3 Applying
0 0 0
32 32 32 32
1 1 1 1 1 1
1
16 16 8 8 8 8
1 1 1 1 2
2 0
32 32 64 64 64
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 The two dimensional random variable (X, Y) has the joint probability mass
𝑥+2𝑦
6.(a) function 𝑓(𝑥, 𝑦) = , x = 0, 1, 2; y = 0, 1, 2. Find the conditional Applying
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distribution of Y given X = 1 also find the conditional distribution of X given Y
= 1.
(b) Find 𝑃(𝑋 < 𝑌/𝑋 < 2𝑌) if the joint pdf of(𝑋, 𝑌) is 𝑓(𝑥, 𝑦) =
6.(b) BTL6 Creating
𝑒 −(𝑥+𝑦) , 0 ≤ 𝑥 < ∞, 0 ≤ 𝑦 < ∞.
If the joint pdf of a two-dimensional RV(X,Y) is given by
𝑥𝑦 Applying
7.(a) 𝑥 2 + 3 ; 0 < 𝑥 < 1, 0 < 𝑦 < 2 1 BTL3
( )
𝑓 𝑥, 𝑦 = { . Find (i) 𝑃 ( 𝑋 > 2) (ii) 𝑃(𝑌 < 𝑋)
0, 𝑒𝑙𝑠𝑒𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒

8 If f(x, y) = 6  x  y , 0  x  2, , 2  y  4 for a bi-variate R.V (X, Y). Find the Applying

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correlation coefficient𝜌.
9. (a) If 𝑋1 , 𝑋2 , 𝑋3 , ⋯ 𝑋𝑛 are Poisson variates with mean 2, use central limit theorem to
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estimate 𝑃(120 < 𝑆𝑛 < 160) where 𝑆𝑛 = 𝑋1 + 𝑋2 + 𝑋3 + ⋯ +𝑋𝑛 and n=75.
Find the Coefficient of Correlation between industrial production and export
9. (b) using the following table :
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Production (X) 14 17 23 21 25
Export (Y) 10 12 15 20 23
Find the correlation coefficient for the following heights of fathers X, their sons
Y and also find the equations of regression lines. Hence find the height of son
10. when the height of father is 71 BTL3 Applying
X 65 66 67 67 68 69 70 72
Y 67 68 65 68 72 72 69 71
Two random variables X and Y have the following joint probability density
𝑥 + 𝑦; 0 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 1, 0 ≤ 𝑦 ≤ 1
11. function𝑓 (𝑥, 𝑦) = { . Find the probability density BTL6 Creating
0, 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑤𝑖𝑠𝑒
function of the random variable U = XY.
If X and Y independent Random Variables with pdf e  x , x  0 and e  y , y  0
12. X BTL1 Remembering
Find the density function of U  and V  X  Y . Are they independent?
X Y
If X and Y each follow an exponential distribution with parameter 1 and are
13.(a) BTL3 Applying
independent, find the pdf of U = X-Y.
20 dice are thrown. Find the approximate probability that the sum obtained is
13.(b) BTL3 Applying
between 65 and 75 using central limit theorem.
Two random variables X and Y have the joint density function
14. 𝑓(𝑥, 𝑦) = 𝑥 + 𝑦, 0 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 1, 0 ≤ 𝑦 ≤ 1. Calculate the Correlation coefficient BTL1 Remembering
between X and Y.
PART C (15 Marks)
Q. No. Question BT Level Competence

The lifetime of a certain brand of an electric bulb may be considered a RV with

1. mean 1200h and standard deviation 250h. Find the probability, using central BTL 4 Analyzing
limit theorem, that the average life time of 60 bulbs exceeds 1250 h.
2. Three balls are drawn at random without replacement from a box containing 2 BTL1 Remembering

