In: Statistics and Probability
Suppose that the pH measurements of the field from the question above follow a normal distribution with mean 11 pH and standard deviation 2 pH. What is the probability that the engineer obtains a sample mean (with n = 5) greater than 11.8 pH? Assume each measurement is independent of each other.
Solution :
Given that,
mean = = 11
standard deviation = =2
n=5
= =11
= / n = 2 / 5 = 0.8944
P( > 11.8) = 1 - P( < 11.8)
= 1 - P[( - ) / < (11.8-11) /0.8944 ]
= 1 - P(z < 0.89)
Using z table
= 1 - 0.8133
= 0.1867
probability= 0.1867