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Assignment 1 - (Chapter 5)

This document contains several word problems involving concepts of population and sampling distributions including finding probabilities and properties such as means, variances, and standard deviations. Many questions involve drawing random samples from populations and calculating characteristics of the sampling distributions.

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Assignment 1 - (Chapter 5)

This document contains several word problems involving concepts of population and sampling distributions including finding probabilities and properties such as means, variances, and standard deviations. Many questions involve drawing random samples from populations and calculating characteristics of the sampling distributions.

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e sample of size
A popula tion consist s of three numbe rs (8, 10, 12). Consider all possibl
two which can be drawn with
(i) withou t replace ment,
in each case.
(ii) with replace ment and also find the standard error of sample mean

s of size 2 which
/ There are five numbe rs : 2, 3, 6, 8 and 11. There are all possible sample
can be drawn with replace ment from this popula tion. FJnd:
(i) mean of the samplin g distribu tion of mean( "
(ii) standa rd deviati on of the popula tion
(iii) standa rd error of means.

~ # A popula tion consists of the numbers 12,14 and 16.


from the popula tion
· (i) Enumerate all possible samples of size two which can be drawn
(witho ut replace ment).
is equal to the
(ii) Show that the mean of the sampling distribu tion of the sample means
popula tion mean.
mean and show
(iii) Calculate the variance of the sampling distribu tion of the sample
that it is less than the popula tion variance.

e sample s of ~ize two


Q4,p /' A popula tion consists of three members_2. 4, 6. Consid~r all_ po~sib~
of means Is less
~ withou t replacement. Show that the variance of sampling d1stnbut1on
than the variance of the population.

down all possibl e


1 ~ Consider a popula tion of 6 units with values 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. Write
~ .sam_ples of size 2 (withou t replacement) from this popula tion and
verify that sample
mean is an unbiased estimate of the popula tion mean.

the set (1, 2, 3, ... ,


Q6. If random samples of 10 numbe r is drawn withou t replace ment from
100), then find the sample variance of the sample means.
Linear combination
• . . . a mean resistance of 40 and a
If a certain machine make electrical resistors -haying ple of 36 of these
• th b bility that a random sam (0.0668)
stan d deviation of 2, what 1s e pro a
r stors will have a combined resistance of more than 1458?
. f d · · a packet, the has the
2. The random variable X, representing the number o can ies in
· following probability distr-;..:i-=-bu=ti=·o=-:n:. ::. --.---r--=--.---:---,--;::;--7

I;(X=x) I~-21 ~-41 ~.31 ~-1 I (5.3; 0.81)


(a) Find the mean µ and the variance cr2 of X.
(b) Find the mean µx , and the variance cr~ of the mean X for random samples of
36 packets. (5.3; 0.?225)
(c) Find the probability that the average number of candies in 36 packets will be less
than 5.5. (0. 9082)

Let Y = X1 + X2 + ... + X 15 be the sum of a random sample of size 15 from the distribution
whose density function is
/
i
f(x) = 2
X
2
if - 1 < X < 1
{0 otherwise
What is the approximate value of P( -0.3 ::; Y ::;; 1.5) when one uses the central limit
theorem? .

/ Light bulbs are installed s~ccessively into a ~o~ket. If we assume that ea_c h light bulb_~as
a mean life of 2 months with a standard deviation of 0.25 months, what is the probability

J
that 40 bulbs last at least 7 years?

If the standard deviation of the mean for the sampling distribution of random samples
of size 36 from a large or infinite population is 2, how large must the size of the sample
;,ecome if the standard deviation is to be reduced to 1.2? (n = 100)

6. / A certain type of thread is manufactured witn a mean tensile strength of 78.3 kilograms
and a standard deviation of 5.6 kilograms. How is the variance of the sample mean
changed when the sample size is
(a) increased from 64 to 196?
(b) decreased from 784 to 49? (0.49 to 0.16; 0.04 to 0.64)

7. Two independent experiments are being run in which two different types of paints are
compared. Eighteen specimens are painted using type A and the drying time, in hours,
is recorded on each. The same is done with type B. The population standard deviations
are both know to be 1.0.
Assuming that the mean ~rying time is equal for the two types of paint, find
P(XA -X 8 > 100), where XA and X 8 are average drying times for samples of size
n A =ns =IS. (0.00 13)
8. The television picture tubes of manufacturer A have a mean lifetime of 6.5 years and a
standard deviation of 0.9 year, while those of manufacturer B have a mean lifetime of 6.0
years and a standard deviation of 0.8 year. What is the probability that a random sample
of 36 tubes from manufacturer A will have a mean lifetime that is at least 1 year more
than the mean lifetime of a sample of 49 tubes from manufacturer B? (0.0040) -

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