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An oocyte is a female germ cell involved in reproduction. Based on analyses of a large sample, the article "Reproductive Traits of Pioneer Gastropod Species Colonizing Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vents After an Eruption" (Marine Biology, \({\rm{2011: 181 - 192}}\)) proposed the following mixture of normal distributions as a model for the distribution of \({\rm{X = }}\) oocyte diameter\({\rm{(\mu m)}}\):

\({\rm{f(x) = p}}{{\rm{f}}_{\rm{1}}}\left( {{\rm{x,}}{{\rm{\mu }}_{\rm{1}}}{\rm{,\sigma }}} \right){\rm{ + (1 - p)}}{{\rm{f}}_{\rm{2}}}\left( {{\rm{x,}}{{\rm{\mu }}_{\rm{2}}}{\rm{,\sigma }}} \right)\)

where \({{\rm{f}}_{\rm{1}}}\) and \({{\rm{f}}_{\rm{2}}}\) are normal pdfs. Suggested parameter values were\({\rm{p = }}{\rm{.35,}}{{\rm{\mu }}_{\rm{1}}}{\rm{ = 4}}{\rm{.4,}}{{\rm{\mu }}_{\rm{2}}}{\rm{ = 5}}{\rm{.0}}\), and\({\rm{\sigma = }}{\rm{.27}}\).

a. What is the expected (i.e. mean) value of oocyte diameter?

b. What is the probability that oocyte diameter is between \({\rm{4}}{\rm{.4\mu m}}\) and \({\rm{5}}{\rm{.0\mu m}}\) ? (Hint: Write an expression for the corresponding integral, carry the integral operation through to the two components, and then use the fact that each component is a normal pdf.)

c. What is the probability that oocyte diameter is smaller than its mean value? What does this imply about the shape of the density curve?

Short Answer

Expert verified

a) \({{\rm{\mu }}_{\rm{X}}}{\rm{ = 4}}{\rm{.79}}\)

b) \(P(4拢X拢7) = 0.97571 = 97.571\% \)

c)\({\rm{P}}\left( {{\rm{X < }}{{\rm{\mu }}_{\rm{X}}}} \right){\rm{ = 0}}{\rm{.467175 = 46}}{\rm{.7175\% }}\)

Step by step solution

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Definition

Probability simply refers to the likelihood of something occurring. We may talk about the probabilities of particular outcomes鈥攈ow likely they are鈥攚hen we're unclear about the result of an event. Statistics is the study of occurrences guided by probability.

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Step 2: The expected value of oocyte diameter

Given: \({{\rm{f}}_{\rm{1}}}\)and \({{\rm{f}}_{\rm{2}}}\)are normal pdfs:

\(\begin{array}{l}{\rm{f(x) = p}}{{\rm{f}}_{\rm{1}}}\left( {{\rm{x;}}{{\rm{\mu }}_{\rm{1}}}{\rm{,\sigma }}} \right){\rm{ + (1 - p)}}{{\rm{f}}_{\rm{2}}}\left( {{\rm{x;}}{{\rm{\mu }}_{\rm{2}}}{\rm{,\sigma }}} \right)\\{\rm{p = 0}}{\rm{.35}}\\{{\rm{\mu }}_{\rm{1}}}{\rm{ = 4}}{\rm{.4}}\\{{\rm{\mu }}_{\rm{2}}}{\rm{ = 5}}{\rm{.0}}\\{\rm{\sigma = 0}}{\rm{.27}}\end{array}\)

For the linear combination\({\rm{W = a}}{{\rm{X}}_{\rm{1}}}{\rm{ + b}}{{\rm{X}}_{\rm{2}}}\), the mean then was the following property:

\({{\rm{\mu }}_{\rm{W}}}{\rm{ = a}}{{\rm{\mu }}_{\rm{1}}}{\rm{ + b}}{{\rm{\mu }}_{\rm{2}}}\)

