SPS SPS FM Statistics (SPS FM Statistics) 2025 January

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  1. \(\mathrm { E } ( a X + b Y + c ) = a \mathrm { E } ( X ) + b \mathrm { E } ( Y ) + c\),
  2. if \(X\) and \(Y\) are independent then \(\operatorname { Var } ( a X + b Y + c ) = a ^ { 2 } \operatorname { Var } ( X ) + b ^ { 2 } \operatorname { Var } ( Y )\).
\section*{Non-parametric tests} Goodness-of-fit test and contingency tables: \(\sum \frac { \left( O _ { i } - E _ { i } \right) ^ { 2 } } { E _ { i } } \sim \chi _ { v } ^ { 2 }\)
Approximate distributions for large samples
Wilcoxon Signed Rank test: \(T \sim \mathrm {~N} \left( \frac { 1 } { 4 } n ( n + 1 ) , \frac { 1 } { 24 } n ( n + 1 ) ( 2 n + 1 ) \right)\)
Wilcoxon Rank Sum test (samples of sizes \(m\) and \(n\), with \(m \leq n\) ): $$W \sim \mathrm {~N} \left( \frac { 1 } { 2 } m ( m + n + 1 ) , \frac { 1 } { 12 } m n ( m + n + 1 ) \right)$$ \section*{Percentage points of the normal distribution} If \(Z\) has a normal distribution with mean 0 and variance 1 then, for each value of \(p\), the table gives the value of \(z\) such that \(P ( Z \leq z ) = p\). Test whether there is evidence, at the \(1 \%\) significance level, that the judges agree with each another. The marks given by the two judges to the 7 randomly chosen contestants were as follows, where \(x\) is an integer.
Contestant\(A\)\(B\)\(C\)\(D\)\(E\)\(F\)\(G\)
Judge 164656778798086
Judge 2616378808190\(x\)
(b) Use the value \(r _ { s } = \frac { 27 } { 28 }\) to determine the range of possible values of \(x\).
(c) Give a reason why it might be preferable to use the product moment correlation coefficient rather than Spearman's rank correlation coefficient in this context. Total: \(\_\_\_\_\) / 9 marks \section*{Question 7} A circle, centre \(O\), has radius \(x \mathrm {~cm}\), where \(x\) is an observation from the random variable \(X\) which has a uniform distribution on \([ 0 , \pi ]\)
(a) Find the probability that the area of the circle is greater than \(10 \mathrm {~cm} ^ { 2 }\)
(b) State, giving a reason, whether the median area of the circle is greater or less than \(10 \mathrm {~cm} ^ { 2 }\) The triangle \(O A B\) is drawn inside the circle with \(O A\) and \(O B\) as radii of length \(x \mathrm {~cm}\) and angle \(A O B\) is \(x\) radians.
(c) Use algebraic integration to find the expected value of the area of triangle \(O A B\). Give your answer as an exact value. Detailed working is required and calculator integration is not allowed.
[0pt] [6] Total: \(\_\_\_\_\) / 10 marks End of Paper