P R C - 2 Q u a n t i t a t i v e M e t h o d s

M u h a m m a d K a s h i f R a n a
( A P F A , C A ( f ) , C M A ( f ) , C F M A , C I P F A A f f i l . A F A )

Sampling and Estimation

Q.2) A school wishes to estimate the average weight of students in sixth grade. A random sample of 25 students
is selected at random and sample mean is found to be 100 kg. The S.D. of population is known to be 15 kg.
Compute 90% confidence interval for population mean.

Q.3) Find a 90% Confidence Interval for the mean of a normal distribution if σ = 2 and a sample of size 9 gave
the values 9, 14, 10, 12, 7, 13, 11, 12, 11

Q.4) A restaurant wishes to estimate the average amount of money a customer spends for lunch. A random
sample of 49 is selected and sample mean is found to Rs.300. The sample S.D. = Rs. 42. Find 95%
Confidence internal for average amount of money that all the customers spend on lunch.

Q.5) 9 bags of flour are weighed and mean mass is found to be 740gm with S.D = 3.6 gm. Fid 98% Confidence
interval for the mean mass of all the bags of flour.

Q.6) Find 90% Confidence interval for the mean of Normal distribution of a sample of size 8 gave the values
9, 14, 10, 12, 7, 13, 11, 12

Q.7) An electrical firm manufactures light bulbs that have a length of life that is normally distributed with
standard deviation of 42 hours. If a random sample of 49 bulbs an average life of 800 hours.
a) What is the point estimate of mean life time of all the bulbs?
b) What is the standard error of mean life time?
c) What is 95% confidence interval of mean life time of all the bulbs?

Q.8) A random sample of size n1 = 25 Taken from normal population has mean 𝑋̅1 = 80. The population S.D
σ1 = 5. Another random sample of size n2 = 36 taken from another population of S.D σ2 = 3 has been
𝑋̅2 = 75. Find 95% confidence interval for µ1 – µ2.

Q.9) Rural and Urban students are to be compared on the basis of their scores on a nationwide aptitude test. Two,
random samples or rural and urban students of class tenth are selected and summary statistics are as follows:
Sample size Mean S.D
Rural I n1 = 100 𝑋̅1 = 81.2 S1 – 7.6
Urban II n2 = 90 𝑋̅2 = 76.4 S2 = 8.2
Estimate 98% confidence interval for the difference in population means scores between urban and rural
students.

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M u h a m m a d K a s h i f R a n a
( A P F A , C A ( f ) , C M A ( f ) , C F M A , C I P F A A f f i l . A F A )

Q.10) 10 recruits were put through a physical training program by the Army. Their weights were recorded before
and after the training with the following results.
Recruit 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Weight before 125 195 160 171 140 201 170 176 195 139
Weight after 136 201 158 184 145 195 175 190 190 145
Find 95% confidence interval for µ1 – µ2

Q.11) Random sample of 200 smokers is selected and 50 are found to have a preference for Gold Leaf. Find 90%
confidence interval for the proportion for the fraction of population of cigarettes smokers who prefer Gold
Leaf.

Q.12) In a random sample of 400 adults and 600 teenagers who watched a certain T.V program, 100 adults and
300 teenagers indicated that they liked it. Construct 95% confidence interval of difference in proportions
of all adults and teenagers who watched the program and liked it.

Q.13) Two women in a shopping mall want to estimate the mean length of shopping time spend in the mall. They
want the estimate to be within 5 minutes of the true mean time. With 98% level of confidence. The estimate
of standard deviation of the length time spent in the mall is 20 minutes. How large a sample is needed?

Q.14) How large is sample is required to determine the proportion of families in a certain area in medical
assistance. It is believed that the proportion cannot be greater than 0.35. A 95% confidence interval is
desired. The estimate should be within 0.05 of the population proportion.

Answers:
1) a. 15 b. 11.6 c. 1.53
2) 95.05, 104.95
3) 9.90, 12.10
4) 288.24, 311.76
5) 736.52, 743.48
6) 9.49, 12.51
7) a. 800 b. 6 c. 788.24, 811.76
8) 2.80, 7.20
9) 2.1, 7.5
10) -0.38, 9.78
11) 0.20, 0.30
12) 0.19, 0.31
13) 87
14) 350