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Statistics Problems & p,
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EXERCISE - 12
Ifn = 81 ,o=45, ¥=325 find a (i) 90% (ii) 95% (iii) 98% ¢;
124 Confidence Interval for. (iv) 99,
12.2 Anelectrical firm manufactures light bulbs that have a length of a life that :
approximately normally distribution with a standard deviation of 60 hours a
random sample of 36 bulbs has an average life 800 hours, find 295% confide, fa
interval for the population mean of all bulbs produced by this firm, Tee
The mean reading speed of a random sample of 81 adults is 320 words
minute. Find a 90% confidence interval for the mean reading speed of al] adult
7 if it is known that the standard deviation for all adults is 45 words per eae
minute,
Aplant is in control when the average quantity of instant coffee that is Packed in
a Jars is 6 ounces. The standard deviation of quantity is 0.2 ounce. A sample of
100 jars is selected at random and the average quantity is found to be 6.1 Ounces,
Find out 95% confidence interval for true average quantity of coffee, :
K.U.B.Com 2001
Random sample of 100 washers had a mean thickness of 3.036 mm. Assumin,
that the thickness of washers are normally distributed with standard deviation
0.2 mm. Calculate 95% confidence interval for the mean thickness of such
washer.
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12.6 Let ¥ = 200 denote the mean of a random sample of size 25 from a normal
distribution that has mean and variance o? =100. Find a 95% confidence
interval for u.
12.7. Let a random sample of size 20 from a normal distribution with mean p and
known variance o? =80. The sample yield ¥
confidence interval for j1.
81.2. Determine a 95% Exerciso- 12
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The variance of a normal Population is 64 and the mean of a random sample of
size 25 from this population is 83,
Find ;
(i) Standard error of sample mean and
Gi) 95% confidence interval for Population mean
K.U.B.Com 2006
The heights of a random sample of 50 university students showed a mean 68.5
inches and a standard deviation of 2.7 inches. Construct a 98% confidence
interval for the mean height of all university students,
Arandom sample of 150 Motorcycles on a certain bridge shows a mean speed of
89.9 km/h and a standard deviation of 5.2 knvh, Construct a 98% confidence
interval for the mean speed of motorcycles on this bridge.
Arandom selection of 49 student
the mean speed is 26 words per
minute. Find a 95% confid
whole.
's taking first-year typing are tested for speed,
minute with a standard deviation of 5 words per
lence interval for the mean speed of the class as a
Construct a Confidence Ii
nterval at 98% confidence, when a sample of size 160
units has a Mean 40,000
and Standard Deviation as 6000.
K.U.B.Com 2004
Find a 90% confidence interval for the mean age of 2,576 college graduates, ifa
random sample of 100 graduates indicates a mean age of 18.7 years with a
standard deviation of 0.4 years.
Asample of 900 members has a mean 3.4 cms and standard deviation 2.61 cms,
If the population is normal and its mean is unknown, Find 95% confidence
interval for the population mean p.
ight bulbs produced by an electric firm lasted an
. Construct 80%
© average life of all the light bulbs manufactured by the
firm, if the lives follow normal distribution.
K.U.B.Com 1994
Arandom sample of 36 students selected from different colleges showed an
average number of marks of 62 with a standard deviation of 5. Construct 95%
confidence interval for the average marks of all students.
K.U.B.Com 1992 Stattaties Prote
"Mctley
a "Arandom sumplo of 100 tyres has 4 mean life of 24,640 iniles with «
12.
sh
A ition of 880 miles, Construct a 99% confidence Interval for the menn id
all tyres manufactured. ua
KUD.Com yyy
‘64 students of B.Com class had
Arandom sample of jad an average BCOFe of 6()
12.48 ArMied deviation 15. Construct 99% gonfidence interval for the mean emra”
the entire class, of
K.U,B.Com 1969
42.19 Arandom sample of 100 tyres produced by a certain firm lasted an av
a ee er
21,000 miles with a standard deviation of 1500 miles. Construe: Bot
. ta
confidence interval for the average life of all the tyres manufactured oe
given firm. .
K.U.B.Com 1963
12.20 Arandom sample of 49 college students in Karachi showed an average height of
67.5 inches and a standard deviation of 2.8 inches. Construct a 95% confidenc,
interval for the mean height of all college students in Karachi. .
K.U.B.Com 1975
12.21a) 10 individuals are chosen at random from a normal population whose variance
is 12 and their weights are as follows:
60.0, 58.3, 64.5, 62.7, 61.9, 63.5, 66.1, 65.0, 59.8 and 68.5 ke.
Construct 95% confidence interval for the mean weight of the population.
K.U.B.Com 1997
b) Find 90% confidence interval for the mean of a normal distribution if standard
deviation is known to be 2, and if a sample of size 8 gave the values.
09, 14, 10, 12, 07, 13, 11 and 12.
K.
