SECTION A: ANSWER ANY FOUR QUESTIONS [EACH CARRYING 5 MARKS]

1.

A and B are events with p(A B) = 0.3, p(A) = 0.6, p(B A) = 0.2. Find p(AB).

2.

Find the probability of getting at most two successes in a sequence of ten independent Bernoulli trials in which the
probability of success in each trial is 40%. Also find the mean number of successes and the standard deviation of the
number of successes.

3.

From a sample of fifty observations, the sample mean was 23.32, and the sample standard deviation was 4.73.
Construct a 95% confidence interval for the population mean.

4.

A Poisson process has a rate parameter = 5.5. Find p(X 5) and p(X > 3).

5.

A manufacturer claims that at most 5% of the products she produces are defective. In a random sample of 150 units,
12 units were defective. Is the manufacturers claim valid?

6.

From the following contingency table, can it be concluded that there is a gender bias in the use of cosmetics?

men
women

use
cosmetics
25
80

do not use
cosmetics
75
20

SECTION B: ANSWER ANY THREE QUESTIONS [EACH CARRYING 10 MARKS]

7.

45% of the students of a particular college are girls. 85% of the girls of the college passed in mathematics, while only
65% of the boys passed in mathematics. Find the overall percentage of students who passed in mathematics. Also:
a. If a randomly selected student is found to have passed in mathematics, what is the probability that the student is
a girl?
b. If a randomly selected student is found to have failed in mathematics, what is the probability that the student is a
boy?

8.

The heights of athletes in a population can be assumed to follow a normal distribution, with a mean of 58 and a
standard deviation of 8. Find the percentage of athletes who would be expected to be shorter than 5, the percentage
of athletes who would be expected to be between 56 and 6 in height, and the percentage of athletes who would be
expected to be taller than 7.

9.

In a random sample of 250 men, 95 liked chocolate ice cream, whereas, in a random sample of 350 women, 190 liked
chocolate ice cream. Is there a significant difference between the men and women in their preference to chocolate ice
cream (at = 5%)?

10. The mean IQ of a random sample of 25 boys is found to be 130, with standard deviation 10. The mean IQ of a random
sample of 20 girls is found to be 140, with standard deviation 15. Can one conclude that girls have a significantly
higher IQ than boys?

SECTION C: ANSWER ANY TWO QUESTIONS [EACH CARRYING 15 MARKS]

11. A manager wants to determine whether his distribution outlets are performing equally well. He collects sales figures
from each of the salesmen, as follows:
Distribution Outlets :
Sales Figures :

A
30
30

B
25
25

C
45
45

D
35
30

35
35

25
20
25

40
40
45
40

35

Use one-way ANOVA to test whether there is a difference between the performances of the distribution outlets.
12. The following data pertains to the number of customers arriving at a bank cash-point counter at random intervals of
ten minutes:
arrivals
0
1
2
3
4

frequency
15
65
75
35
10

Fit a Poisson distribution to the above data, and apply the 2-test for goodness-of-fit.
13. Data collected from an agricultural experiment was as follows:
rainfall (mm)
yield (tones)

10
24

12
28

14
32

16
38

18
44

20
50

Estimate the regression equation of yield on rainfall, and estimate the yield when the level of rainfall is 25 mm .