Chapter 8: Q.40 (page 479)
Which distribution should you use for this problem?
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The distribution is
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During the 2013 regular NBA season, DeAndre Jordan of the Los Angeles Clippers had the highest field goal completion rate in the league. DeAndre scored with 61.3% of his shots. Suppose you choose a random sample of 80 shots made by DeAndre during the 2013 season. Let X = the number of shots that scored points.
a. What is the probability distribution for X?
b. Using the formulas, calculate the (i) mean and (ii) standard deviation of X.
c. Use your calculator to find the probability that DeAndre scored with 60 of these shots.
d. Find the probability that DeAndre scored with more than 50 of these shots
The mean age for all Foothill College students for a recent Fall term was . The population standard deviation has been pretty consistent at . Suppose that twenty-five Winter students were randomly selected. The mean age for the sample was . We are interested in the true mean age for Winter Foothill College students. Let the age of a Winter Foothill College student.
In words, define the random variable .
When designing a study to determine this population proportion, what is the minimum number you would need to survey to be confident that the population proportion is estimated to within ?
Using the same p′ and level of confidence, suppose that n were increased to 100. Would the error bound become larger
or smaller? How do you know?
In one complete sentence, explain what the interval means.
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