WORKSHEET -SAMPLING DISTRIBUTION OF THE SAMPLE MEAN mean? The CLT Ais 110 that Ltn for vm moval ty dudevtebton wf Moe ranean X ll 1. What does the Central Limit Theorem tell us about the sampling distribution of the sample 2. Suppose that we randomly select a sample of 64 measurements from a population having a mean equal to 20 and a standard deviation equal to 4, (a) Describe the shape of the sampling distribution of the sample mean Z. Do we need to make aloe Ga ‘about the shape of the population? Why or why not? b) Find the mean i tg the 7 fp. deviation of the sampling distribution of the sample pre 20 (c) Can you find the probability that a single measurement will be greater than 21? If so, what is the probability? No, Ate we olo ut hs aban. Te apallion “git butio davai marnak fy Wit 200M dak Tht to rolelot Ta. (@) Calculate the probability that/we will obtain a sample mean greater than 21. fix 220 GeO Kal -_ PX aa!) x2) = D0L2E3. Hospitalization length. The average length of a hospital stay in the US is 1 = 9 days with standard deviation of = 3 days. Assume a simple random sample of 100 patients is obtained and the mean stay for 100 patients is obtained. What is the probability that the average length of stay for this group of patients will be less than 9.6 days? To answer this, question, we usually think of the following steps: (a) What is the mean of the sampling distribution of & for samples of size 100. Ye NG Be) am N(G 08) Mea 4 sauuph, diet. = Zed (b) What is the standard deviation of the sampling distribution of Z for samples of size 100. Oy = 2-03 Treo (c) What is the probability to obtain a sample mean less than 9.6 days? P(re9b). PEA) = ott “Tale B ZA ¥=px 96-9 _ 2 Noms Oe OD i 4. ACTT scores. The scores of students on the ACT college entrance examination in a recent year had a Normal distribution. with mean 4 = 18,6 and a standard deviation of g = 5.9. (a) What is the probability that a single student randomly chosen from all those taking the N (86 5-9) © estscones 21 or higher? n= A} Px>at)=? gesere, = Bele ALES. 0.44 wy PORN PARA t= 0.2401 v 5.9 Uae Tabde AL (b) Now take a simple random sample of 50 students who tookthe test. What are the mean and standard deviation of the sample mean score @ of these 50 students? £29 08% n=5o! Ee [n=50 (c) What is the probability that the mean score of these students is 21 or higher? @ Tun (186, 0.83) (n-50] PUK ale? gesone do PE BIE 2 gtayPK DRI) MARY) Ox 0.83 —~ _ po goal ihich ds omic sulle than ty pobability fa) (Means ene aluroye Varey Les ar A a tecsuvals)5. Personal income. The Annual Demographic Supplement to the current Population Survey interviewed more than 128,000 people in March 2001. ‘The Census Bureau reports that the mean income of the Hispanic males interviewed was $22,771. The mean income for the non- Hispanic white males interviewed was $41,798. Is each of the bold numbers a parameter or a statistic? Both se abt tat 1 sary 6. Auto accidents. The number of aceidents per week at a h: mean ji = 2.2 and standard deviation ¢ = 1.4. This distribution only takes whole-mumber values, so itis certainly not Normal. ardous intersection varies with (a) Let @ be the mean number od accidents per week at the intersection during a year (52 weeks). What is the approximate distribution of according to the Central Limit The- orem? (b) What is the approximate probability that 2 is less than 2? ZE-1.03, PTeaer Rime AAA 1.03 a Ph ea) RRA) Mga = OFS (c) What is the approximate probability that there are fewer than 100 accidents at the in- tersection in a year? (Hint: Restate thi eve event in terms of Z,) One ye = Ste Tok wt loo accidents wi Lyon avenge rf 100 poswak. ye BEM GAH AD __4hZ ay PX < 00) =PHKe1.923/)= 44 oe 1a fga. aP(Z<-143)2 OOF 64 7. Posting fees. Weekly postage expenses for your company have a meafof $325 and a standard deviation of $54. Your company has allowed for $350 postage per week in its budget. (a) What is the probability that the average weekly postage expenses for the past 9 months (assume each month has 4 weeks) exceed the budgeted amqunt of $350? Ye 5, x re YouN (925, 54) anal nad P(X >360) > ANS: OD ( We ) Ze Soe “238 Lie fontaah- (b) The recent problems with the stock market are affecting your business and you need to reallocate some of your funds, s0 you'd like to reduce your postage expenses. What is ‘the probability that your postage for the next, week will not exceed $330? Canmt cabeulote due dy iv do ot bnou a pagal, Mf ably posing sptien