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 white, 3 red and 4 blue balls. If X denotes the number of white balls drawn and
Y denotes the number of red balls drawn, Find the probability distribution of X
and Y.
From the following data , Find (i)The two regression equations (ii) The
coefficient of correlation between the marks in Mathematics and Statistics
3. (iii) The most likely marks in Statistics when marks in Mathematics are 30 BTL2 Understanding
Marks in Maths : 25 28 35 32 31 36 29 38 34 32
Marks in Statistics: 43 46 49 41 36 32 31 30 33 39
Out of the two lines of regression given by 𝑥 + 2𝑦 − 5 = 0 and
2𝑥 + 3𝑦 − 8 = 0, which one is the regression line of X onY?
4. BTL2 Understanding
Use the equations to find the means of X and Y. If the variance of X is 12, find
the variance of Y.
UNIT III -TESTING OF HYPOTHESIS
Sampling distributions - Estimation of parameters - Statistical hypothesis - Large sample tests based on
Normal distribution for single mean and difference of means -Tests based on t, Chi-square and F distributions for
mean, variance and proportion - Contingency table (test for independent) - Goodness of fit.
PART – A (2 Marks)
Q. No. Question BT Level Competence

1. Define the following terms (i) Statistic, (ii) Parameter BTL 1 Remembering

2. What are null and alternate hypothesis? BTL 1 Remembering

3. Mention the various steps involved in testing of hypothesis. BTL 1 Remembering

What is the essential difference between confidence limits and tolerance Remembering
4. limits?
BTL 1

5. What are the parameters and statistics in sampling BTL 1 Remembering

6. State level of significance. BTL 1 Remembering

A random sample of 25 cups from a certain coffee dispensing machine
yields a mean x = 6.9 occur per cup. Use 0.05 level of significance to test,
on the average, the machine dispense μ = 7.0 ounces against the null
7. hypothesis that, on the average, the machine dispenses μ < 7.0 ounces.
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Assume that the distribution of ounces per cup is normal, and that the
variance is the known quantity σ2 =0.01 ounces
Twenty people were attacked by a disease and only 18 were survived. The
hypothesis is set in such a way that the survival rate is 85% if attacked by
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this disease. Will you reject the hypothesis that it is more at 5% level?
(Z0.05 = 1.645).
In a large city A, 20 percent of a random sample of 900 school boys had a
slight physical defect. In another large city B, 18.5 percent of a random
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sample of 1600 school boys had some defect. Is the difference between the
proportions significant?
A standard sample of 200 tins of coconut oil gave an average weight of
10. 4.95 kg with a standard deviation of 0.21 kg. Do we accept that the net BTL 2 Understanding
weight is 5 kg per tin at 5% level of significance?

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 Write down the formula of test statistic‘t’ to test the significance of
11. BTL 3 Applying
difference between the means.
12. What are the applications of t-test? BTL 3 Applying
13. State any two applications of ψ2 -test. BTL 6 Creating
14. Write the application of ‘F’ test. BTL 4 Analyzing
15. Define ‘F’ variate. BTL 4 Analyzing
16. What are the properties of “F” test? BTL 3 Applying
17. What is the assumption of t-test? BTL 5 Evaluating
Write the formula for the chi- square test of goodness of fit of a random
18. BTL 5 Evaluating
sample to a hypothetical distribution.
19. Give the main use of ψ2 -test BTL 6 Creating
What are the expected frequencies of 2x2 contingency table?
20. a b BTL 4 Analyzing
c d
PART – B (13 Marks)
A sample of 100 students is taken from a large population. The mean
1.(a) height of the students in this sample is 160cms. Can it be reasonably BTL1
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regarded that this sample is from a population of mean 165 cm and
standard deviation 10 cm?
Test of fidelity and selectivity of 190 radio receivers produced the results
shown in the following table
Fidelity
Selectivity Low Average High
1.(b) Low 6 12 32 BTL1 Remembering
Average 33 61 18
High 13 15 0
Use 0.01 level of significance to test whether there is a relationship
between fidelity and selectivity.
Given the following table for hair color and eye color, identify the value of
Chi-square. Is there good association between hair color and eye color?
Hair color
Fair Brown Black Total
2. Eye Blue 15 5 20 40 BTL1 Remembering
color Grey 20 10 20 50
Brown 25 15 20 60
Total 60 30 60 150
Two independent samples of sizes 8 and 7 contained the following values.
3. Sample I 19 17 15 21 16 18 16 14
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Sample II 15 14 15 19 15 18 16
Test if the two populations have the same mean.
Two independent samples of 8 and 7 items respectively had the following
4.
Values of the variable (weight in kgs.) Use 0.05 LOS to test whether the Analyzing
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 Sample I 9 11 13 11 15 9 12 14
Sample II 10 12 10 14 9 8 10