Com 2002
12.22 Arandom sample of size 20 from a normal distribution has amean X= 32.8
and a standard deviation s = 4.51. Construct a 95% confidence interval for »
12.23 Letarandom sample of size 17 from the normal distribution yield ¥ = 4.7 and
5? = 5.76. Determine a 90% confidence interval for pt 15
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The scores of 2 jandom sample of 16 people who took the Graduate Record
Examination had a mean of $49 ang
95% confidence interval for th
scores are normally distributed,
‘Arandom sample of scores on an ex
and 74, Assume normality and find a
scores on the examination,
‘amination yielded the scores 85, 78, 52, 66
95% confidence interval for the mean of all
Arandom sample of 10 students shor
70, 120, 125, 110, 115, 95, gg, 19
Construct 90% confidence interval fo;
the following I.Q.
}0, 92, and 105.
the mean I.Q.’s of the student,
K.U.B.Com 1999
The contents of 10 similar containers of a commercial soap are:
10.1, 10.3, 9.8, 10.2, 9,7, 10.1, 9.8, 9.9, 10.4, 10.3 litres
+ :
Construct 90% confidence interval for the mean soap of all such containers.
Assuming approximate Normal distribution.
K.U.B.Com 1998
The weights of 9 randomly selected students of B.Com. classes are given below:
58, 60, 68, 55, 62, 63, 59, 50, and 65 kg.
Construct 90% confidence interval for the mean wei, ight of B.Com students.
K.U.B.Com 1998, 2006
Ten individuals are chosen at random and their: weights are recorded (in kilos)
as 58, 60, 57, 62, 61, 63, 60, 65, 68 and 63 respectively.
Construct 90% confidence interval for the mean weight of the population.
K.U.B.Com 1997
Acertain medicine is given to each 10 patients suffering from the same disease
resulted in the following increases in blood pressure:
5, 7, 8, -2, 3, 0, 8 -2, 3, 7
Construct 90% confidence interval for the mean increase of blood pressure of all
such patients.
What fraction of observations lie in the interval
Mean + (Standard deviation)?
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ey
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Ten int luals are chosen at random ftom a norma! population and the <
fe he
found to be in inches 63, 63, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 70, 71, 71, Rhy
35% confidence interval for the mean height of the Population. Const
K.U.B. Com oy,
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Production quantities per hour for an assembly line worker durin, rang
selected one-hour periods are shown below: 21, 24, 25, 27, 23, 24. Cy om,
90% confidence interval for the mean hourly production of the worker, NStryey
K.U.B. Com 14s,
A sample of 10 apples from a truck load shipment yields the follow
inounces: 16, 11, 14, 20, 16, 13, 14, 17, 20, 15, Core
confidence interval of the population mean.
ing we
truct
4 950,
K.U.B. Com 1555
The measurements of height (in inches) of 9 individuals selected at randoy
anormal population are given below: 63, 64, 65, 66, 69, 69, 70,
Construct a 99% confidence interval for the mean height o} ti
1M fro,
70, 71
f the population,
K.U. B.Com 1989
A company manufactured a new type of signal lamp. A sample of 15
tested and the sample mean was found to be 2500 hours with
deviation of 250 hours. Determine a 90% confidence interval for
lamps assuming an approximate normal distribution.
lamps ig
@ Standard
r the mean life of
K.U, B. Com 1988
Ten independent readings of the voltage of a cell were taken and the results were
asfollows: 1.15, 1.12, 1.11, 1.14, 1.10, 1.05, 1.08, 1.12, 1.09 and 106
Calculate 95% confidence limits for the voltage of a cell, assuming an
approximate normal distribution.
K. U. B. Com 2003
Arandom sample of 9 packets of a chemical is selected and observed. The gross
weight (in grams) of these packets is noted as under:
225, 250, 220, 240, 200, 275, 260, 300, and 280.
Construct a 99% confidence interval for the average weight of all packets packed
by the firm.
UB. Com 1982 siaitstles Problemy & Practee
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‘The weights of 9 boxes of ce
10.4 ounces, Pind » 99%,
cereals, axsuining wn app)
397
real are 10.2, 9.7, 10, 1, 9.9, 10,3, 9.5 9.6, 10.3,
vty + 7, 10,3, 9,5, 9,6, and
v confidence Interval for the meun of all such boxer of
roximute normal distribution,
KV. B. Com 1976
100 observations from cach
Were obtained. Prom previous
=64, Construct 4
‘Iwo Independent samples hay
population, Sample means x
exporlet
© been selected,
=70 and x, ™50
ilo known that 07100 and a}
interval for (4) ~ 4) and interpret the interval
96% confidence
KU. B. Com 199]
tion with a standard
imple of size 1,=36
viation of 7) =3 has
A random sample of size "= 25 taken from a normal popula
deviation 0) = 5 has a mean X= 100. A second random ga
taken from a different normal Population with a standard des
a mean X,=95, Find a 94% confidence interval for #1, ~ pp,
A random sample of size 1
X,343,2, 4
72 gay Hib.
= 16 from anormal population with 0, =4.8 has the
™ sample of size N2=25 from a different normal
5 has the mean X,=23, Find a 90% confidence interval
A random sample of size ny
mean %,=18 and a randoy
population with o-
for Hy Ha.
