Chapter 10: Q. R10.1 (page 695)
American-made cars Nathan and Kyle both work for the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV), but they live in different states. In Nathan鈥檚 state, of the registered cars are made by American manufacturers. In Kyle鈥檚 state, only of the registered cars are made by American manufacturers. Nathan selects a random sample of cars in his state and Kyle selects a random sample of cars in his state. Let be the difference (Nathan鈥檚 state 鈥 Kyle鈥檚 state) in the sample proportion of cars made by American manufacturers.
a. What is the shape of the sampling distribution of ? Why?
b. Find the mean of the sampling distribution.
c. Calculate and interpret the standard deviation of the sampling distribution.
Short Answer
Part(a) The shape is approximately normal.
Part(b) The mean is
Part(c) The standard deviation is
