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Statistics UPSC PYQ 2021

56 questions from the UPSC 2021 examination. Showing a preview of 3 below — generate a full practice test to solve the rest.

3 questions

1Medium10 marks
Let X and Y be independent and identically distributed exponential random variables with mean λ > 0.
Define
Z =
1, if X < Y
0, if X > Y
Find E[X|Z = 1] + E[X|Z = 0].
2Medium20 marks
(i) What is confounding in factorial experiments ?
(ii) A 2⁶ factorial experiment is conducted in blocks of size 2³. Write the confounded effects such that no main effect or two factor interaction are confounded. Give the list of independent and generalised interactions confounded along with the elements of key block only.
(iii) Give the break-up of degrees of freedom for a 2ⁿ factorial experiment in 2ᵏ blocks.
3Medium15 marks
Let Yᵢ, i ≥ 1 be independent and identical U(-1, 1) random variables. Determine if the following sequences converge in probability :
(i) (Yᵢ / i)
(ii) (Yᵢ²)

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