GLA UNIVERSITY, MATHURA

Practice Questions, Even Semester 2023-24

B.Tech. I Year, II Semester
Subject Code & Subject Name-BCSS 0152
(Probability and Statistics)

Large Sample -Test for Single Proportion

Q.No.1. In a sample of 1000 people in New Delhi, India, 540 are rice
caters and the rest are wheat caters. Can we assume that both
rice and wheat are equally popular in this state at 1% level of
significance.
Q.No.2. 20 people were attacked by a disease and only 18 survived will
you reject the hypothesis that the survival rate, if attacked by
these diseases, is 85% in favor of the hypothesis that it is
more, at 5% level of significance.

Q.No.3. In a random sample of 400 persons from a large population,

120 are female. Can it be said that males and females are in
the ratio 5:3 in the population, at 5% level of significance.

Test of Significance for Difference of Proportion

Q.No.4. A machine puts out 16 imperfect articles in a sample of 500.
After the machine is overhauled, it puts out 3 imperfect
articles in a batch of 100. Has the machine improved.

Q.No.5. Before an increase in excise duty on tea, 400 people out of a

sample of 500 persons were found to be tea drinkers. After an
increase in duty, 400 people were tea drinkers in a sample of
 600 people. Using standard error of proportion, state whether
there is a significant decrease in the consumption of tea.

Q.No.6. A company has the head office at New Delhi and a branch at
Kolkata. The personnel director wanted to know if the workers
at the two places would like the introduction of new plan of
work and a survey was conducted for this purpose.
Out of a sample of 500 workers at New Delhi, 62% favored
the new plan. At Kolkata, out of a sample of 400 workers,
41% were against the new plan. Is there any significant
difference between the two groups in their attitude towards the
new plan at 5% level?

Testing Hypothesis about Population Parameters

Q.No.7. Consider a random sample of 100 USA carpenters produces

a sample mean $15 will standard deviation 2. You wish to
show that the average hourly wage of carpenters in the state of
India is different from $14, which is the national average. Test
the appropriate hypothesis using α=0.05.

Q.No.8. The average weekly earnings for female social workers are
$670. Do men in the same positions have average weekly
earnings that are higher than those for women? A random
sample of n=40 male social workers showed mean is $725 and
standard deviation $102. Test the appropriate hypothesis using
α=0.01.

Testing Hypothesis about Large sample test for Population

means (µ𝟏 − µ𝟐 ).

Q.No.9. An investigation of the relative merits of two kinds of flash

light batteries showed that a random sample of 100 batteries
of brand A lasted on the average of 36.5 hours with a S.D. of
1.8 hours, while a random sample of 80 batteries of brand B
 lasted on the average of 36.8 hours with a S.D. of 1.5 hours.
Use 5 % level of significance; test whether the observed
difference between the average life times is significant.
Q.No.10. If 60 B. Tech computers science students are found to be have
mean height of 63.60 inches and 50 B. Tech AIML students a
mean height of 69.51 inches. Would you conclude that the
AIML students are taller than computer science students?
Assume that the standard deviation of height of under-
graduate students to be 2.48 inches.

One Sample t- test

Q.No.11. Ten cartons are taken at random from an automatic filling
machine. The mean net weight of the 10 cartons is 11.80 units
and standard deviation is 0.15 unit. Does the sample mean
differ significantly from the intended weight of 12 unit?
Q.No.12. Suppose your company wants to improv sales. Past sales date
indicates that the average sales was $100 per transaction. After
training your sales force, recent sales data (taken sales data
from 25 salesman) indicates on average sales for $130, with a
standard deviation of $15. Did the training work? Test your
hypothesis at 5% level of significance.
Q.No.13. A mean weakly sale of the candy bar in a candy store is 146.4
bars per store. After an advertising campaign the mean weakly
sales in 22 stores for a typical week increases to 153.7 and
standard deviation of 17.2. Was the advertising campaign
successful?

