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Chapter 5: Q54E (page 237)

Suppose the sediment density (g/cm) of a randomly selected specimen from a certain region is normally distributed with mean \({\rm{2}}{\rm{.65 }}\)and standard deviation \({\rm{.85}}\) (suggested in 鈥淢odeling Sediment and Water Column Interactions for Hydrophobic Pollutants,鈥� Water Research, \({\rm{1984: 1164 - 1174 }}\)).

a. If a random sample of \({\rm{25}}\)specimens is selected, what is the probability that the sample average sediment density is at most \({\rm{3}}{\rm{.00 }}\)? Between \({\rm{2}}{\rm{.65 }}\)and \({\rm{3}}{\rm{.00 }}\)?

b. How large a sample size would be required to ensure that the first probability in part (a) is at least \({\rm{.99}}\)?

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a. \({\rm{P(\bar X 拢 3) = 0}}{\rm{.9803;P(2}}{\rm{.65拢 \bar X拢 3) = 0}}{\rm{.4803;}}\)

b. \(n = 33.{\rm{\;}}\)

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01

definition of probability

the proportion of the total number of conceivable outcomes to the number of options in an exhaustive collection of equally likely outcomes that cause a given occurrence.

02

Determining the probability that the sample average sediment density is at most \({\rm{3}}{\rm{.00}}\) ? Between \({\rm{2}}{\rm{.65 and 3}}{\rm{.00}}\)

Assume \({\rm{X}}\)is a regularly distributed random variable with a mean of \({\rm{\mu = 2}}{\rm{.65}}\)and a standard deviation of \({\rm{\sigma = 0}}{\rm{.8}}\)

The sample average \({\rm{\bar X}}\)mean value is presented with

\({{\rm{\mu }}_{{\rm{\bar X}}}}{\rm{ = \mu = 2}}{\rm{.65}}\)

and the sample average \({\rm{\bar X}}\)standard deviation \({{\rm{\sigma }}_{\overline {{\rm{\bar y}}} }}\)is supplied with

\({{\rm{\sigma }}_{{\rm{\bar X}}}}{\rm{ = }}\frac{{\rm{1}}}{{\sqrt {\rm{n}} }}{\rm{ \times \sigma = }}\frac{{\rm{1}}}{{\sqrt {{\rm{25}}} }}{\rm{ \times 0}}{\rm{.85 = 0}}{\rm{.17}}\)

The likelihood of the event \({\rm{\{ \bar X拢 3\} }}\)is

\({\rm{P(\bar X拢 3) = P}}\left( {\frac{{{\rm{\bar X - \mu \bar X}}}}{{{{\rm{\sigma }}_{{\rm{\bar X}}}}}}{\rm{拢 }}\frac{{{\rm{3 - 2}}{\rm{.65}}}}{{{\rm{0}}{\rm{.17}}}}} \right){\rm{ = P(Z拢 2}}{\rm{.06)}}\mathop {\rm{ = }}\limits^{{\rm{(1)}}} {\rm{0}}{\rm{.9803}}\)

(1): from the appendix's normal probability table. Software can also be used to calculate the likelihood.

The likelihood of the event \({\rm{\{ 2}}{\rm{.65拢 \bar X拢 3\} }}\)is

\(\begin{aligned}P(2.65拢\bar X拢3) &= P(\bar X拢3) - P(\bar X拢2.65) \\ &= P(Z拢2.06) - P(Z拢0)\\ &=0.4803 \end{aligned}\)

(2): from the appendix's normal probability table. Software can also be used to calculate the likelihood.

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Determining the first probability in part (a) is at least \({\rm{.99}}\)

Relation can be used to calculate the number \({\rm{n}}\) (sample size).

\({\rm{P(\bar X拢 3) = 0}}{\rm{.99}}\)

The following statement is correct:

\({\rm{P(\bar X拢 3) = P}}\left( {\frac{{{\rm{\bar X - }}{{\rm{\mu }}_{{\rm{\bar X}}}}}}{{{{\rm{\sigma }}_{{\rm{\bar X}}}}}}{\rm{拢 }}\frac{{{\rm{3 - 2}}{\rm{.65}}}}{{{\rm{0}}{\rm{.85/}}\sqrt {\rm{n}} }}} \right){\rm{ = P}}\left( {{\rm{Z拢 }}\frac{{{\rm{0}}{\rm{.35}}}}{{{\rm{0}}{\rm{.85/}}\sqrt {\rm{n}} }}} \right)\)

Consequently, because

\({\rm{P}}\left( {{\rm{Z拢 }}\frac{{{\rm{0}}{\rm{.35}}}}{{{\rm{0}}{\rm{.85/}}\sqrt {\rm{n}} }}} \right){\rm{ = 0}}{\rm{.99}}\)

This indicates that, according to the normal probability table in the appendix,

\(\frac{{{\rm{0}}{\rm{.35}}}}{{{\rm{0}}{\rm{.85/}}\sqrt {\rm{n}} }}{\rm{ = 2}}{\rm{.33}}\)

This is due to the fact that the probability of the event \({\rm{\{ Z拢 2}}{\rm{.33\} }}\)is \({\rm{0}}{\rm{.99}}\)Hence,

\(\begin{array}{*{20}{c}}{\frac{{{\rm{0}}{\rm{.35}}}}{{{\rm{0}}{\rm{.85/}}\sqrt {\rm{n}} }}{\rm{ = 2}}{\rm{.33}}}\\{{\rm{n = 32}}{\rm{.02}}{\rm{.}}}\end{array}\)

Finally, the sample size for which the probability \({\rm{P(\bar X拢 3)}}\) at least \({\rm{0}}{\rm{.99}}\) is

\({\rm{n = 33}}{\rm{.}}\)

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