A group of 10 rats fed on diet A and another group of 8 rats fed on diet B,
Recorded the following increase the following increase in weight.(gm)
5. (a)
Diet A 5 6 8 1 12 4 3 9 6 10 BTL5 Evaluating
Diet B 2 3 6 8 10 1 2 8 - -
Find the variances are significantly different. (Use F-test)
The marks obtained by a group of 9 regular course students and another
group of 11 part time course students in a test are given below :
Sample I 56 62 63 54 60 51 67 69 58
5.(b) BTL2 Understanding
Sample II 62 70 71 62 60 56 75 64 72 68 66
Examine whether the marks obtained by regular students and part-time
students differ significantly at 5% levels of significance.
In a certain factory there are two independent processes manufacturing the
same item. The average weight in a sample of 250 items produced from
one process is found to be 120 Ozs, with a standard deviation of 12 Ozs,
BTL3 Applying
6. while the corresponding figures in a sample of 400 items from the other
process are 124 and 14. Is the difference between the two sample means
significant?
Records taken of the number of male and female births in 800 families
having four Children are as follows :
Number of male births : 0 1 2 3 4
7. Number of female births : 4 3 2 1 0
BTL4 Analyzing
Number of Families : 32 178 290 236 64
Infer whether the data are consistent with the hypothesis that the binomial
law holds the chance of a male birth is equal to female birth, namely p =
½ = q.
A survey of 320 families with 5 children each revealed the following
distribution
Boys 5 4 3 2 1 0
8.
Girls 0 1 2 3 4 5 BTL6 Creating
Families 14 56 110 88 40 12
Is this result consistent with the hypothesis that male and female births are
equally probable?
The nicotine content in milligram of two samples of tobacco where found
to be as follows
9.(a) Sample 1 24 27 26 21 25
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Sample 2 27 30 28 31 22 36
Can it be said that this samples were from normal population with the
same mean.
A simple sample of heights of 6400 Englishmen has a mean of 170cms
and a standard deviation of 6.4cms, while a simple sample of heights of
9.(b) 1600 Americans has a mean of 172 cm and a standard deviation of 6.3cms. BTL1 Remembering
Do the data indicate that Americans are, on the average, taller than
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 Two random samples gave the following results:
Sum of squares of
Sample Size Sample mean
deviation from the mean
10.
1 10 15 90 BTL1 Remembering
2 12 14 108
Analyze whether the samples have come from the same normal
population.
Mechanical engineers testing a new arc welding technique, classified
welds both with respect to appearance and an X-ray inspection
X-ray/Appearance Bad Normal Good
11. Bad 20 7 3 BTL3 Applying
Normal 13 51 16
Good 7 12 21
Test for independence using 0.05 level of significance.
A sample of 200 persons with a particular disease was selected. Out of
these, 100 were given a drug and the others were not given any drug. The
result are as follows:
Number of persons Drug No drug Total
12. Cured BTL1 Remembering
65 55 120
Not cured 35 45 80
Total 100 100 200
Test whether the drug is effective or not?
The following data gives the number of aircraft accidents that occurred
during the various days of a week. Find whether the accidents are
uniformly distributed over the week
13. BTL1 Remembering
Days Mo
Sun Tues Wed Thu Fri Sat
n
No. of accidents 14 16 08 12 11 9 14
The nicotine content in milligram of two samples of tobacco where found
to be as follows, test the significant difference between means of the two
14. samples. BTL1 Remembering
Sample I 21 24 25 26 27 -
Sample II 22 27 28 30 31 36
PART – C(15 Marks)
Q. No. Question BT Level Competence
Random samples drawn from two places gave the following data relating
to the heights of male adults:
Place A Place B
1. Mean height (in inches) 68.50 65.50 BTL2 Understanding
S.D ( in inches) 2.5 3.0
No. of adult males in sample 1200 1500
Test at 5 % level, that the mean height is the same for adults in the two
places.
Samples of two types of electric bulbs were tested for length of life and
2.
following data were obtained.

