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Part CCSIR NET June 2024degrees-of-freedom-follow-the-denominator

Degrees of freedom follow the denominator

Let X1,…,X12X_{1}, \dots, X_{12} be a random sample from the N(2, 4) distribution and Y1,…,Y15Y_{1}, \dots, Y_{15} be a random sample from the N(−2, 5) distribution, where N(μ,σ2)N(\mu, \sigma^{2}) denotes a normal distribution with mean μ\mu and variance σ2\sigma^{2}. Assume that the two random samples are mutually independent. Let Xˉ=(1/12)∑i{\bar{X}} = (1/12)\sum_{i}₌112Xi,S12=(1/11)∑i_{1}^{12}X_{i}, S_{1}^{2} = (1/11)\sum_{i}₌112(Xi−Xˉ)2_{1}^{12}(X_{i} - {\bar{X}})^{2}, Ȳ =(1/15)∑j= (1/15)\sum_{j}₌115Yj,S22=(1/14)∑j_{1}^{15}Y_{j}, S_{2}^{2} = (1/14)\sum_{j}₌115(Yj−_{1}^{15}(Y_{j} - Ȳ)2)^{2}. Which of the following statements are true?

  1. A.The distribution of X̄ + Ȳ is N(0, 2/3)✓ Correct
  2. B.The distribution of (1/20)(55S12+56S22)(1/20)(55S_{1}^{2} + 56S_{2}^{2}) is χ262\chi^{2}_{26}
  3. C.The distribution of (5/4)(S12/S22)(5/4)(S_{1}^{2}/S_{2}^{2}) is F11,14F_{11},_{14}✓ Correct
  4. D.The distribution of 23(2\sqrt{3}(Ȳ +2)/S1+ 2)/S_{1} is t14t_{14}

You have the answer. Trap Analysis is why the other three were written.

Not a worked solution repeated four times — the specific reasoning error each wrong option was built to reward, and why this one tests what the inference means.

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The trap it tests

What the inference means

p-values, size, power and error types say specific things. This was not one of them.

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Related counterexample: The maximum of independent exponentials is exponential

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