If a random sample of 50 non-smokers has a mean life of 66 years with a
standard deviation of 8 years and a random sample of 65 smokers live on the
average 58 years with
4 standard deviation of 9 years, find 95% Confidence
Interval for the difference of mean life time of non-smokers and smokers,
KK. U, B. Com 2005
A random sample of 100 accounts from a branch of certain bank, has mean
balance of Rs. 18,600 with S.D, = 1160, A random sample of 80 accounts from
another branch of same bank, has mean balance of Rs, 15,200; with
S.D. = Rs. 920. Find 90% confidence interval of difference between. Mean
balance of all accounts, in both branches,
K. U. B. Com 1996 1 398
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ae of com are being compared for yield. $0 soros of eaah ately re
iy grown under similar conditions, Variety A ylelded on the average
2 bushels per acre with a standard deviation of 6.3 bushels per acre, While
variety B yielded on the average 78.3 bushels per acre with a standard deviation
of 5.6 bushels per acre, Construct 95% and tonfidence interval for the
f 99%
difereuce of the population mean.
K. U. B. Com 1984
fetime of 1400 hours and «
ad B light bulbs showed a
of 80 hours. Find 95%
f the populations of
owed « mean Ii
ple of 200 bran
dard deviation
lifetimes 0}
A light bulbs sh
20 hours. A sam
urs and a stan
fference of the mean
A sample of 150 bran
standard deviation of 1
mean life time of 1200 het
confidence limits for the di.
brand A and brand B
K. U, B. Com 1980
onducted in two plants. In one
£28 minutes with a standard
9 workers took an
Construct a 95%
Time study tests for # particular operation were ¢
plant, a sample of 64 workers took an average 0!
deviation of 4 minutes. In the other plant, @ sample of 4!
average of 24 minutes with a standard deviation of 4.2 minutes.
confidence interval for the difference between the two population means.
K. U. B. Com 1982
difference in salaries of college professors in
arachi. A random sample of 100 professors in
month salary of Rs. 60,000 with a standard
00 professors in Govt. colleges
|A study was made to estimate the
the private and Govt. colleges of Ki
private colleges showed an average 9-1
deviation of Rs. 1200, A random sample of 2
Sra a average salary of Rs, 61,000 with a standard deviation of RS. 1400.
Find a 98% confidence interval for the difference between the average salaries of
professors teaching in private and Govt. colleges of Karachi.
=9 and n,=16 from the independent
Given two random samples of size
normal populations, with %,=95, %,=90, 5,=6 and %:=5. Find a 95%
confidence interval for H~Hz assuming that 07 =03
K. U. B. Com 2004
Cotton threads are made bi i
1y two different process which are to be compared.
ee Oe threads manufactured by the first process ia a
trength o: ounces with a standard deviation of 1.5 i
.5 ounces, whil
Ee ee manufactured by the second process has a mean a 5
gth of 10 ounces with a standard deviation of 2.0 ounces. Assume both ist
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Populations ate norm, ln 399
tho difference jn moan rare 4 with 95% confidence,
reads made by the two Proceases,
ie Same variance, tl
‘Caking Strengths of thy ra
A course in Mathematicg
TOOM Procedure, A geqq Vat tay
BM tO 15 stag, ts by i
means of pro id Broun of 1) ai ents by the conventional class
'eraMMed Materia) ‘ents was given the same course hy
examination wag 'Ven to each {the end of the semester the sane
85 with a Slandard
deviation of"? The 15 students made 4n average grade of
With @ standard doy lation ing te the 10 “ides made an average of 6
between the POPULation means M4 8 95% confidence inenas for the difference
normally distnbuted wi
Populations are approxisnately
0.018 sq. inches, 350.020 sq, inches
Populations are normally distributed and their variances are
equal. Construct a 90% confidence 1
© interval for the difference between two
population means,
KU. B. Com 2009
Two brands of paints are tested for the Coverage area per gallon of paint.
Brand A: = 12 gallons, £, = 150 $q, fcetigallon, s; = 9.9 Sq. feevgalion
Brand B: n= 14 gallons, ¥,= 153 Sq, feet/zalon, s, = 15.6 Sq, feet/gallon
Construct 90% confidence interval for (H,~ Hy),
are equal.
. Assuming population variances
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Example 2
‘A random sample of size 24 Is taken from a normal population with
standard deviation 5 = 5. If the mean of the sample is 8.00. Find 98%, M0 knoy,
pulation mean } + O CONFI ny
eg
interval for the pol
Solution:
Since standard deviation of population ie@ o =
1 for pis computed by:
Sis kn
OWN they
confidence interval thereforg ma
4
|
| gi Z,— |
Pa lel
(233)(5)
300 + “a whereZ,, = Z
v a, = Zoo = 233
* " (from Z-tabjq)
5.62 to 10.38
562
30). Therefore we replace ob ¥ the sample standard deviation s. Then 90% confidence interval for w is computed by: | Xt z, | a % = 0,90and « = 0.10 Since xz | X + (16s) * where Z,. =' 2.) = 165 (from Z-table) in 4 (165) (5) 120 4 S836) v64 120 + 103 ie. 118.97 to 121,03 i or | | 18.97
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