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A variable of a population has a mean of μ=35and a standard deviation of σ=42.

a. If the variable is normally distributed, identify the sampling distribution of the sample mean for samples of size 9.

b. Can you answer part (a) if the distribution of the variable under consideration is unknown? Explain your answer.

c. Can you answer part (a) if the distribution of the variable under consideration is unknown but the sample size is 36instead of 9?

Why or why not?

Short Answer

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Part a) The sampling distribution of the sample mean for samples of size 9 is14.

Part b) No, because the sample size is fewer than 30, it cannot be considered a representative sample.

Part c) Yes, we can find the distribution of sample mean in case of sample size 36.

Step by step solution

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Part a) Step 1: 

Population mean μ=35

Population S.D. σ=42

If the population variable is normal then the sample mean is also follows with mean μx¯=μand S.D σX¯=σn,n=sample size.

Therefore,

μx=μ=35σx=429=423σx=14

So, the Sample mean is normally distributed with mean35and S.D =14.

In notationX¯~N35,142.

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part b) Step 1: Explanation

No, since the sample size is less than 30 we can not consider it as a large sample. So if the population distribution is unknown then we can not answer part (a) i.e. can not find the distribution of sample mean because we can not apply CLT here.

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Part c) Step 1: Explanation

Yes, we can find the distribution of sample mean in case of sample size 36 . If the population distribution is unknown. Here the sample size is 36 , which is greater than 30 . We can consider it as a large sample. Hence, by using CLT we can approximate the distribution of sample mean as Normal.

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Most popular questions from this chapter

Refer to Exercise 7.7 on page 295.

a. Use your answers from Exercise 7.7(b) to determine the mean, μs, of the variable x¯for each of the possible sample sizes.

b. For each of the possible sample sizes, determine the mean, μs, of the variable x¯, using only your answer from Exercise 7.7(a).

Repeat parts (b)-(e) of Exercise 7.17 for samples of size 1.

Population data: 2,3,5,7,8

Part (a): Find the mean, μ, of the variable.

Part (b): For each of the possible sample sizes, construct a table similar to Table 7.2on the page localid="1652592045497" 293and draw a dotplot for the sampling for the sampling distribution of the sample mean similar to Fig 7.1on page 293.

Part (c): Construct a graph similar to Fig 7.3and interpret your results.

Part (d): For each of the possible sample sizes, find the probability that the sample mean will equal the population mean.

Part (e): For each of the possible sample sizes, find the probability that the sampling error made in estimating the population mean by the sample mean will be 0.5or less, that is, that the absolute value of the difference between the sample mean and the population mean is at most0.5.

Repeat parts (b)-(e) of Exercise 7.11 for samples of size4.

New York City 10-kmRun. As reported by Rumле's World magazine, the times of the finishers in the New York City 10-km run are normally distributed with a mean of 61 minutes and a standard deviation of 9minutes. Do the following for the variable "finishing time61min of finishers in the New York City 10-kmrun.

a. Find the sampling distribution of the sample mean for samples of size 4

b. Repeat part (a) for samples of size 9

C. Construct graphs similar to those shown in Fig.7.4on-page 304

d. Obtain the percentage of all samples of four finishers that have mean finishing times within 5minutes of the population mean finishing time of 61 minutes. Interpret your answer in terms of sampling error.

e. Repeat part (d) for samples of size 9

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