SOLVING PROBLEMS

INVOLVING SAMPLING
DISTRIBUTIONS OF THE
SAMPLE MEANS
 Central Limit Theorem
CLT is a statistical
theory states that given The formula for the z-score when
a sufficiently large working with the sample mean is
sample size from a
population with a finite given by:
level of variance, the
mean of all samples ഥ −𝝁
𝑿
from the same
population will be Z= 𝝈 𝑆𝑎𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑒
approximately equal
to the mean of the 𝒏
population.
When n increases:
1. the distributions
becomes more and
more normal.
2. the spread of
the distributions
decreases.
“As the sample
sizes get larger,
the distribution
of means
calculated
from repeated
sampling will
approach
normality.”
 The average time it takes a group of college
students to complete a certain examination is
46.2 minutes. The standard deviation is 8
minutes. Assume that the variable is normally
distributed.
a. What is the probability that a randomly
PROBLEM selected college student will complete the
1 examination in less than 43 minutes?
b. If 50 randomly selected college students take
the examination, what is the probability that
the mean time it takes the group to
complete the test will be less than 43
minutes?
 The average number of milligrams (mg) of
cholesterol in a cup of a certain brand of ice
cream is 660 mg, and the standard
deviation is 35 mg. Assume the variable is
normally distributed.
PROBLEM a. If a cup of ice cream is selected, what is
the probability that the cholesterol
2 content will be more than 670 mg?
b. If a sample of 10 cups of ice cream is
selected, what is the probability that the
mean of the sample will be larger than
670 mg?
 The average public high school has 468
students with a standard deviation of
87.
a. If a public school is selected, what is
the probability that the number of
PROBLEM students enrolled is greater than 400?
3 b. If a random sample of 38 public
elementary schools is selected, what is
the probability that the number of
students enrolled is between 445 and
485?
 In a study of the life expectancy of
400 people in a certain
geographic region, the mean age
of death was 70 years, and the
PROBLEM standard deviation was 5.1 years. If
4 a sample of 50 people from this
region is selected, what is the
probability that the mean life
expectancy will be less than 68
years?