STATISTICS and

PROBABILITY

Estimation of
Parameters
 Activity:
“Pick Ka Na, Baka Tumama Ka!”

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4 ANSWER: B
2. Which of the following defines a point
estimate?
A. A range of possible values of a population
parameter.
B. Always equal to a population value.
C. A single statistic that estimates a
population parameter.
D. The population mean.

Answer: C
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3. A population has a standard deviation of
50. A random sample of 100 items from this
population is selected. The sample mean is
determined to be 600. At 95% confidence,
the margin of error is____.
A.5 B. 9.8 C. 650 D. 609.8

Answer: C 3
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4. The value added and subtracted from a
point estimate in order to develop an interval
estimate of the population parameter is
known as the ____________.
A. Confidence level C. parameter estimate
B. Margin of Error D. Interval Estimate

Answer: B
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5. The t-value for a 95% confidence interval
estimation with 24 degrees of freedom
is______.
A.1.711 B. 2.064 C. 2.492 D. 2.069

Answer: B
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6. A sample of 225 elements from a
population with standard deviation of 75 is
selected. The sample mean is 180. The 95%
confidence interval for μ is ________.
A. 105 < μ < 225 C. 100 < μ < 200
B. 175 <μ < 185 D. 170.2 < μ < 189.8

Answer: D

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7. What is the critical value for a one-tailed
hypothesis test in which a null hypothesis is
tested at the 5% level of significance based
on a sample size of 25?
A. 1.708 C. 2.060
B. 1.711 D. 2.064

Answer: B
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Answer: B

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Answer: A

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10. A machine is set to fill the small size
packages of M&M candies with 56 candies
per bag. A sample revealed: 3 bags of 56, 2
bags of 57, 1 bag of 55, and 2 bags of 58.
How many degrees of freedom are there?
A. 9 C. 8
B. 1 D. 7

Answer: D
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GROUP ACTIVITY
A student-researcher wants to
determine whether the mean score in
mathematics of the 25 students in
Grade 11 Fortitude is significantly
different from the school mean of 89.
The mean and the standard deviation
of the scores of the students in
Fortitude are 95 and 15 respectively.
Assume 95% confidence level.
A student suspects that the data she collected
for research study do not represent the target
population. Here are the data she collected:
16 27 34
20 29 30
22 30 37
25 30 42
26 32 35
The population mean is 27. Assuming normality
in the target population, is the student’s
suspicion correct? Use 90% confidence level.
The mean and standard deviation of the
content of sample of 10 similar containers
are 10.5 liters and 0.352, respectively.
a.Find a 95% confidence interval for the
actual mean content.
b.Find the lower and upper confidence
limits.
Assume that the contents are approximately
normally distributed.
The following are randomly selected scores
in Filipino of 12 Grade 10 students: 75, 65,
76, 80, 85, 77, 81, 83, 80, 70, 71, 69
a. Find the 99% confidence interval for the
mean score of Grade 10 students, assuming
that the students’ score is approximately
normally distributed.
b. Find the lower and upper confidence
limits.
• ASSIGNMENT
Lesson Objectives:
At the end of the session, the participants should
be able to:
1.identify point estimator for the population
proportion
2.compute for the point estimate of the
population proportion
3.identify the appropriate form of the confidence
interval estimator for the population proportion
based on the CLT
4.compute for the confidence interval estimate of
the population proportion
4. solve problems involving confidence interval
estimation of the population proportion
5. draw conclusions about the population
proportion based on its confidence interval
estimates
6. identify the length of a confidence interval
7. compute for the length of the confidence
interval
8. compute for an appropriate sample size
using the length of the interval
9. solve problems involving sample size
determination
Population Proportion
 0.121
Z = 1.17

0.3790

0.5000 – 0.3790 = 0.121

About 0.121 or 12.1% probability.
Confidence Interval for Population
Proportion
Example 6: A sample of 150 students
were chosen at random from all grade
11 students in a private school in
Pampanga. The sample indicated that
75% of them were in favor of having an
educational trip. Find a 99% confidence
intervals for the proportion of all
students who are in favor of having an
educational trip.
 Exercises
Refer to worksheet and answer part I and II
 Length of Confidence Interval and
Appropriate Sample Size
Formula for the length of a confidence
interval: LCI = UCL – LCL
Where: LCI = length of confidence interval
UCL = upper confidence limit
LCL = lower confidence limit
Example: Find the length of the following
confidence interval:
a.0.357 < p < 0.603 b. 0.629<p<0.655
Solution:
a.LCI = UCL – LCL
= 0.603 – 0.357
= 0.246
b. LCI = UCL – LCL
= 0.655 – 0.629
= 0.026
 Determining the Sample Size for
Estimating p
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n= 2
E
Example: In a previous study done by a
student, it was found out that 28.5% of the
students used Twitter. This year your
Statistics teacher wants you to conduct a
study on the current percentage of Twitter
users among the students in your school.
How many students must you include in
your study to be 95% confident so that the
margin of error is no more than 3.5
percentage?
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n= 2 =
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n=
E2
n=
E2
 Exercises
Refer to the worksheet and answer part II
and IV
Closure