Chapter 8: Q.45 (page 479)
Define the random variable in words.
Short Answer
represents the sample mean.
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Chapter 8: Q.45 (page 479)
Define the random variable in words.
represents the sample mean.
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Suppose an internet marketing company wants to determine the current percentage of customers who click on ads on their smartphones. How many customers should the company survey in order to be % confident that the estimated proportion is within five percentage points of the true population proportion of customers who click on ads on their smartphones?
Using the same mean, standard deviation, and sample size, how would the error bound change if the confidence level were reduced to 90%? Why?
Suppose that children, who were learning to ride two-wheel bikes, were surveyed to determine how long they had
to use training wheels. It was revealed that they used them an average of six months with a sample standard deviation of
three months. Assume that the underlying population distribution is normal.
b. Define the random variable in words.
c. Define the random variable in words.
d. Which distribution should you use for this problem? Explain your choice.
e. Construct a confidence interval for the population mean length of time using training wheels.
i. State the confidence interval.
ii. Sketch the graph.
iii. Calculate the error bound.
f. Why would the error bound change if the confidence level were lowered to ?
A sample of small bags of the same brand of candies was selected. Assume that the population distribution of bag
weights is normal. The weight of each bag was then recorded. The mean weight was two ounces with a standard deviation
of ounces. The population standard deviation is known to be ounce.
b. In words, define the random variable
c. In words, define the random variable
d. Which distribution should you use for this problem? Explain your choice.
e. Construct a confidence interval for the population mean weight of the candies.
i. State the confidence interval.
ii. Sketch the graph.
iii. Calculate the error bound.
f. Construct a confidence interval for the population mean weight of the candies.
i. State the confidence interval.
ii. Sketch the graph.
iii. Calculate the error bound.
g. In complete sentences, explain why the confidence interval in part is larger than the confidence interval in part .
h. In complete sentences, give an interpretation of what the interval in part means.
Fill in the blanks on the graph with the areas, upper and lower limits of the confidence interval, and the sample mean.

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