STAT1520 Ch8 Lab Problems
STAT1520 Ch8 Lab Problems
STAT1520 Ch8 Lab Problems
the random variable X which denotes the sample mean, for a given sample size. If
X N (2; 42 ), give the distribution of X in terms of the sample size n, and obtain
the smallest value of n for which P (jX j < 1) is at least 0.8.
X
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Case 2: Normal Population with unknown { the t distribu-
tions
4. Suppose X has a t distribution with k degrees of freedom. Evaluate the following
using Statistical Tables.
(a) P(X > 2:7638) and P(X < 2:7638) when k = 10.
(b) P(jX j < 3:4668) when k = 24.
(c) t such that P(jX j > t) = 0:05 when k = 14.
5. Suppose X has a t distribution with k degrees of freedom. Evaluate the following
using Statistical Tables, and then use R to check your answers.
(a) P (X > 2:1448) and P (X < 2:1448) when k = 14.
(b) P (jX j < 1:7459) when k = 16.
(c) t such that P (jX j > t) = 0:01 when k = 16.
7. A bank manager knows that homeowners in a certain suburb have monthly mort-
gage payments with a standard deviation of $84. What is the probability that the
mean payment of a random sample of 49 homeowners in that suburb will not deviate
from the mean payment for the entire suburb by more than $24? What assumptions
have you made in calculating this probability? Is it necessary to assume monthly
mortgage payments are Normally distributed?
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9. A continuous random variable Y has E (Y ) = 1=2; V ar(Y ) = 1=20 and a probability
density function f (y ) with the following graph:
Y
If Y1 ; Y2 ; : : : ; Y30 is a random P
sample from the distribution of Y , what is the approx-
imate distribution of Y = 301 30=1 Y ?
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10. Let p^ be the sample proportion of heads from 100 tosses of a fair coin.
(a) Write down an approximate distribution for p^.
p > 0:6).
(b) Using your answer to (a), nd an approximate value for P(^
(c) What is the minimum number of coin tosses needed to ensure that P(jp^ 0:5j <
0:01) is at least 0.95?
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