Two Sample Independent t- test

Q.No.14. A random sample of 20 daily workers of state of U.P. was
found to have average daily earnings of Rs. 44 with sample
variance 900. Another sample of 20 daily workers from state
of M.P was found to earn on an average Rs. 28 per day with
 sample variance 400. Test whether the workers in state of U.P
are earning more 2 than those in state of M.P.
Q.No.15. The average number of articles produced by two machines
per day is 200 and 250 with standard deviations 20 and 25
respectively. On the basis of records of 25 days production.
Can you regard both the machine equally efficient at 1% level
of significance?
Q.No.16. A group of 5 patients treated with medicines A weight 42,
39, 48, 60, and 41 kg; second sample group of 7 patients from
the same hospital with machine B weight 38, 42, 56, 64, 68,
69 and 62 kg. Do you agree with the claim that the machine B
increases the weight significantly.

Paired Sample t- test

Q.No.17. An IQ test was conducted on to 5 persons, before and after

they are trained.
Candidates: I II III IV V
IQ before training: 110 120 123 132 125
IQ before training: 120 118 125 136 121
Test whether there is any change in IQ after the training.
Q.No.18. A certain test is conducted in 12 patients which represents the
change in blood pressure,
5, 2, 8, -1, 3, 0, -2, 1, -5, 0, 4, 6
Can it be conducted that a certain test will be general be
accompanied by an increase in blood pressure?
 Estimation (Population Parameter using CI)

Q.No.19. The table below shows data on a sub sample of 10

participants in the examination of the heart study.

Characteristic N Sample SD
Systolic Blood Pressure 10 121.2 11.1
Diastolic Blood Pressure 9 71.3 7.2
Total Serum Cholesterol 10 202.3 37.7

Compute a 95% CI for the true systolic blood pressure using

data in the subsample.
Q.No.20. Descriptive Statistics on various measured in a sample of
3539 participants attending the examination in the heart
study are mentioned.

Characteristic N Sample SD
Systolic Blood Pressure 3534 127.3 19.0
Diastolic Blood Pressure 3532 74.0 9.9
Total Serum Cholesterol 3310 202.3 36.3

Generate a 95% CI for systolic blood pressure using the data.

Q.No.21. A random sample of 30 apples was taken from a large
population. On measuring their diameter, the mean of
diameter of the sample was 91 millimeters with a S.D of
8mm. Calculate the 95% CI for the mean diameter of the
whole population of apples.
Q.No.22. A random sample of 10 scores obtained by the students in a
math test are as follows:
2, 16, 3, 10, 11, 4, 6, 7, 9, 12
What will be the 90% CI for the mean of the whole sample?
Q.No.23. Out of hundreds of people. You randomly choose 46 men
with a mean of 86 inches(height) with a S.D. of 6.2 inches.
Determine that the selected mean is tall enough.
Q.No.24. An experiment has taken on 3532 participants and records
shows there were 1219 participants being treated for
hypertension. Compute 95% confident that the true
proportion of persons are on antihypertensive medication.

Chi-Square Test: Goodness of Fit

Q.No.25. The number of scooter accidents per month in a certain town
were as follows:
12, 8, 20, 2, 14, 10, 15, 6, 9, 4
Are these frequencies in agreement with the belief that
accident conditions were the same during this 10-month
period? (Given: For degree of freedom =9, χ 2 (0.05) =16.92).
Q.No.26. The theory predicts the proportion of beans, in the four
groups A, B, C, and D should be 9:3:3:1. In an experiment
among 1600 beams, the number of four groups was 882, 313,
287 and 118. Does the experiment result support the theory?
(Given: For degree of freedom =3, χ 2 (0.05) =7.81).
Q.No.27. A sample analysis of examination results of 200 B.Tech.’s
was made. It was found that 46 students had failed, 68
secured a third division, 62 secured a second division and the
rest were placed in first division. Are these figures
commensurate with the general examination result which is
in the ratio of 4:3:2:1 for various categories respectively?
(Given: For degree of freedom =3, χ 2 (0.05) =7.81).
Q.No.28. The demand for a particular spare part in a factory was found
to be vary from day-to-day. In a sample study, the following
information was obtained
Days Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
No. of parts 1124 1125 1110 1120 1126 11125
demanded
Test the hypothesis that the number of parts demanded does
not depend on the day of the week.
(Given: For degree of freedom =5, χ 2 (0.05) =11.07).
 Chi-Square Test: Independence of Attributes
Q.No.29. In an anti-malaria campaign in a certain area, quinine was
administered to 812 persons out of a total population of 3248.
The number of fever cases is shown below:

