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The document discusses various statistical concepts, including confidence intervals for IQ scores, debit card spending, sleep hours of students, and weights of chickens. It also covers sample size calculations for estimating average caloric intake in chihuahuas and driving ranges of electric vehicles. Additionally, it includes applications of the Central Limit Theorem and probability calculations related to the mass of parrots and durian milkshakes.

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Week 8 Slides

The document discusses various statistical concepts, including confidence intervals for IQ scores, debit card spending, sleep hours of students, and weights of chickens. It also covers sample size calculations for estimating average caloric intake in chihuahuas and driving ranges of electric vehicles. Additionally, it includes applications of the Central Limit Theorem and probability calculations related to the mass of parrots and durian milkshakes.

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Week 8

Confidence Interval
1. IQ tests are designed to yield scores that are approximately normally
distributed. A reporter gathers the IQ scores from 25 employees of this firm and
records the sample mean IQ as 105. She assumes that the population standard
deviation is 15.

(1) Compute a 95% confidence interval for the average IQ in this firm.

(2) Compute a 99% confidence interval for the average IQ in this firm.
1. IQ tests are designed to yield scores that are approximately normally
distributed. A reporter gathers the IQ scores from 25 employees of this firm and
records the sample mean IQ as 105. She assumes that the population standard
deviation is 15.

(1) Compute a 95% confidence interval for the average IQ in this firm.
1. IQ tests are designed to yield scores that are approximately normally
distributed. A reporter gathers the IQ scores from 25 employees of this firm and
records the sample mean IQ as 105. She assumes that the population standard
deviation is 15.

(2) Compute a 99% confidence interval for the average IQ in this firm.
2. Increasingly, U.S. consumers are viewing debit cards as a convenient
substitute for cash and checks. The average amount spent annually on a debit
card is $7790. Assume that this average was based on a sample of 100
consumers and that the sample standard deviation is $500. Construct the 99%
confidence interval for the population mean amount spent annually on a debit
card

a=Qnorm*(populationsd/sqrt(n))

a= qt()*(samplesd/sqrt(n))

a= qt(0.995,99)*(500/sqrt(100))

UL = 7790+a

LL= 7790-a
2. Increasingly, U.S. consumers are viewing debit cards as a convenient
substitute for cash and checks. The average amount spent annually on a debit
card is $7790. Assume that this average was based on a sample of 100
consumers and that the sample standard deviation is $500.

1. Construct the 99% confidence interval for the population mean amount spent
annually on a debit card

a=Qnorm*(populationsd/sqrt(n))

a= qt()*(samplesd/sqrt(n))

a= qt(0.995,99)*(500/sqrt(100))

UL = 7790+a

LL= 7790-a
2. Increasingly, U.S. consumers are viewing debit cards as a convenient
substitute for cash and checks. The average amount spent annually on a debit
card is $7790. Assume that this average was based on a sample of 100
consumers and that the sample standard deviation is $500. Construct the 99%
confidence interval for the population mean amount spent annually on a debit
card
A school psychologist at a large high school took a random sample of 16 students
and asked them how much sleep they get on a typical weekend night. The sample
data has a mean of 8.75 hours and a standard deviation of 1.5 hours.
Based on this sample, construct a 90% confidence interval for the mean amount of
sleep (in hours) this population of students gets on a typical weekend night.
3. Consider the built-in dataset ChickWeight in R.

(1) Consider the population of 14-day old chicken (Time==14), where we define a
RV of their weights as 𝑋14. Use the data of 14-day old chicken, build a 95%
confidence interval for the weight of 14-day old chickens, 𝜇14

(2) Consider the population of newborn chicken (Time==0), where we define a


RV of their weight as 𝑋0. Use the data of newborn chicken, build a 90%
confidence interval for the weight of newborn chickens, 𝜇0
(1) Consider the population of 14-day old chicken (Time==14), where we define a
RV of their weights as 𝑋14. Use the data of 14-day old chicken, build a 95%
confidence interval for the weight of 14-day old chickens, 𝜇14
(2) Consider the population of newborn chicken (Time==0), where we define a
RV of their weight as 𝑋0. Use the data of newborn chicken, build a 90%
confidence interval for the weight of newborn chickens, 𝜇0
Dr. Suarez, a veterinarian, wants to estimate the average number of calories a
chihuahua typically eats in a day. She'll take a sample of n chihuahuas and create
a 99 percent confidence interval for the mean daily caloric intake. She wants the
margin of error to be no more than 8 calories. She assumes the daily caloric intake
of chihuahuas has a population standard deviation of 30 calories.
Which of these is the smallest approximate sample size required to obtain
the desired margin of error?
Dr. Suarez, a veterinarian, wants to estimate the average number of calories a
chihuahua typically eats in a day. She'll take a sample of n chihuahuas and create
a 99 percent confidence interval for the mean daily caloric intake. She wants the
margin of error to be no more than 8 calories. She assumes the daily caloric intake
of chihuahuas has a population standard deviation of 30 calories.
Which of these is the smallest approximate sample size required to obtain
the desired margin of error?
Members of a bowling league play thousands of combined games over the course
of a season. Suppose that the scores of individual games have a known standard
deviation of sigma equals, 30 pins. Isla plans on taking a random sample of n
games from this population to make a 95%, percent confidence interval for the
mean score. She wants the margin of error to be no more than 10 pins.
Which of these is the smallest approximate sample size required to obtain
the desired margin of error?
Members of a bowling league play thousands of combined games over the course
of a season. Suppose that the scores of individual games have a known standard
deviation of sigma equals, 30 pins. Isla plans on taking a random sample of n
games from this population to make a 95%, percent confidence interval for the
mean score. She wants the margin of error to be no more than 10 pins.
Which of these is the smallest approximate sample size required to obtain
the desired margin of error?
Nadia wants to estimate the mean driving range for her company's new electric
vehicle. She'll sample vehicles and measure each of their driving ranges to
construct a confidence interval for the mean driving range. She wants the margin
of error to be no more than 10 kilometers at a 90 percent level of confidence. A
pilot study suggests that the driving ranges for this type of vehicle have a standard
deviation of 15 kilometers.
Which of these is the smallest approximate sample size required to obtain
the desired margin of error?
Nadia wants to estimate the mean driving range for her company's new electric
vehicle. She'll sample vehicles and measure each of their driving ranges to
construct a confidence interval for the mean driving range. She wants the margin
of error to be no more than 10 kilometers at a 90 percent level of confidence. A
pilot study suggests that the driving ranges for this type of vehicle have a standard
deviation of 15 kilometers.
Which of these is the smallest approximate sample size required to obtain
the desired margin of error?
Week 7
Central Limit Theorem
The thickness in mm of a Calculus textbook is a random variable with the
distribution N(25,3^2). Find the probability that the average of three randomly
chosen Calculus textbooks is less than 22mm.

0.041632
The mass of parrots in a bird park is found to have mean 6.7kg and standard
deviation 3.1kg.

1. Find the probability that the mean mass of a random sample of 300 parrots is
between 6.5kg and 6.8kg
2. If there is a probability of more than 0.75 that the mean mass of a large
sample of n parrots is greater than 6.5kg, what is the least value of n?

1. 0.580
2. 110
Tasty Juice is well known for its durian milkshake. The mass of a cup of durian
milkshake has a mean of 150g and a standard deviation of 6g. If 58 cups of durian
milkshake are selected at random, find the probability that their mean mass is at
most 148g.

0.00557

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