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 Type I Type II BTL3 Applying
Sample Size 8 7
Sample Mean 1234hrs 1036hrs
Sample S.D 36hrs 40hrs
Analyze that, is the difference in the means sufficient to warrant that type I
is superior to type II regarding the length of life?
5 coins were tossed 320 times. The number of heads observed is given
below :
3. No. of heads 0 1 2 3 4 5 Analyzing
BTL4
Observed frequencies 15 45 85 95 60 20
Examine whether the coin is unbiased .Use 5% level of significance.
The theory predicts that the population of beans in the four groups A, B, C
and D should be 9:3:3:1. In an experiment among 1600 beans, the number
4. BTL4 Analyzing
in the four groups was 882,313,287 and 118. Do the experimental results
support the survey?
UNIT IV-DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS
One way and two way classifications - Completely randomized design – Randomized block design – Latin
square design.
PART – A(2 Marks)
Q. No. Question BT Level Competence
1. What is the aim of design of experiments? BTL1 Remembering
2. Write the basic assumptions in analysis of variance. BTL1 Remembering
3. When do you apply analysis of variance technique? BTL1 Remembering
4. Define Replication. BTL1 Remembering
5. Define Randomization. BTL1 Remembering
6. Define Local control. BTL1 Remembering
7. What is meant by tolerance limits? BTL2 Understanding
8. What is a completely randomized design? BTL2 Understanding
9. Explain the advantages of a Latin square design? BTL2 Understanding
What are the basic elements of a Completely Randomized Experimental BTL2 Understanding
10. Design?
11. Demonstrate the purpose of blocking in a randomized block design? BTL3 Applying
12. Manipulate the Basic principles of the design of experiment? BTL3 Applying
13. Why a 2x2 Latin square is not possible? Explain. BTL3 Applying
Demonstrate main advantage of Latin square Design over Randomized BTL4 Analyzing
14. Block Design?
15. Analyze the advantages of the Latin square design over the other design. BTL4 Analyzing
16. Write any two differences between RBD and LSD. BTL4 Analyzing
17. What is ANOVA? BTL5 Evaluating
18. What are the uses of ANOVA? BTL5 Evaluating
19. Define experimental error. BTL6 Creating
20. Write any two advantages of RBD over CRD. BTL4 Analyzing
PART-B (13 Marks)
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 The accompanying data resulted from an experiment comparing the degree
of soiling for fabric copolymerized with the 3 different mixtures of met
1. acrylic acid. Analyze the classification. BTL1
Remembering
Mixture 1 : 0.56 1.12 0.90 1.07 0.94
Mixture 2 : 0.72 0.69 0.87 0.78 0.91
Mixture 3 : 0.62 1.08 1.07 0.99 0.93
The following table shows the lives in hours of four brands of electric
lamps brand
A: 1610, 1610, 1650, 1680, 1700, 1720, 1800
2. B: 1580, 1640, 1640, 1700, 1750
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C: 1460, 1550, 1600, 1620, 1640, 1660, 1740, 1820
D: 1510, 1520, 1530, 1570, 1600, 1680
Identify an analysis of variance and test the homogeneity of the mean lives
of the four brands of lamps.
In order to determine whether the significant difference in the durability of
3 makes of computers, samples of size 5 are selected from each make and
the frequency of repair during the first year of purchase is observed. The
results are as follows: In view of the above data, what conclusion can you
draw?
3. Makes
A B C BTL1 Remembering
5 8 7
6 10 3
8 11 5
9 12 4
7 4 1
Five doctors each test five treatments for a certain disease and observe
the number of days each patient takes to recover. The results are as
follows (recovery time in days)
Treatment
Doctor 1 2 3 4 5
4. A 10 14 23 18 20
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B 11 15 24 17 21
C 9 12 20 16 19
D 8 13 17 17 20
E 12 15 19 15 22
Estimate the difference between (a) doctors and (b)treatments for the
above data at 5% level.
Perform a 2-way ANOVA on the data given below:

