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Below are the scanned copy of Kerala Public Service Commission (KPSC) Question Paper with answer keys of Exam Name 'HSST - STATISTICS - SPECIAL RECRUITMENT FOR SC / ST AND ST ONLY' And exam conducted in the year 2017. And Question paper code was '016/2017/OL'. Medium of question paper was in Malayalam or English . Booklet Alphacode was 'A'. Answer keys are given at the bottom, but we suggest you to try answering the questions yourself and compare the key along wih to check your performance. Because we would like you to do and practice by yourself.
D2 = ((N_1.N_2))/((N_1+N_2)) T*2°
D*2 =((N_1 N_2))/((N_1-N_2)) T*2°
D*2 = ((N_1-N_2))/((N_1 N_2)) T*2°
D*2 = ((N_1 + N_2))/((N_1 N_2)) T*2
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question89:-In principal component analysis the variances of the Principal Components are the of the covariance
matrix.
A:-diagonal elements
B:-eigen values
C:-normalized elements
D:-non-zero elements
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question90:-For discriminating between two populations R.A. Fisher suggested the linear discriminant function *X'l’ for
which
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A:~ ("(mean difference)"*2)/("variance")*
B:-\("mean difference")*2/("A.M.")°
C:-\("mean difference")/("median")*
:-*("variance")/("mean difference")*
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question91:-Assume that the time to failure ‘(T) for a certain bulb has an exponential distribution “f ((t)/(lambda)) with
Parameter ‘lambda >0° with the prior pdf *g (lambda)* of ‘lambda’ is an exponential distribution with parameter 2. Then
the posterior pdf of ‘lambda* given ‘T = ലട
(2/2)
*(lambda)/(e*lambda (t+2))°
(lambda e*(lambda (t+2)))/((t+2)*2)°
+" (lambda (t+2)*2)(e* (lambda (t+2)))*
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question92:-The basic elements of statistical decision theory is
A:-a space Q ‘= {ul theta} of all possible states of nature
B:-an action space ‘A = {a}* of all possible courses of action
C:-a loss function ‘L (ul theta, a)’ giving the incurred loss when action ‘a* is taken and the state is * ul theta*
D:-all these
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question93:-When there is no censoring for the life length *T*, the general formula of a survival function is
A:-‘hat {S (t)} = (" # of individuals with" T >= t)/("total sample size")
B:-hat {S (t)} = (" # of individuals with" T <= t)/("total sample size")*
(:-॥ {S (t)} = (" # of individuals with" T = t)/("total sample size")*
D:-hat {S (t)} = (" # of individuals with" T = 0)/("total sample 5126")
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question94:-The Cox's Proportional Hazard Model (Cox's PH Model) with explanatory variables * ul X = (X_1, X_2, ... X_p),
beta_i’ their regression coefficients and ‘h_0 (t)’ a base line hazard, is *h (t, ul X) ="
A:-‘e* {h_0 (t) sum_(i=1)*p beta_i X_i}*
log h_O (t) + sum_(i=1)*p beta_i X_i*
C:-h_O (t) e sum_(i=1)*p beta_i X_i
D:-*e*(h_0 (t)) sum_(i=1)*p beta_i X_°
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question95:-When an inspection lot contains no defectives the OC function ` । (p)* is
8: | (0) = 00`
0:- 1 (9) =
D:-None of these
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question96:-In a Time series data, the two main components which cause lack of stationarity are
A:-Seasonal and irregular variations
B:-Cyclic and irregular variations
C:-Trend and cyclic variations
D:-Trend and seasonal variations
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question97:-In the ARMA (1, 1) model *Z_t = ‘phi Z_{t-1} + epsilon t - theta epsilon_{t-1}° the condition for stationarity
and invertilibility are respectively