Treatment Fever (A) No fever (a) Total

Quinine (B) 140(AB) 30 (aB) 170 (B)
No Quinine (b) 60(Ab) 20 (ab) 80 (b)
Total 200(A) 50 (a) 250 (N)
Discuss the usefulness of quinine in checking malaria.
(Given: For degree of freedom =1, χ 2 (0.05) =3.84).

Q.No.30. Two sample polls of votes of two candidates A and B for a

public office are taken, one from among the residence of rural
areas. The results are given in the adjoining table.

Area Votes for

A B
Rural 620 380
Urban 550 450

Examine whether the nature of the area is related to voting

preference in this election. (Given: For degree of freedom =1,
χ 2 (0.05) =3.84).
Q.No.31. Out of 8000 graduates in a town 800 are females, out of 1600
graduates’ employees 120 are female. Use chi-square test to
determine if any distinction is made in appointment on the
basis of sex. (Given: For degree of freedom =1, χ 2 (0.05)
=3.84).
 ANOVA (Analysis of Variance)

Question 1: Which test should be use to determine whether there is

any significantly difference between the means of
THREE OR MORE GROUPS?

Answer: ANOVA is used to compare the statistical significance

between the means of three or more independent
(unrelated) groups.

Basic Terms

Experimental Unit: The objects on which a measurements or

measurement is taken.
A factor is an independent variable whose values are controlled and
varied by the experimenter.
A level is the intensity setting of a factor.
A treatment is a specific combination of factor levels.

Example: A group of people is randomly divided into an experimental

and a control group. The control group is given an aptitude
test after having eaten a full breakfast. The experimental
group is given the same test without having eaten any
breakfast. What are factors, levels, and the treatments in
this experiment?
Solutions:
The experimental units are the people on which the response (test
score) is measured.
Factor: described as “meal” and has two levels: “breakfast” and “no
breakfast”.
Treatments: Since MEAL is the only factor controlled by the
experimenter, the two levels- “breakfast” and “no
breakfast”-also represents the treatments in the
experiment.

Q.No.32. In an experiment to determine the effect of nutrition on the

attention spans of elementary school students, a group of 15
 students were randomly assigned to each of three meal plans:
no breakfast, light breakfast, and full breakfast. Their
attention spans (in minutes) were recorded during a morning
reading period and are shown as

No breakfast 8 7 9 13 10
Light breakfast 14 16 12 17 11
Full breakfast 10 12 16 15 12
Construct the analysis of variance table for this experiment
(Given: For degree of freedom =2,12, 𝐹(2,12) (0.05) =3.89).

Q.No.33. A trucking company wishes to test the average life of each of

the four brands of tyres. The company uses all brands on
randomly selected trucks. The records showing the lives
thousands of miles) are as given

Brand 1 20 23 18 17
Brand 2 19 15 17 20 16
Brand 3 21 19 20 17 16
Brand 4 15 17 16 18
Construct the analysis of variance table for this experiment
or test the hypothesis that the average life for each brand of
types is the same at 1% level of significance (Given: For
degree of freedom =3,14, 𝐹(3,14) (0.01) =5.56).

(Dr. Sandeep Kumar)

Assistant Professor