Treatment 1
1 2 3
5.
1 30 26 38 BTL3 Applying
2 24 29 28
Treatment 2 3 33 24 35
4 36 31 30
5 27 35 33

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 Use the coding method subtracting 30 from the given no.
A chemist wishes to test the effect of four chemical agents on the
strength of a particular type of cloth. Because there might be
variability from one bolt to another , the chemist decides to use a
randomized block design ,with the bolts of cloth consider as blocks
,she selects five bolts and applies all four chemical in random order to
each bolt, The resulting tensile strength follows
6. BOLT
BTL2 Understanding
1 2 3 4 5
1 73 68 74 71 67
2 73 67 75 72 70
CHEMICAL
3 75 68 78 73 68
4 73 71 75 75 69
Does the tensile strength depend on chemical? Test at 10% level of
significance.
A Latin square design was used to compare the bond strength of gold
semiconductor lead wires bounded to the lead terminal by five different
methods A, B, C, D & E. The bonds were made by five different operators
and the devices were encapsulated using five different plastics. With the
following result ,expressed as pounds of force required to break the bond
7. Plastics/ operator 1 2 3 4 5
BTL4 Analyzing
1 A3 B2.4 C1.9 D2.2 E1.7
2 B2.1 C2.7 D2.3 E2.5 A3.1
3 C2.1 D2.6 E2.5 A2.9 B2.1
4 D2.0 E2.5 B3.2 B2.5 C2.2
5 E2.1 A3.6 B2.4 C2.4 D2.1
Analyze these results and test with .01 level of significance.
The following data resulted from an experiment to compare three burners
A, B, C. A Latin square design was used as the tests were made on 3
engines and were spread over 3 days.
8. A 16 B 17 C 20
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B 16 C 21 A 15
C 15 A 12 B 13
Test the hypothesis and infer that there is no difference between the
burners.
A farmer wishes to test the effects of four different fertilizers A, B, C, Don
the yield of Wheat. In order to eliminate sources of error due to variability
in soil fertility, he uses the fertilizers, in a Latin square arrangement a
syndicated in the following table, where the numbers indicate yields per
unit area.
9. A18 C21 D25 B11 BTL1 Remembering
D22 B12 A15 C19
B15 A20 C23 D24
C22 D21 B10 A17
Design an analysis22 of variance
21 to determine
10 if there
17 is a significant
difference between the fertilizers at α=0.05 and α=0.01 levels of
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 Set up the analysis of variance for the following results of a Latin Square
Design(use α = 0.01) level of significance
10. A12 C19 B10 D8
C18 B12 D6 A7 BTL4 Analyzing
B22 D10 A5 C21
D12 A7 C27 B17
In a 5x5 Latin square experiment, the data collected is given in the matrix
below Yield per plot is given in quintals for the five different cultivation
treatments A, B, C,D and E. Perform the analysis of variance.
11. A48 E66 D56 C52 B61
BTL6 Creating
D64 B62 A50 E64 C63
B69 A53 C60 D61 E67
C57 D58 E67 B65 A55
E67 C57 B66 A60 D57
In a Latin square experiment given below are the yields in quintals per acre
on the paddy crop carried out for testing the effect of five fertilizers A, B,
C, D, E. Analyze the data for variations.
12. B25 A18 E27 D30 C27
BTL3 Applying
A19 D31 C29 E26 B23
C28 B22 D33 A18 E27
E28 C26 A20 B25 D33
D32 E25 B23 C28 A20
The following are the number of mistakes made in 5 successive days by
four technicians working for a photographic laboratory. Test whether the
difference among the four samples means can be attributed to chance. Test
at a level of significance α = 0.01.
Technician
13. I II III IV
BTL4 Analyzing
6 14 10 9
14 9 12 12
10 12 7 8
8 10 15 10
11 14 11 11
A random sample is selected from each of three makes of ropes and their
breaking strength (in pounds) are measured with the following results
Sample I : 70 72 75 80 83
14. BTL4 Analyzing
Sample II : 100 110 108 112 113 120 107
Sample III: 60 65 57 84 87 73
Test whether the breaking strength of the ropes differs significantly?
PART-C (15 Marks)
Q. No. Question BT Level Competence
1. A set of data involving 4 tropical food stuffs A, B, C, D tried on 20 chicks
is given below. All the 20 chicks are treated alike in all respects except the BTL2 Understanding
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 Analyze the data:
A 55 49 42 21 52
B 61 112 30 89 63
C 42 97 81 95 92
D 169 137 169 85 154
2. A company appoints 4 salesmen A, B, C and D and observes their sales in
3 seasons, summer winter and monsoon. The figures are given in the
following table:
Salesmen
Season 1 2 3 4 BTL2 Understanding
Summer 45 40 28 37
Winter 43 41 45 38
Monsoon 39 39 43 41
Carry out an Analysis of variances.
3. A variable trial was conducted on wheat with 4 varieties in a Latin square
design. The plan of the experiment and the per plot yield are given below.
C25 B23 A20 D20
BTL5 Evaluating
A19 D19 C21 B18
B19 A14 D17 C20
D17 C20 B21 A15
4. A laboratory technician measures the breaking strength of each of five
kinds of linen threads by using four different measuring instruments, and
obtains the following results.
Instruments
I1 I2 I3 I4
1 20.9 20.4 19.9 21.9 BTL1 Understanding
Thread

