AAU

Business Statistics
Group Assignment II(10%)
(Use all Necessary Steps)

1. Suppose we have a population of size 5=N, consisting of the age of five children:1, 3, 5, 7
and 9 take samples of size 2 without replacement and construct sampling distribution of the
Sample mean. Do the sampling distribution of 𝑋.
2. Test the hypotheses that the average height content of containers of certain lubricant is 10
liters if the contents of a random sample of 10 containers are 10.2, 9.7, 10.1, 10.3, 10.1, 9.8,
9.9, 10.4, 10.3, and 9.8 liters. Use the 0.05 level of significance and assume that the
distribution of contents is normal.
3. A random sample of 400 households was drawn from a town and a survey generated data on
weekly earning. The mean in the sample was Birr 250 with a standard deviation Birr 80.
Construct a 95% confidence interval for the population mean earning.
4. A random sample of 400 households was drawn from a town and a survey generated data on
weekly earning. The mean in the sample was Birr 250 with a standard deviation Birr 80.
Construct a 95% confidence interval for the population mean earning.
5. The manufacturers of a sports car want to estimate the proportion of people in a given
income bracket who are interested in the model. The company wants to know the population
proportion, p, to within 0.01 with 99% confidence. Current company records indicate that the
proportion p may be around 0.25.What is the minimum required sample size for this survey?
6. A major truck has kept extensive records on various transactions with its customers. If a
random sample of 16 of these records shows average sales of 290 liters of diesel fuel with a
standard deviation of 12 liters, construct a 95% confidence interval for the mean of the
population sampled.
7. A law student, who wants to check a professor’s claim that convicted embezzlers spend on
the average 12.3 months in jail, takes a random sample of 16 such cases and obtains an
average of 11.5 months with a standard deviation of 3.8 months. Can the sample result be
taken as evidence that the professor’s claim was an exaggeration at the1% level of
significance?