Use this property with \({\rm{X = p}}{{\rm{X}}_{\rm{1}}}{\rm{ + (1 - p)}}{{\rm{X}}_{\rm{2}}}{\rm{,a = p}}\)and\({\rm{b = 1 - p}}\):

\({{\rm{\mu }}_{\rm{X}}}{\rm{ = p}}{{\rm{\mu }}_{\rm{1}}}{\rm{ + (1 - p)}}{{\rm{\mu }}_{\rm{2}}}\)

Fill in the known values and evaluate:

\({{\rm{\mu }}_{\rm{X}}}{\rm{ = 0}}{\rm{.35(4}}{\rm{.4) + (1 - 0}}{\rm{.35)(5}}{\rm{.0) = 4}}{\rm{.79}}\)

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Calculating the probability

b) We want to determine the probability \(P(4拢X拢7)\). The probability is equal to the integral of the pdf over the corresponding interval:

\(\begin{aligned}P(4拢X拢7)&= \int_4^7 f (x)dx \\&= \int_4^7 {\left( {p{f_1}\left( {x;{\mu _1},\sigma } \right) + (1 - p){f_2}\left( {x;{\mu _2},\sigma } \right)} \right)} dx \\&= \left. {p\int_4^7 {{f_1}} \left( {x;{\mu _1},\sigma } \right)dx + (1 - p)\int_4^7 {{f_2}} \left( {x;{\mu _2},\sigma } \right)} \right)dx \\&= pP\left( {4拢{X_1}拢7} \right) + (1 - p)P\left( {4拢{X_2}拢7} \right) \\\end{aligned} \)

The standardized score is the value\({\rm{x}}\)decreased by the mean and then divided by the standard deviation.

\(\begin{array}{l}{\rm{z = }}\frac{{{\rm{x - \mu }}}}{{\rm{\sigma }}}{\rm{ = }}\frac{{{\rm{4 - 4}}{\rm{.4}}}}{{{\rm{0}}{\rm{.27}}}}{\rm{\gg - 1}}{\rm{.48}}\\{\rm{z = }}\frac{{{\rm{x - \mu }}}}{{\rm{\sigma }}}{\rm{ = }}\frac{{{\rm{7 - 4}}{\rm{.4}}}}{{{\rm{0}}{\rm{.27}}}}{\rm{\gg 9}}{\rm{.63}}\\{\rm{z = }}\frac{{{\rm{x - \mu }}}}{{\rm{\sigma }}}{\rm{ = }}\frac{{{\rm{4 - 5}}{\rm{.0}}}}{{{\rm{0}}{\rm{.27}}}}{\rm{\gg - 3}}{\rm{.70}}\\{\rm{z = }}\frac{{{\rm{x - \mu }}}}{{\rm{\sigma }}}{\rm{ = }}\frac{{{\rm{7 - 5}}{\rm{.0}}}}{{{\rm{0}}{\rm{.27}}}}{\rm{\gg 7}}{\rm{.41}}\end{array}\)

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Calculation for probability

Determine the corresponding probability using the normal probability table in the appendix:

\(\begin{aligned}P\left( {4拢{X_1}拢7} \right) &= P( - 1.48 < Z < 9.63) \\&= P(Z < 9.63) - P(Z < - 1.48) \\\gg& 1 - 0.0694 \\&= 0.9306 \\P\left( {4拢{X_2}拢7} \right) &= P( - 3.70 < Z < 7.41) \\&= P(Z < 7.41) - P(Z < - 3.70) \\\gg& 1 - 0 \\ &= 1 \\\end{aligned} \)

Determine the corresponding probability for\({\rm{X}}\):

\(\begin{aligned}P(4拢X\\拢7) &= pP\left( {4拢{X_1}拢7} \right) + (1 - p)P\left( {4拢{X_2}拢7} \right) \\&= 0.35(0.9306) + (1 - 0.35)(1) \\&= 0.97571 \\&= 97.571\% \\\end{aligned} \)

