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Known

1. Asimple random sample of 40 items resulted in a sample mean of 25. The pop
deviation is = 5.
a. What is the standard error of the mean,

b. At 95% confidence, what is the margin of error?

2. A simple random sample of 50 items from a population with = 6 resulted in


mean of 32.
a. Provide a 90% confidence interval for the population mean.
b. Provide a 95% confidence interval for the population mean.
c. Provide a 99% confidence interval for the population mean.

3. A simple random sample of 60 items resulted in a sample mean of 80. The po


standard deviation is = 15.

a. Compute the 95% confidence interval for the population mean.


b. Assume that the same sample mean was obtained from a sample of
a 95% confidence interval for the population mean.
c. What is the effect of a larger sample size on the interval estimate?

4. A 95% confidence interval for a population mean was reported to be 152 to 1


what sample size was used in this study?

5. In an effort to estimate the mean amount spent per customer for dinner at a
restaurant, data were collected for a sample of 49 customers. Assume a populat
deviation of $5.

a. At 95% confidence, what is the margin of error?


b. If the sample mean is $24.80, what is the 95% confidence interval fo
Unknown
11. For a t distribution with 16 degrees of freedom, find the area, or probability,
a. To the right of 2.120

b. To the left of 1.337


c. To the left of =1.746
d. To the right of 2.583
e. Between -2.120 and 2.120
f. Between -1.746 and 1.746
12. Find the t value(s) for each of the following cases.

a. Upper tail area of .025 with 12 degrees of freedom


b. Lower tail area of .05 with 50 degrees of freedom
c. Upper tail area of .01 with 30 degrees of freedom
d. Where 90% of the area falls between these two t values with 25 deg
e. Where 95% of the area falls between these two t values with 45 deg

15. Sales personnel for Skillings Distributors submit weekly reports listing the cu
made during the week. Asample of 65 weekly reports showed a sample mean of
customer contacts per week. The sample standard deviation was 5.2. Provide 90
confidence intervals for the population mean number of weekly customer conta
sales personnel.

16. The mean number of hours of flying time for pilots at Continental Airlines is
month (The Wall Street Journal, February 25, 2003). Assume that this mean was
actual flying times for a sample of 100 Continental pilots and that the sample st
deviation was 8.5 hours.

a. At 95% confidence, what is the margin of error?


b. What is the 95% confidence interval estimate of the population mea
the pilots?
c. The mean number of hours of flying time for pilots at United Airlines
per month. Use your results from part (b) to discuss differences betwee
times for the pilots at the two airlines. The Wall Street Journal reported
as having the highest labor cost among all airlines. Does the informatio
this exercise provide insight as to why United Airlines might expect hig
costs?
Determining the Sample Size

23. How large a sample should be selected to provide a 95% confidence interva
of error of 10? Assume that the population standard deviation is 40.
24. The range for a set of data is estimated to be 36.

a. What is the planning value for the population standard deviation?


b. At 95% confidence, how large a sample would provide a margin of e
c. At 95% confidence, how large a sample would provide a margin of er

25. Refer to the Scheer Industries example in Section 8.2. Use 6.84 days as a pla
for the population standard deviation.

a. Assuming 95% confidence, what sample size would be required to ob


error of 1.5 days?
b. If the precision statement was made with 90% confidence, what sam
required to obtain a margin of error of 2 days?

26. The average cost of a gallon of unleaded gasoline in Greater Cincinnati was
$2.41 (The Cincinnati Enquirer, February 3, 2006). During periods of rapidly cha
prices, the newspaper samples service stations and prepares reports on gasoline
Assume the standard deviation is $.15 for the price of a gallon of unleaded regu
gasoline, and recommend the appropriate sample size for the newspaper to use
wishes to report a margin of error at 95% confidence.
a. Suppose the desired margin of error is $.07.
b. Suppose the desired margin of error is $.05.
c. Suppose the desired margin of error is $.03.

mple mean of 25. The population standard

n with = 6 resulted in a sample

pulation mean.
pulation mean.
pulation mean.

mple mean of 80. The population

e population mean.
tained from a sample of 120 items. Provide

the interval estimate?


reported to be 152 to 160. If = 15,

ustomer for dinner at a major Atlanta


mers. Assume a population standard

% confidence interval for the population mean?

the area, or probability, in each region.

wo t values with 25 degrees of freedom


wo t values with 45 degrees of freedom

kly reports listing the customer contacts


owed a sample mean of 19.5
ation was 5.2. Provide 90% and 95%
weekly customer contacts for the

t Continental Airlines is 49 hours per


ume that this mean was based on
s and that the sample standard

e of the population mean flying time for

pilots at United Airlines is 36 hours


scuss differences between the flying
l Street Journal reported United Airlines
nes. Does the information in
Airlines might expect higher labor

Size

95% confidence interval with a margin


iation is 40.

n standard deviation?
ld provide a margin of error of 3?
d provide a margin of error of 2?

2. Use 6.84 days as a planning value

e would be required to obtain a margin of

% confidence, what sample size would be

Greater Cincinnati was reported to be


g periods of rapidly changing
pares reports on gasoline prices frequently.
gallon of unleaded regular
or the newspaper to use if it

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