In: Statistics and Probability
A report at LinkedIn website reports that on average people will have 15 jobs over their lifetime. Suppose the standard deviation for how many jobs people have is 3.6 jobs. Assuming these figures are correct, Consider a representative sample of 80 retired individuals.
a. Give the properties of the sampling distribution for the sample mean number of jobs over their lifetime. (8)
b. What is the probability the sample mean will be more than 14 jobs per person (10)
Solution :
Given that,
mean = = 15
standard deviation = = 3.6
a ) n = 80
= 15
= / n =3.6 80 =0.4025
b ) P ( > 14)
= 1 - P (< 14 )
= 1 - P ( - / ) < ( 14 - 15 / 0.4025)
= 1 - P ( z <- 1 / 0.4025 )
= 1 - P ( z < -2.48)
Using z table
= 1 - 0.0066
= 0.9934
Probability =0.9934