In: Statistics and Probability
Suppose a simple random sample of size n=36 is obtained from a population with μ=81and σ=24.
(a) Describe the sampling distribution of barx (mean and standad deviation).
(b) What is P (barx>85)?
(c) What is P (barx≤71)?
(d) What P (75.8<barx<90.6)?
Solution :
Given that ,
a)
= 81
=
/
n = 24 /
36 = 4
b) P(
> 85) = 1 - P(
< 85)
= 1 - P[(
-
) /
< (85 - 81) / 4]
= 1 - P(z < 1.0)
= 1 - 0.8413
= 0.1587
c) P(
71) = P((
-
) /
(71 - 81) / 4)
= P(z
-2.50 )
Using z table
= 0.0062
d) P( 75.8 <
< 90.6)
= P[(75.8 - 81) / 4 < (
-
)
/
< (90.6 - 81) / 4 )]
= P(-1.30 < Z < 2.40)
= P(Z < 2.40) - P(Z < -1.30)
Using z table,
= 0.9918 - 0.0968
= 0.8950