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Properties of Sampling Distribution of Sample Mean

The document discusses key concepts related to sampling distributions and properties of the normal distribution: 1) The mean of a sampling distribution of sample means equals the population mean. The variance of a sampling distribution equals the population variance divided by the sample size. 2) For a sufficiently large sample from any population, the sampling distribution of sample means will be approximately normal. The larger the sample, the closer to normal the distribution. 3) The standard deviation of the sampling distribution is called the standard error of the mean.

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Properties of Sampling Distribution of Sample Mean

The document discusses key concepts related to sampling distributions and properties of the normal distribution: 1) The mean of a sampling distribution of sample means equals the population mean. The variance of a sampling distribution equals the population variance divided by the sample size. 2) For a sufficiently large sample from any population, the sampling distribution of sample means will be approximately normal. The larger the sample, the closer to normal the distribution. 3) The standard deviation of the sampling distribution is called the standard error of the mean.

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2 ? The mean of the sampling distribution of sample mean is equal to the mean of the
population from which we have sampled That is,

µx =µ

2 ? The variance of the sampling distribution is equal to the variance of the population divided
by the sample size That is,

x   x   

3 ? The standard deviation of x is called the standard error of the mean

x   x   

4 ? f a random sample is drawn from any population, the sampling distribution of sample
mean is approximately normal for a sufficiently large sample size The larger the sample
size, the more closely the sampling distribution of x will resemble a normal distribution

Z= (x-µx)/ x 
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The supervisor of a dairy milk chocolate factory has observed that the weight of each 32 g¶
chocolate bar is actually a normally distributed random variable, with a mean of 32 2g and a
standard deviation of 0 3 g

a ? [ind the probability that if a customer buys one chocolate bar, that bar will weigh less
than 32 g
b ? [ind the probability that if a customer buys a pack of four bars, the mean weight of the
four bars will be less than 32 g¶


 

The dean of a business faculty claims that the average weekly income of graduates of this
school three years after graduation is $700

f the dean¶s claim is correct and if weekly incomes are normally distributed with a standard
deviation of $60, what is the probability that 36 randomly selected graduates have an average
weekly income of less than $675?


 

A sample of n=200 observations is drawn from a normal population, with µ=2000 and
x =200 [ind

a ? c(x >2050)
b ? c(x< 960)
c ? c (x>2200)


 

A sample of 50 observations is taken from a normal population, with µ =200 and x = 20 f


the population is finite with N=250, find

a ? c(x>203)
b ? c(98 <x< 202)

 

oiven a large population whose mean is 2000 and whose standard deviation is 200, find the
probability that a random sample of 400 has a mean that lies between 995 and 2020


 

An automatic machine in a manufacturing process is operating properly if the length of an


important sub-component are normally distributed, with mean µ=227cm and standard
deviation x =2 2 cm

a ? [ind the probability that one randomly selected unit has a length greater than 220cm
b ? [ind the probability that if three units are randomly selected, all three have lengths
exceeding 220 cm
c ? [ind the probability that if three units are randomly selected, their mean length exceeds
220cm


 

The manufacturer of cans of salmon that are supposed to have a net weight of 220 g¶ tells
you that the net weight is actually a random variable with a mean of 222g and a standard
deviation of 3 6 g Suppose that you take a random sample of 36 cans

[ind the probability that the sample mean will be less than 229 4g


 

A shipment of 500 cereal boxes is delivered to a supermarket in [remantle The manager is


told that the weight of the cereal boxes are normally distributed, with a mean of 265g and
standard deviation of 5 g

a ? [ind the probability that a random sample of 200 boxes has a mean weight of between
264 9 and 265 2 g


  

The dean of a business faculty claims that the average MBA graduate is offered a starting
salary of $55000 The standard deviation of the offers is $4600 What is the probability that
in a random sample of 38 MBA graduates, the mean starting salary is less than $53000

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