~-i;a_c~~ce_ quest!oi1s 011 f~haptet-7 Intervai Estiniation-..

Larie sa-~ple (Z~-t~sl) Ca~fidenc~ Intervals

1 • The heights of a random sample of 50 coll~ge ~tudents showed ·a me~-~ of 174.5
centimeters and a standard deviation of 6.9 centimeters. Construct a 98%
.__ ~-~n.f:i~~n~ 4°' te1ya~- f9~: the 1:3-~~aµ._lJ_e~ght_o_f al\ ~ollege s~d~nts. __ .
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2. _An __efficiency" e~l?-e~t _wishe~. to :detei-rine_ ~he a:7e~a-ge i~

t~at takes to drill .
three· holes in. a certam riletal ·c1amp.·How la.rge a sa~pl~ will he need to be 95%.
confid~nt that his sc,mpte mean will be within 15 seconds of th_e true ~1ean?
Assun1e that ·it is known from previous studies that cr =40 seconds.

3. A sample of 100 gave a me~n of 7.4 kg

and a starid;ud deviation of 1.2 kg.-· Fino _95% •
confidence limits for the population mean.

4. A manufacturing concern wants to estimate the average amount of purchase of its

product- in a month by the customers. lf cr = Rs.10, find the sample size if the m~ximum
error is not to exceed Rs: 3 with~ pr~bability of 0.99.

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5. The mean and variance of a random sample of 64 observations were computed as 160
and_;.tO0 r:=spectively.
Compute the 95% .cqnfidence_limits for population mean.
If the i~vestigator • wants to be!,% co~id~nt that th~_ error in estii:r'ate of
populahon m e ~ not exceecl ±1.4, how many add1honal observaho;\S-are
required?

A research worker wishes to estima_te the mean of a population by using sufficiently

large sample. The probapility is__ 0.95 that the sample mean will not differ from the tru~
mean by more than 25% _of the standard deviation. How large a sample should be taken?
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Tes_ting_fdr-proportio.1is .(Co
nf id en ce Interva·is)
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. . A_ ma nu fac tur er. of com
pac t ~s k pla ye rs ~s·e~
atc e~ s the ele ttri cal Ju~ cti se_t of com pre hen siv e tes
ts to:
~n of its pr~ du ~t. Al l co
all tes ts pri or to be ing sold ~p act dis k pla yer s mu st pa ss
~ A ran do m sam ple of 500
. -_ fa~ lin g_o ne- ~r~ or~ t~~ d~sk pla ye rs res ult ed in 15
ts.,_ .. _. :- _. .. _ .. _. ·- .·,, · .. · _.. . .· "
• ;Fhl& ·a-90¾. ~o ~fi d;n ~e: hlt ~~ al f~r tl{e •• • ' •
,. . pro po rtio n ~f ~omp_act di~
the po pu lat ion -th at- pa ss·
I . k pla yer s ft.om
~ tests.· • • •
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In a ran dom _ sample:·of 100 .
0 ho me s in a cer tai n city ,
·he ate d by ·oiL Fin d _the it is fou nd tha t 22 8ju e
99_%- con fid enc e int erv al
hon1es in thi s cit y tha t are for the pro pqi :tio p of
he ate d by _oil
(b)· . _ (0.1 ~1; 0,262)
Ho w lar ge a.-··satnple is ·ne ..
ede d in i( ~is h to be· 99% .

sam ple pro po rti on..wi ll be '

Co nfi den t tha t ~u r
wi thi n 0.05 of the tru e pro
1:his cit y tha t are hea ted by po rtio n· of ho me s in
oil?

