In: Statistics and Probability
More than 100 million people around the world are not getting enough sleep; the average adult needs between 7.5 and 8 hours of sleep per night. College students are particularly at risk of not getting enough shut-eye. A recent survey of several thousand college students indicated that the total hours of sleep time per night, denoted by the random variable X, can be approximated by a normal model with E(X) = 6.79 hours and SD(X) = 1.22 hours. Question 1. Find the probability that the hours of sleep per night for a random sample of 4 college students has a mean x between 6.62 and 6.95. .0039 Incorrect: Your answer is incorrect. (use 4 decimal places in your answer) Question 2. Find the probability that the hours of sleep per night for a random sample of 16 college students has a mean x between 6.62 and 6.95. (use 4 decimal places in your answer) Question 3. Find the probability that the hours of sleep per night for a random sample of 25 college students has a mean x between 6.62 and 6.95. (use 4 decimal places in your answer) Question 4. The Central Limit Theorem was needed to answer questions 1, 2, and 3 above.
1)
µ = 6.79
σ = 1.22
n= 4
we need to calculate probability for ,
6.62 ≤ X ≤ 6.95
X1 = 6.62 , X2 =
6.95
Z1 = (X1 - µ )/(σ/√n) = ( 6.62
- 6.79 ) / ( 1.22 /
√ 4 ) = -0.28
Z2 = (X2 - µ )/(σ/√n) = ( 6.95
- 6.79 ) / ( 1.22 /
√ 4 ) = 0.26
P ( 6.62 < X <
6.95 ) = P (
-0.28 < Z < 0.26 )
= P ( Z < 0.26 ) - P ( Z
< -0.28 ) =
0.6035 - 0.3902 =
0.2132 (answer)
excel formula for probability from z score is
=NORMSDIST(Z)
2)
µ = 6.79
σ = 1.22
n= 16
we need to calculate probability for ,
6.62 ≤ X ≤ 6.95
X1 = 6.62 , X2 =
6.95
Z1 = (X1 - µ )/(σ/√n) = ( 6.62
- 6.79 ) / ( 1.22 /
√ 16 ) =
-0.56
Z2 = (X2 - µ )/(σ/√n) = ( 6.95
- 6.79 ) / ( 1.22 /
√ 16 ) = 0.52
P ( 6.62 < X <
6.95 ) = P (
-0.56 < Z < 0.52 )
= P ( Z < 0.52 ) - P ( Z
< -0.56 ) =
0.7001 - 0.2886 =
0.4114 (answer)
3)
µ = 6.79
σ = 1.22
n= 25
we need to calculate probability for ,
6.62 ≤ X ≤ 6.95
X1 = 6.62 , X2 =
6.95
Z1 = (X1 - µ )/(σ/√n) = ( 6.62
- 6.79 ) / ( 1.22 /
√ 25 ) =
-0.70
Z2 = (X2 - µ )/(σ/√n) = ( 6.95
- 6.79 ) / ( 1.22 /
√ 25 ) = 0.66
P ( 6.62 < X <
6.95 ) = P (
-0.70 < Z < 0.66 )
= P ( Z < 0.66 ) - P ( Z
< -0.70 ) =
0.7440 - 0.2430 =
0.5010 (answer)