ExamSamplingDistributions

1) LettherandomvariableXfollowanormaldistributionwithameanandastandarddeviation.LetX1 andX2 be
themeansoftwosamplesofsizes16and25,respectively,randomly,andindependentlyselectedfromthispopulation.
Whichofthefollowingtwostatementsistrue:(1)P(X1 <or(2)P(X1 <)?
A) Valueofexpression2isgreaterthanvalueofexpression1.
B) Valueofexpression1isgreaterthanvalueofexpression2.
C) Valueofexpression1isequaltovalueofexpression2.
D) Unabletodeterminetherelationshipbetweenexpression1andexpression2.
2) Inarecentsurveyofcollegeprofessors,itwasfoundthattheaverageamountofmoneyspentonentertainmenteach
weekwasnormallydistributedwithameanof$95.25andastandarddeviationof$27.32.Whatistheprobabilitythat
theaveragespendingofasampleof25randomlyselectedprofessorswillexceed$102.50?
A) 0.4082

B) 0.1064

C) 0.0918

D) 0.3936

3) Inexaminingtheinvoicesissuedbyacompany,anauditorfindsthatthedollaramountsofinvoiceshaveameanof
$1,732andastandarddeviationof$298.Whatistheprobabilitythatforasampleof45invoices,theaverageinvoiceis
greaterthan$1,800?
A) 0.937

B) 0.563

C) 0.063

D) 0.437

4) Inarecentsurveyofhighschoolstudents,itwasfoundthattheaverageamountofmoneyspentonentertainmenteach
weekwasnormallydistributedwithameanof$52.30andastandarddeviationof$18.23.Assumingthesevaluesare
representativeofallhighschoolstudents,whatistheprobabilitythatforasampleof25,theaverageamountspentby
eachstudentexceeds$60?
A) 0.3372

B) 0.4826

C) 0.1628

D) 0.0174

5) Ifthestandarderrorofthesamplingdistributionofthesampleproportionis0.0229forsamplesofsize400,thenthe
populationproportionmustbeeither:
A) 0.5or0.5.

B) 0.2or0.8.

C) 0.4or0.6.

D) 0.3or0.7.

6) ThestandarderrorofthesamplingdistributionofsampleproportionPwillbecomelargerasthepopulationproportion
Papproaches:
A) 0.0.

B) 1.0.

C) 0.75.

D) 0.50.

7) Ifallpossiblerandomsamplesofsizenaretakenfromapopulationthatisnotnormallydistributed,andthemeanof
eachsampleisdetermined,whatcanyousayaboutthesamplingdistributionofsamplemeans?
A) Itisnegativelyskewed.
B) Itisapproximatelynormalprovidedthatn islargeenough.
C) Itispositivelyskewed.
D) Noneoftheabove
8) Allpossiblesamplesofsizenareselectedfromapopulation,andthemeanofeachsampleisdetermined.Whatisthe
meanofthesamplemeans?
A) Exactlyequalshepopulationmean

B) Smallerthanthepopulationmean

C) Largerthanthepopulationmean

D) Moreinformationisneeded

9) Ifthestandarddeviationofthesamplingdistributionofsamplemeansis5.0forsamplesofsize16,thenthepopulation
standarddeviationmustbe:
A) 20

B) 5.0

C) 80

D) 3.2

10) Ifthestandarderrorofthesamplingdistributionofthesampleproportionis0.02049forsamplesofsize500,thenthe
populationproportionmustbeeither:
A) 0.6or0.4.

B) 0.5or0.5.

C) 0.3or0.7.

D) 0.2or0.8.