. 3. (a) Co mp ute · a 98% con fid enc

e int ery al for the pro po rtio
in a pro ces s wh en it is fou . .
. . n of defective iten1s
nd tha t a sam ple of Siz e 10
(b) 0 yie lds 8 def ect ive s •
Ho w lar ge a sam ple is ne
ed ed in if we wi sh to be
sam ple pro po rti on will-b 98% con fid ent tha t ou r
e wi thi n 0.05 of the tru e pro
po rti on defective?
4. A g_eneHcist is int ere ste d (160)
. in the pro po rti on of Afric
mi no r blo od dis ord er. In . a~ ma les tha t hav e a cer
a randoi:n sa_1nple of 100 tai n
be- aff lict ed. . Af ric an ma les , 2:1- are fou nd
to
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(a) Co mp ute a 99% confidenc

e· int erv al for the pro po
tha t ha ve thi s blo od dis ord rti on of African mal0.5
er.
Tb) Wh at can we ass ert wj th
9.9% con fid enc e abo ut the
err or if we est im ate the po ssi ble siz e of ou r
prb po rtio ri· of African ma
dis ord er to be 0.24? les }-Vith thi s blo od

5. (a) A ran dom sam ple of 500

pin eap ple ~ wa s tak en fro
of the m we re fou nd to be m a lar ge co!1Signment and
bad . Sh ow tha t the Sta nda 65
bad one s in a sam ple of this rd Err or of the pro por tio n
size- i$ 0.015. of
(b) Ob tain 95% con fid enc e lim
its for pop ula tio n pro por
-,~ tio n P.
Ob tain 95% con fid enc e lim
its for pop ula tio n pro por
ava ilab le. (hi nt : tak e p=q tio n P if no est ima te of P
=0.5) is
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6 .. A. r,.;.do;;, sample of 7Q()

~ts fr~m a ·large c~nsignm en; sh~Wed. !hatf !o::er e
0
ged
. -~a~ag~ . Find (i) 95_% anq. (ii). 99% .confi~en ce fu;ni_ts ·for th~ propo.rbo n :
uni_ts in the co~igiun e~t

· o Qt Of 20,000 cµstomers·1edg€i·accouhfs
• •••. • taken to fest.the
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.· .. 7- •= ;_a ·sample of 600 accounts was. . •.
• and balancmg
accuracy 0 f posting . kes we~e fo.und • Assign
• . 45 mISta
• . ~herem . hm1ts
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within
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~xpected at 95% _level. ~ t : use Frmte
which ·~e n~be~ -~f-defective· ·cases ·ian
Populatio n· c·ort.edio n .FPC) · _ •:· •. •• •• •• _.

8.
A random sample of 200 voters is selected ·and 114 are fom:td to upport
s
an annexat ion ·suit. Find the 96 % confidenc~- interval for the fraction of the
•. voting pop~c\ti on favoring the suit:: •-.: · . • • · • · (0A98; 0~~42) • .
What can we assert with 96% confiden ce about the possible size of our
error if we estimate the fraction of voters favoring the annexat ion suit to
be 0.57? (0.072)
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.x'- ow large a sample is needed in if we wish to be 96% confide nt that our
sample proporti on will be within 0.02 of the ~e fractio~· of· the voting
Populat ion? (2576)
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~Jrall saniple (t-test) (Co1~fidence Interva ls) __ _
l. • The,conte nts of T$irrlilar containers o( stilfuric acid. are 9.8, ·10.2, 10.4, 9.8, 10.0,
10.2, and 9.6 liters. Find a 95% confidence interval for the mean of all such
~ontainers , ass~ffill:1g ~n app~oxi_rnate ~onnal _distrib~tion ..
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(a) An electtica1 firin·manu factures light buibs tha·t have·a length ·of life tha_t i·s
approxima tely normally .distr{bt.it~d- \Vith a··· standard. deviation of 40
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hours. U a sample of 30 bulbs has an average life of 780- hours, find a 96%
coitlidence interv~l for th~ population n1ean of .all bulbs produced by this
firm.
(b) _ Hc;nv large a s~)nple is needed in if. we_ wish to be.96% co~ident" ~~at our
sample mean will be "vithin 10 hours of the true mean?
(hint: if populatioll cr is known use Z-test in place oft-test)

