Qatar University, College of

Engineering GENG 200- Summer 2021

Assignment # 3 Solution
(1) A metal part used in cars is manufactured with a mean diameter of 2.565 cm and a
standard deviation of 0.008 cm. Knowing the diameter is Normally distributed, find the
probability that a random sample of n=9 sections of metal part will have a sample mean
diameter greater than 2.560cm and less than 2.570 cm.

(2) Suppose that X is the number of observed successes in a sample of n observations, where
p is the probability of success on each observation.
(a) Show that 𝑃̂=X/n is an unbiased estimator of p.

(b) Find an expression for the standard error of 𝑃̂ (it should be a function of p and n).

(c) What will be the estimated (calculated) standard error given a set of 10 random
observations (O1=success, O2=fail, O3=fail, O4=fail, O5=success, O6=fail,
O7=success, O8=success, O9=success, O10=fail)?
(3) Consider the probability density function
f(x)=0.5(1+ϴx), -1 ≤ x ≤ 1
(a) What is the moment estimator for ϴ?

(b) Show that 𝛳̂=3𝑋̅ in an unbiased estimator for ϴ.