II.

Draw all samples ofsize 2 without replacement and then

Sampling Distribution compute their means. Once the means have been calculated
Q1. The following table shows the performance of 5 fielders in a for the drawn samples; compute mean for all means and
tournament. The variable is the number of dropped catches. standard deviation for all means. Draw the dot plots for the
Fielder x drawn means.
Tayyab (T) 5 III. Do as given in part (II) for sample size 3.
Uzair (U) 4 IV. Do as given in part (II) for sample size 4
Azeem (A) 8 V. Compute standard error when sample size is 2, 3 and 4 using
Owais (O) 2 the formula given below.
Solat (S) 4
𝜎 𝑁−𝑛
You are required to do the following: 𝜎𝑥̅ = √
I. Compute mean and Standard deviation for the data and √𝑛 𝑁−1
draw its dot plot. 7.69 Brain Weights. In 1905, R. Pearl published the article “Biometrical
II. Draw all samples of size 2 without replacement and then Studies on Man. I. Variation and Correlation in Brain Weight”
compute their means. Once the means have been calculated (Biometrika, Vol. 4, pp. 13–104). According to the study, brain weights
for the drawn samples; compute mean for all means and of Swedish men are normally distributed with a mean of 1.40 kg and a
standard deviation for all means. Draw the dot plots for the standard deviation of 0.11 kg.
drawn means. A. Determine the sampling distribution of the sample mean for
III. Do as given in part (II) for sample size 3. samples of size 3. Interpret your answer in terms of the
IV. Do as given in part (II) for sample size 4 distribution of all possible sample mean brain weights for
V. Compute standard error when sample size is 2, 3 and 4 using samples of three Swedish men.
the formula given below. B. Repeat part (A) for samples of size 12.
C. Determine the percentage of all samples of three Swedish
𝜎 𝑁−𝑛 menthat have mean brain weights within 0.1 kg of the
𝜎𝑥̅ = √
√𝑛 𝑁 − 1 populationmean brain weight of 1.40 kg. Interpret your
Q2. Time given to study by the students is listed for the whole answer in termsof sampling error.
population in the table given below: D. Repeat part (C) for samples of size 12.
Student X (Time in Hours per week) 7.73 Nurses and Hospital Stays. In the article “A Multifactorial
Khalid (K) 18 Intervention Program Reduces the Duration of Delirium, Length of
Abid (A) 22 Hospitalization, and Mortality in Delirious Patients”
Waleed (W) 16 (Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, Vol. 53, No. 4, pp. 622–628),
Noman (N) 7 M. Storm et al. investigated whether education programs for nurses
Faraz (F) 22 improve the outcomes for their older patients. The standard deviation
Babar (B) 12 of the lengths of hospital stay on the intervention ward is 8.3 days.
You are required to do the following: A. For the variable “length of hospital stay,” determine the
I. Compute mean and Standard deviation for the data and sampling distribution of the sample mean for samples of 80
draw its dot plot. patients on the intervention ward.
II. Draw all samples ofsize 2 without replacement and then B. The distribution of the length of hospital stay is right skewed.
compute their means. Once the means have been calculated Does this invalidate your result in part (a)? Explain your
for the drawn samples; compute mean for all means and answer.
standard deviation for all means. Draw the dot plots for the C. Obtain the probability that the sampling error made in
drawn means. estimating the population mean length of stay on the
III. Do as given in part (II) for sample size 3. intervention ward by the mean length of stay of a sample of
IV. Do as given in part (II) for sample size 4 80 patients will be at most 2 days.
V. Compute standard error when sample size is 2, 3 and 4 using
the formula given below. 7.78 Early-Onset Dementia. Dementia is the loss of the intellectual and
social abilities severe enough to interfere with judgment, behavior, and
𝜎 𝑁−𝑛 daily functioning. Alzheimer’s disease is the most common type of
𝜎𝑥̅ = √
√𝑛 𝑁 − 1 dementia. In the article “Living with Early Onset Dementia: Exploring the
Q3. Training session was arranged for the players. The players Experience and Developing Evidence-Based Guidelines for Practice”
did not show a good behavior be skipping the sessions. There were (Alzheimer’s CareQuarterly, Vol. 5, Issue 2, pp. 111–122), P. Harris and J.
total fifteen sessions. The table given below shows the number of Keady explored the experience and struggles of people diagnosed with
skipped sessions. dementia and their families. If the mean age at diagnosis of all people
Trainee X (Missed Sessions) with early-onset dementia is 55 years, find the probability that a
random sample of 21 such people will have a mean age at diagnosis less
Jawad (J) 2
than 52.5 years. Assume that the population standard deviation is 6.8
Toqeer (T) 6
years. State any assumptions that you are making in solving this
Rabnawaz (R) 4
problem.
Wajid (W) 8
Zahir (Z) 5
7.82 Testing for Content Accuracy. A brand of water-softener salt
Kamran (K) 4
comes in packages marked “net weight 40 lb.” The company that
Mashkoor (M) 1
packages the salt claims that the bags contain an average of 40 lb of salt
You are required to do the following:
and that the standard deviation of the weights is 1.5 lb. Assume that the
I. Compute mean and Standard deviation for the data and
weights are normally distributed.
draw its dot plot.
A. Obtain the probability that the weight of one randomly
selected bag of water-softener salt will be 39 lb or less, if the
company’s claim is true.
B. Determine the probability that the mean weight of 10
randomly selected bags of water-softener salt will be 39 lb or
less, if the company’s claim is true.
C. If you bought one bag of water-softener salt and it weighed 39
lb, would you consider this evidence that the company’s claim
is incorrect? Explain your answer.
D. If you bought 10 bags of water-softener salt and their mean
weight was 39 lb, would you consider this evidence that the
company’s claim is incorrect? Explain your answer.