Exam 9: Sampling Distributions
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NARRBEGIN: Heights of Fences
Heights of Fences
Heights of fences are normally distributed with a mean of 52 inches and a standard deviation of 4 inches.NARREND
-{Heights of Fence Narrative} Find the probability that the mean height of 4 randomly selected fences is under 54 inches.
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Which of the following is true regarding the sampling distribution of the mean for a large sample size? Assume the population distribution is not normal.
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If a simple random sample of 300 observations is taken from a population whose proportion p = 0.6, then the expected value of the sample proportion is 0.60.
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As n gets larger, the sampling distribution of becomes increasingly bell shaped. This phenomenon is due to the ____________________.
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A randomly selected value of is likely to be ____________________ to(than) the mean of the population than is a randomly selected value of X.
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Under certain conditions where n is large enough, you can approximate the ____________________ distribution using the ____________________ distribution.
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The width of the sampling distribution of gets ____________________ as the sample size increases.
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As a general rule, the normal distribution is used to approximate the sampling distribution of the sample proportion only if:
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The amount of bleach a machine pours into bottles has a mean of 50 ounces with a standard deviation of 0.25 ounces. Suppose we take a random sample of 36 bottles filled by this machine. The sampling distribution of the sample mean has a standard error of 0.25 ounces.
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NARRBEGIN: DVD Rental Store
DVD Rental Store
A DVD rental store wants to know what proportion of its customers are under age 21. A simple random sample of 500 customers was taken, and 375 of them were under age 21. Presume that the true population proportion of customers under age 21 is 0.68.NARREND
-{DVD Rental Store Narrative} What is the probability that the sample proportion is within 0.03 of the true proportion of customers who are under age 21?
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The Central Limit Theorem states that, if a random sample of size n is drawn from a population, then the sampling distribution of the sample mean :
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NARRBEGIN: Number of Fish Tanks
Number of Fish Tanks
The following data give the number of fish tanks owned for a population of 4 families. Family A B C D Number af Fish Tanks Owned 2 1 4 3 NARREND
-{Number of Fish Tanks Narrative} A sample of size 2 is drawn at random from the population. Use the formulas and to calculate the mean and the standard deviation of the sampling distribution of the sample means.
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Recall the rule of thumb used to indicate when the normal distribution is a good approximation of the sampling distribution for the sample proportion . For the combination n = 50, p = 0.05, the rule is satisfied.
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If two populations are normally distributed, the sampling distribution of the difference in the sample means, , is:
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The Central Limit Theorem permits us to draw conclusions about a population based on a sample alone, without having any knowledge about the distribution of that population. And this works no matter what the sample size is.
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Suppose it is known that 60% of radio listeners at a particular college are smokers. A sample of 500 students from the college is selected at random. Approximate the probability that at least 280 of these students are radio listeners.
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The probability of success on any trial of a binomial experiment is 20%. Find the probability that the proportion of success in a sample of 400 is:
a.less than 18%.
b.more than 18%.
c.between 18% and 22%.
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The variance of the sampling distribution of is ____________________ the variance of the population we're sampling from, for any n > 1.
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NARRBEGIN: Magazines
Magazines
A local magazine store sells an average of 2,100 magazines per day, with a standard deviation of 500 magazines. Consider a sample of 60 days of operation.NARREND
-{Magazines Narrative} Find the expected value and the standard error of the sample mean.
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Suppose X has a distribution that is not normal. The Central Limit Theorem is important in this case because:
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