THENEXTQUESTIONSAREBASEDONTHEFOLLOWINGINFORMATION:
Supposethat20%ofallinvoicesareforamountsgreaterthan$800.Arandomsampleof50invoicesistaken.
11) Whatisthemeanandstandarderrorofthesampleproportionofinvoiceswithamountsinexcessof$800?
A) Mean=0.20,Standarderror=0.0032

B) Mean=0.20,Standarderror=0.0566

C) Mean=10,Standarderror=0.4472

D) Mean=10,Standarderror=0.0598

12) Whatistheprobabilitythatmorethan22.7%ofthese50invoicesareformorethan$800?
A) 0.2734

B) 0.3156

C) 0.1368

D) 0.2266

13) Whatistheprobabilitythatatleast25%ofthese50invoicesareformorethan$800?
A) 0.3106

B) 0.1894

C) 0.8894

D) 0.8106

THENEXTQUESTIONSAREBASEDONTHEFOLLOWINGINFORMATION:
Supposeyouflipacoinfourtimes.Foreveryhead,youreceiveonepoint,andforeverytail,youloseonepoint.
14) Developthesamplingdistributionforthemeannumberofpointsyoureceivefromflippingfourcoins.
15) Whatisthestandarderrorforthesamplingdistribution?
16) Whatistheprobabilitythatthemeannumberofpointsyoureceiveonfourflipsis0.5?
17) Whatistheprobabilitythatthemeannumberofpointsyoureceiveonfourflipsis0?
THENEXTQUESTIONSAREBASEDONTHEFOLLOWINGINFORMATION:
Youhaverecentlyjoinedacountryclub.Supposethatthenumberoftimesyouexpecttoplaygolfinamonthisrepresentedbya
normallydistributedrandomvariablewithameanof10andastandarddeviationof2.4.
18) Overthecourseofthenextyear,whatistheprobabilitythatyouaveragemorethan11gamesamonth?
19) Overthecourseofthenextyear,theprobabilityis85%thatyouaveragelessthanhowmanygamespermonth?
THENEXTQUESTIONSAREBASEDONTHEFOLLOWINGINFORMATION:
Ithasbeenfoundthat62.1%ofallunsolicitedthirdclassmaildeliveredtohouseholdsgoesunread.Overthecourseofamonth,a
householdreceives100piecesofunsolicitedmail.
20) Whatisthemeanofthesampleproportionofpiecesofunreadmail?
21) Whatisthevarianceoftheproportion?
22) Whatisthestandarderrorofthesampleproportion?
23) Whatistheprobabilitythatthesampleproportionisgreaterthan0.60?
THENEXTQUESTIONSAREBASEDONTHEFOLLOWINGINFORMATION:
Thefillingmachineatabottlingplantisoperatingcorrectlywhenthevarianceofthefillamountisequalto0.3ounces.Assumethat
thefillamountsfollowanormaldistribution.
24) Whatistheprobabilitythatforasampleof30bottles,thesamplevarianceisgreaterthan0.5?

25) Theprobabilityis0.10thatforasampleof30bottles,thesamplevarianceislessthanwhatnumber?
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Testname:UNTITLED1

1) C
2) C
3) C
4) D
5) D
6) D
7) B
8) A
9) A
10) C
11) B
12) B
13) B
14)
x

0.5

0.5

P(x)

0.0625

0.25

0.375

0.25

0.0625

15) X=E(X)=xP(x) =0
2
2
X =x 2P(X)- X =0.25
Hence,thestandarderrorforthesamplingdistributionofsamplemeans= X=0.5.
16) P(X=0.5)=0.25
17) P(X=0)=0.375
18) =10,=2.4,n=12
P(X>11)=P(Z>1.44)=1-0.9251=0.0749
19) =10,=2.4,n=12
P(X<a)=0.85P(Z<

a-10
a-10
)=0.85
=1.04a=10.721
0.6928
2.4/ 12

20) =P=0.621
2

21) =P(1-P)/n=(0.621)(0.379)/100=0.00235
22) P^= 0.00235=0.0485
^

23) P(P)>0.60)=P(Z>0.43)=0.6664
(n-1)s2 > (29)(0.5)
24) P(s2 >0.5)=P
=P(2 >48.33)<0.01

0.3
2
25) P(s2 <k)=0.10P

(n-1)s2 29k
<
=0.10
0.3
2

96.67k=19.768
P(2 <96.67k)=0.10
k=0.2045