2 25 26.2 27.0 24.8

3 25.5 23.1 21.5 24.4
4 24.8 21.2 23.5 25.7
5 19.6 21.2 22.1 22.1
Perform a 2-way ANOVA using the 0.05 level of significance.
UNIT 5- STATISTICAL QUALITY CONTROL
Control charts for measurements (X and R charts) – Control charts for attributes (p, c and np charts)
– Tolerance limits – Acceptance sampling
PART-A(2 Marks)
Q. No. Question BT Level Competence
1. What is Statistical quality control? BTL2 Understanding
2. Write down advantage of SQC. BTL1 Remembering
3. What is meant by chance variation? BTL2 Understanding
4. What is meant by Assignable variation? BTL1 Remembering
5. Name the types of Control Chart. BTL1 Remembering
6. Define product control BTL2 Understanding
7. Define process control BTL2 Understanding
8. What is control Chart? BTL1 Remembering
9. Write down uses of Mean Chart. BTL3 Applying
10. Write down types of Acceptance sampling plan BTL1 Remembering
11. Define OC Curve BTL3 Applying
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12. Write down types of Causes variation. BTL4 Analyzing
13. Write the formula for np chart. BTL4 Analyzing
14. What is meant by AQL and LTPD BTL4 Analyzing
15. What is the formula for c chart and p chart BTL1 Remembering
16. Define Acceptance Sampling. BTL5 Evaluating
17. Explain producers Risk and Consumer Risk. BTL3 Applying
18. Define Tolerance limits. BTL6 Creating
19. Define one-sided Tolerance limits. BTL1 Remembering
20. Define Two-Sided Tolerance limits. BTL2 Understanding
PART-B(13 Marks)
1.(a) What do you understand by SQC. Discuss its utility and limitations? BTL1 Remembering
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.
Sample Weight of the parts in ounces
1.(b) 1 10 12 10 12 BTL6 Creating
2 10 12 13 13
3 10 10 9 11
4 11 10 9 14
5 12 12 12 12
You are given the value of sample means ( ̅X ) and Range for 10 samples of size
5 each. Draw mean chart and comment on the state of control of the process.
2. Sample No 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 BTL2 Understanding
̅
(X) 43 49 37 44 45 37 51 46 43 47
R 5 6 5 7 7 4 8 6 4 6
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,
3. BTL2 Understanding
(iii) 1%defective, (iv) 2%defective, (v) 4% defective, (vi) 10%defective. Also
draw and OC curve.
10 samples each of size 50 were inspected and the number of defectives in the
4. inspection were: 2,1,1,2,3,5,5,1,2,3.Draw the appropriate control chart for BTL1 Remembering
defectives.
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:
Sample No 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
10
5.(a) ̅
(X) 15 17 15 18 17 14 18 15 17 16 BTL3 Applying
R 7 7 4 9 8 7 12 4 11 5
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)
5.(b) Explain in detail the R-Chart clearly? BTL1 Remembering