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Calculating the probability

c) For the linear combination\({\rm{W = a}}{{\rm{X}}_{\rm{1}}}{\rm{ + b}}{{\rm{X}}_{\rm{2}}}\), the mean then was the following property:

\({{\rm{\mu }}_{\rm{W}}}{\rm{ = a}}{{\rm{\mu }}_{\rm{1}}}{\rm{ + b}}{{\rm{\mu }}_{\rm{2}}}\)

Use this property with \({\rm{X = p}}{{\rm{X}}_{\rm{1}}}{\rm{ + (1 - p)}}{{\rm{X}}_{\rm{2}}}{\rm{,a = p}}\) and \({\rm{b = 1 - p}}\) :

\({{\rm{\mu }}_{\rm{X}}}{\rm{ = p}}{{\rm{\mu }}_{\rm{1}}}{\rm{ + (1 - p)}}{{\rm{\mu }}_{\rm{2}}}\)

Fill in the known values and evaluate:

\({{\rm{\mu }}_{\rm{X}}}{\rm{ = 0}}{\rm{.35(4}}{\rm{.4) + (1 - 0}}{\rm{.35)(5}}{\rm{.0) = 4}}{\rm{.79}}\)

We want to determine the probability\({\rm{P}}\left( {{\rm{X < }}{{\rm{\mu }}_{\rm{X}}}} \right)\). The probability is equal to the integral of the pdf over the corresponding interval:

\(\begin{aligned}P\left( {X < {\mu _X}} \right) &= \int_{ - 楼}^{\mu X} f (x)dx \\&= \int_{ - 楼}^{{\mu _X}} {\left( {p{f_1}\left( {x;{\mu _1},\sigma } \right) + (1 - p){f_2}\left( {x;{\mu _2},\sigma } \right)} \right)} dx \\\left. {= p\int_{ - 楼}^{{\mu _X}} {{f_1}} \left( {x;{\mu _1},\sigma } \right)dx + (1 - p)\int_{ - 楼}^{{\mu _X}} {{f_2}} \left( {x;{\mu _2},\sigma } \right)} \right)dx \\&= pP\left( {{X_1} < {\mu _X}} \right) + (1 - p)P\left( {{X_2} < {\mu _X}} \right) \\\end{aligned} \)

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Calculation for probability

The standardized score is the value \({\rm{x}}\) decreased by the mean and then divided by the standard deviation.

\(\begin{array}{c}{\rm{z = }}\frac{{{{\rm{\mu }}_{\rm{X}}}{\rm{ - \mu }}}}{{\rm{\sigma }}}\\{\rm{ = }}\frac{{{\rm{4}}{\rm{.79 - 4}}{\rm{.4}}}}{{{\rm{0}}{\rm{.27}}}}\\{\rm{\gg 1}}{\rm{.44}}\\{\rm{z = }}\frac{{{{\rm{\mu }}_{\rm{X}}}{\rm{ - \mu }}}}{{\rm{\sigma }}}\\{\rm{ = }}\frac{{{\rm{4}}{\rm{.79 - 5}}{\rm{.0}}}}{{{\rm{0}}{\rm{.27}}}}\\{\rm{\gg - 0}}{\rm{.77}}\end{array}\)

Determine the corresponding probability using the normal probability table in the appendix:

\(\begin{aligned}P\left( {{X_1} < {\mu _X}} \right) &= P(Z < 1.44) \\&= 0.9251 \\P\left( {{X_2} < {\mu _X}} \right) &= P(Z < - 0.77) \\&= 0.2206 \\\end{aligned} \)

Determine the corresponding probability for\({\rm{X}}\):

\(\begin{aligned}P\left( {X < {\mu _X}} \right) &= pP\left( {{X_1} < {\mu _X}} \right) + (1-p)P\left( {{X_2} < {\mu _X}} \right) \\&= 0.35(0.9251) + (1 - 0.35)(0.2206) \\&= 0.467175 \\&= 46.7175\% \\ \end{aligned} \)

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