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This document contains 12 practice questions related to the central limit theorem and sampling distributions of means and proportions. The questions cover topics such as: - Drawing and analyzing samples from given populations - Verifying properties of sampling distributions like the expected value and variance of the sample mean and proportion - Calculating probabilities related to samples means and proportions falling within given ranges - Comparing sampling distributions from different sample sizes

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Practice Questions

This document contains 12 practice questions related to the central limit theorem and sampling distributions of means and proportions. The questions cover topics such as: - Drawing and analyzing samples from given populations - Verifying properties of sampling distributions like the expected value and variance of the sample mean and proportion - Calculating probabilities related to samples means and proportions falling within given ranges - Comparing sampling distributions from different sample sizes

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PRACTICE QUESTIONS

CENTRAL LIMIT THEOREM AND SAMPLIMG DISTRIBUTION OF MEAN AND


PROPORTION
Q1. Given the following population 0,3,6,9 and 12
(a) Draw all possible samples of size 3 that can be drawn from this population without
replacement and then find mean of each sample.
(b) Find Sampling distribution of the sample mean (x̅).
(c) Verify that E(x̅) = µ.
(d) Verify that V(x̅) = σ2 /n * (N-n/N-1)
(e) Find Standard Error of x̅.
Q2. A population consists of the numbers 2,3,5,7 and 9
(a) Write down all possible samples of size 2 when sampling is done with replacement.
(b) Find means of these samples and then construct a frequency distribution of the sample means.
Calculate mean and Variance of the frequency distribution.
(c) Verify that E(x̅) = µ and that V(x̅) = σ2 /n.
Q3. A population consists of N=6 numbers 0, 2, 5, 8, 9, 13. Draw all possible samples of size n=3
without replacement from population and
(a) Find the sample proportions of odd numbers in the samples.
(b) Construct the sampling distribution of sample proportion.
(c) Verify that E(pˆ) = p and V(pˆ) = pq /n * (N-n/N-1)
Q4.
a) Draw all possible samples of two letter each, with replacement from the word ‘NEW.’
b) Find the proportion of letter ‘E’ in each sample.
c) Make sampling distribution of proportion obtained in part (b).
d) Verify that E(pˆ) = p and V(pˆ) = pq /n

Q5. The president of Doerman Distributors, Inc., believes that 30% of the firm’s orders come from
first-time customers. A random sample of 100 orders will be used to estimate the proportion of first-
time customers.
a. Assume that the president is correct and p = 0.30. What is the sampling distribution of for this
study?

b. What is the probability that the sample proportion will be between 0.20 and 0.40?

c. What is the probability that the sample proportion will be between 0.25 and 0.35?

Q6. A random sample of size 30 is drawn from a population with µ= 20 and σ 2 =120. What is the
probability that the mean of the sample lies between 16 and 22.
Q7. Suppose it is known that 43% of Americans own an iPhone. If a random sample of 50 Americans
were surveyed, what is the probability that the proportion of the sample who owned an iPhone is
between 45% and 50%?
PRACTICE QUESTIONS
CENTRAL LIMIT THEOREM AND SAMPLIMG DISTRIBUTION OF MEAN AND
PROPORTION
Q8. In 2008 the Better Business Bureau settled 75% of complaints they received (USA Today, March
2, 2009). Suppose you have been hired by the Better Business Bureau to investigate the complaints
they received this year involving new car dealers. You plan to select a sample of new car dealer
complaints to estimate the proportion of complaints the Better Business Bureau is able to settle.
Assume the population proportion of complaints settled for new car dealers is .75, the same as the
overall proportion of complaints settled in 2008.
a. Suppose you select a sample of 450 complaints involving new car dealers. Show the sampling
distribution of.
b. Based upon a sample of 450 complaints, what is the probability that the sample proportion will be
within .04 of the population proportion?
c. Suppose you select a sample of 200 complaints involving new car dealers. Show the sampling
distribution of.
d. Based upon the smaller sample of only 200 complaints, what is the probability that the sample
proportion will be within .04 of the population proportion?
e. As measured by the increase in probability, how much do you gain in precision by taking the larger
sample in part (b)?

Q9) A certain group of welfare recipients receives SNAP benefits of $110 per week with a standard
deviation of $20. If a random sample of 25 people is taken, what is the probability their mean benefit
will be greater than $120 per week?
Q10) A population of 29 year-old males has a mean salary of $29,321 with a standard deviation of
$2,120. If a sample of 100 men is taken, what is the probability their mean salaries will be less than
$29,000?
Q11) There are 250 dogs at a dog show who weigh an average of 12 pounds, with a standard
deviation of 8 pounds. If 4 dogs are chosen at random, what is the probability they have an average
weight of greater than 8 pounds and less than 25 pounds?
Q12) An instructor knows from past experience the time it takes to grade one student paper is
positively skewed (non-normal), has an average of 6 minutes and standard deviation of 7 minutes.
This term she has a class of 49 students, she decides to budget an average of 8 minutes per student
paper for grading. What is the likelihood she has not budgeted enough time? In other words, what is
the probability the sample average will be greater than 8 minutes?

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