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 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 is in control.
6.(a) Sample No 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 BTL3 Applying
̅)
(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)
6.(b) Explain in detail the ̅
X Chart clearly? BTL1 Remembering
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
7. comment on the state of control. BTL4 Analyzing
Unit No (i) 1 2 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
Construct X̅ chart for following data
Sample No 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
32 28 39 50 42 50 44 22
8. BTL5 Evaluating
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.
From the information given below construct an appropriate control chart
Sample No.(each of 100) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
9. No. of defectives 12 7 9 8 10 6 7 11 8 BTL5 Evaluating
State your conclusions. Write all the steps in the construction of the above chart
including formula for UCL and LCL.
Construct a Control Chart for fraction defectives (p-Chart) for following data.
Sample No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
10.(a) Sample Size 90 65 85 70 80 80 70 95 90 75 BTL6 Creating
No of defectives 9 7 3 2 9 5 3 9 6 7

10.(b) Explain Control Limits for the sample mean 𝑋̅ and sample range R. BTL1 Remembering
An inspection of 10 samples of size 400 each from 10 lots reveled the following
11. BTL6 Creating
number of defective units17,15,14,26,9,4,19,12,9,6
Construct R chart for 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 BTL4 Analyzing
12.
5 1.4 2.3 2.8 2.7
6 1.8 2 1.1 0.1
7 1.6 1. 1.5 2
8 2.5 1.6 1.8 1.2
9 2.9 2 0.5 2.2
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 The following data gives the number of defectives in 10 samples each of size
100.Constuct a np chart for these data and also determine whether the process is
13. in control BTL4 Analyzing
Sample No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
No. of defectives 24 38 62 34 26 36 38 52 33 44
The following data relate to the number of defects in each of 15 units drawn
randomly from a production process. Draw the control chart or the number of
14. defects and comment on the state of control. The Units are 6, 4, 9, 10, 11, 12, BTL2 Understanding
20, 10, 9, 10, 15, 10, 20, 15, 10

PART-C(15 Marks)
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
1. No. BTL6 Creating
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
Boxes

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
(X)

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
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
The following are the ̅
X and R values for 20 samples of readings. Draw ̅
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
2. R 4 4 2 3 5 2 5 13 19 6 BTL2 Understanding
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)
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. 3 100 3 .03 BTL2 Understanding
4 100 6 .06
5 100 5 .05
6 100 6 .06
7 100 8 .08
8 100 10 .10
9 100 10 .10
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 10 100 4 .04
Construct a p- chart.

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 ̅
X and R comment.
Sample No. Life time ( in hours)
1 620 687 666 689 738 686
2 501 585 524 585 653 668
3 673 701 686 567 619 660
4. 4 646 626 572 628 631 743 BTL3 Applying
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
(Given for n = 6,𝐴2 = 0.483 𝐷3 = 0, 𝐷4 = 2.004)

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