Activity #6 SAMPLING DISTRIBUTIONS

Activity #6 Chapter 6 Sampling Distribution
Solve the following. (20 points)

1. Random sample of size 4 are drawn from the finite population which consists of the numbers
2,3,7,8,and 10.
a. What is the population mean, population variance and population standard deviation of the given data?
b. What is the sampling distribution of the sample means for a sample of size 2 which can be drawn
without replacement from the given population?
c. What is the mean, variance and standard deviation of the sampling distribution?
Activity #7 Central Limit theorem Application
Solve the following. (10 points each number)
1. A population has a mean of 75 and a standard deviation of 17.4. A sample of 35 items is
randomly selected from this population. What is the probability that the mean of this samples lies
between 72 and 79?
2. An electronic company in Laguna manufactures resistors that have a mean resistance of 120
ohms and a standard deviation of 13 ohms. Find the probability that a random sample of 40
resistors will have an average resistance greater than 114 ohms.
3. Suppose that the average outstanding credit card balance for young professionals is Php11,200
with standard deviation of Php 2,600. In simple random sample of 150 young professionals, what
is the probability that the mean outstanding credit card balance does not exceeds Php12,300?
Activity #8 Estimation of Parameters
Solve the following. Show the step by step process in solving. (10 points each number)
1. The mean score of a random sample of 22 student applicants who took the college entrance
examination is calculated to be 76.9. The population standard deviation is known to be 27.4. Find the
99% confidence interval for the mean of the entire student applicants.
2. The number of text messages received by Sofia in one day follows a normal distribution with a mean
of 15. She investigated a random sample of 30 days duration and observed the sample men of 15 and a
standard deviation of 4. Construct a 99% confidence interval for the mean.
3. Margarita wants to estimate the average blood pressure of adults in a certain city with a known
standard deviation of 15. If she surveys a ample of 40 adults and determined the sample mean of 110,
compute a 90% confidence interval for the average blood pressure of adults.
Activity # 10 Chapter 10 Different Types of Hypothesis Testing
Compute the following word problems. State your answer in step by step process. (15 points each
number)
1. A researcher claims that 30 year old women on a special diet will have an average weight of 110
pounds. A sample of 15 women has an average weight of 112.5 pounds and a standard deviation of 5
pounds. At a α =0.01 can the claim be rejected?
Solution:
Step 1: State the hypothesis.
H 0 :_____________________________________________________________
H 1 : _____________________________________________________________
Step 2: The level of significance and critical region.
α =¿ ________, df = ______and the t critical = __________
Step 3: Compute for the value of one sample t test. t computed =¿_______
Step 4: Decision Rule.
____________________________________________________________________________________
_______________.
Step 5: Conclusion:
____________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________.
2. Average Senior High School annual cost of tuition fee for all private schools last year was Php43,700.
A random sample of costs this year for 45 private schools indicated that the sample mean was
Php45,800 and a sample standard deviation was Php5,600. At 0.01 level of significance, is there
sufficient evidence to conclude that the cost increased?
Solution:
H 0 :_____________________________________________________________
H 1 : _____________________________________________________________
Step 2: The level of significance and critical region.
α =¿ ________ and the z critical = __________
Step 3: Compute for the value of one sample t test. z computed =¿_______
Step 4: Decision Rule.
____________________________________________________________________________________
_______________.
Step 5: Conclusion:
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________
____.
3. A certified public accountant claims that more than 30% of all accountants advertise. A sample of 400
accountants in Rizal province showd that 112 had used some form of advertising. At a α =0.01, is there
enough evidence to support the claim? (Use p-value method).
Solution:
H 0 :_____________________________________________________________
H 1 : _____________________________________________________________
Step 2: Compute for the value of one sample t test. z computed =¿_______
Step 3: Compute for the p – value.
____________________________________________________________________________________
_______________.
Step 4: Decision rule:
____________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________.
Step 5: Conclusion.
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________
_.
Activity #5: Applications of Normal distribution

Solve the following.
1. In a population of high school students’ algebra scores, the mean is 64 and the standard deviation is 6.
Find the z values that corresponds to a score x = 81. (5points)
2. In a certain university, the students were informed that they need a grade in the top 8% of the
engineering students to get a scholarship for the next semester. In the standardization of the test, the
mean was 76 and the standard deviation is 14. Assuming that the grade is normally distributed, what
must be the minimum grade to obtain the scholarship grant. (5points)
3. The average loan of an employee is Php18,200. If the debt is normally distributed with a standard
deviation of Php6,150, find the probabilities;
a. that the employee owes more than Php20,000. (5points)
b. that the employee owes between Php10,000 and Php25,000. (5points)
Activity# 4
PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS
Finding Areas on the Standard Normal Distribution
Shade area on the Standard Normal distribution that is indicated by the given inequality . Then
use the Standard Normal (z) Distribution Table (Table Z) to calculate the area on the Standard
Normal distribution for each z-score.
1. z>3 2. z < -1.51
3. z < -2.28 4. -2.46 < z < 1.74
5. -1.57 < z < 0 6. z > 2.83

7. 0 < z < 0.67 8. -2.91 < z < .77
9. z < -0.44 and z > 1.92 10. -1.03 < z < 2.47
Activity # 3: Chapter 3 Probability distributions
Solve the following:
1. The Movies and Television Regulatory and Classification Board (MTRCB) determined the number of
commercials shown in each of the four night programs over a period of time. Find the mean, variance and
standard deviation for the distribution below.
No. of Commercials (x) 10 11 12 13

Probability P(x) 0.15 0.35 0.30 0.20
2. The RFS Electronics sells iphones for Apple Inc. RFS usually sells the number of iphones on Sunday.
The store manager established the following probability distribution for the number of Iphones the store
expects to sell on a particular Sunday.
No. of Iphones (x) 0 1 2 3 4 5

Probability P(x) 0.05 0.10 0.12 0.15 0.18 0.40
How many Iphones should the store manager expect to sell? What is the variance and standard deviation
of the distribution?

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Activity #6 Chapter 6 Sampling Distribution

Solve the following. (20 points)

Activity #5: Applications of Normal distribution

1. z>3 2. z < -1.51

3. z < -2.28 4. -2.46 < z < 1.74

5. -1.57 < z < 0 6. z > 2.83

7. 0 < z < 0.67 8. -2.91 < z < .77

No. of Commercials (x) 10 11 12 13

No. of Iphones (x) 0 1 2 3 4 5

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