3, (a) .. •• Many cardiac_ patients wear implanted pacemake rs to control their

heartbeat. A plastic connector module mounts 9n the t_op •of the
pacemaker . Assuming a standard deviatio~ of 0.()015 and an approxim ate
normal distributio n, find a 95% confidenc e interval for the mean of all
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connector modules n1ade by a certain 111anufacturing con1 pany. A rando1n
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sample of 7 modules ha_s an average of 0.310 inch.
(0.3097; 0.3 103)
(b) How large a sam_ple·is needed in if we wish to be 95% confident that our
sample me~ ·wiU_be within 0.0005 inch of the tru~ mean? (35)
(lzint: if population cr is k1lOW1l use Z-test in place oft-test)

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4. A machine is producing metal pi~ces that are cylindrical in shape. A sample of
pieces is taken and the dia~eters are ;i.61, 0.97! 1.0~, 1;01, 0.99, 0.98, 0.99, 1.01 and
1.03 centimeter s. Find a 99'fo confidence interval for the mean diameter of pieces
from this machine, assuming an approxima te normal distributio n.
(0.978; 1.033)

5. A random sampleof- 10-chocol ate energy bars of a certain bran? has, on average,
230 calories with a standard deviation of 15 calories. Construct a 99 % confidenc e
interval for the true mean calorie conte:qt of this brand of energy bar. Assume
that the distributio n of the calories is approxima tely normal.
6 A ran\iom san\.P1e Of 1{shearil1g p~
is iaken in !itu<ly of the Rockwe
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hard ness of the hea d on. th~• _ .-
pm.. Me~SU!~m~~.o~ the •Roc kwell hard ness wer e
. :
~ad e f~r ·e~ch ~f th~ ·12, yi~icfu:lg • average value of
48.5
.
0 witb a sam ple
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stan dard dev iatio n of 1.5. Ass unu. th
ng e mea sure ments to be normally
·. ·distribu_ted,-construct·~ 90% ·confide
• • .. ~ce inte_rvalJor the .me.an Ro~kwell ·h~r
. •• · .: • .• · · • •.• q~ess.:
(47.722; 49.278) .

7 •• •A·-~~dti~ ·sairi~i~ ~f 12 grad~~tes. of

a. cert~in sec~et~ria~ sd~qol type~ an ~~e
. of 79·.3: wor ds per 1ninute with a stan rage
dard d_eviation of 7.8 words per. min
• ·Assuming a norm al distribution for ute.
the·nuinber of wor ds 'typed per_ ~nu
te, find
a 95% confidence interval for the
average num ber of wor ds type d
. graduates of_ this scho~l: • •
by all

Chi-square testing

1. It was dis~ovei-ed that for a sample

of 10 students, the follo'\.~'ing times
watc hing tdev isi~ were spen t
n per week: 8, 4, 7, 5, 9, 7, 6, 9, 5, 7 •
(a) Fin~ 95%. confidence interval for tne
popu\ation mea n µ.
(b) Find 95% confidence interval for the
variance a~

• 2. A manufacturer of car batteries ~laim

s that his batteries will last, on average,
ye ars ~ f:l-~ariance of 1 year.•lf-S bf 3
these-batteries ·have hfetimes ~f 1:9, 2.4,
3.5 and ·_4.2 years. Construct a 95% 3.0,
confiqence interval for cr2 . Assume
population o{b atte ry lives to be approxim the
ateiy normally distributed.
(0.293; 6.736)
3. A random sam ple of 20 students obta ·•
. ined a mean of x = 72 and t1 variance
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= 16 on· a college placement test in ' •
of s2
mathematics. Assuming the scores to
normally distrib~ted, construct a 98 % be
confidence interval for cr2.

• 4. The following are the weights, in

decagrams, of 10 packages of grass
distributed by .a certain company: 46.4 seed
, 46.1, 45.8, 47.0, 46.1, 45.9 45.8, 46.9
and 46.0.-Eind.a 95% confidence interval , 45.2
for~ the variance of all such packages of
grass seed dist ribu ted by this company
assuming a norm al population.
(0.135; 0.953)