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ASSIGNMENT 2 SIM 3251 (DUE DATE: 22/5/2020) Chapter 3, 4 & 5

This document outlines 9 questions related to probability, statistics, and sampling distributions. Question 1 involves determining password probabilities. Question 2 finds defect probabilities in chip manufacturing. Question 3 calculates a z-score. Questions 4-5 cover binomial and normal approximations. Questions 6-7 address standard error of the mean for different sample sizes. Questions 8-9 involve normal approximations for body temperature and binomial sampling distributions.

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ASSIGNMENT 2 SIM 3251 (DUE DATE: 22/5/2020) Chapter 3, 4 & 5

This document outlines 9 questions related to probability, statistics, and sampling distributions. Question 1 involves determining password probabilities. Question 2 finds defect probabilities in chip manufacturing. Question 3 calculates a z-score. Questions 4-5 cover binomial and normal approximations. Questions 6-7 address standard error of the mean for different sample sizes. Questions 8-9 involve normal approximations for body temperature and binomial sampling distributions.

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ASSIGNMENT 2 SIM 3251 (DUE DATE: 22/5/2020)

CHAPTER 3, 4 & 5

1. A computer system uses passwords of five characters, each character being one of the 26
letters (a-z) or 10 integers (0-9). The first character has to be a letter. Determine the
proportion of passwords that
a) begin with a consonant;
b) end with an even number (0,2,4,6,8); and
c) begin with a consonant or ends with an even number.
You may assume that passwords are not case sensitive.

2. Consider manufacturing chips of which 10% are expected to be defective. A sample of 10


chips is randomly selected, and the number of defectives X is observed. Using the binomial
formula, find the probability of obtaining:
a) exactly three defects chips.

b) at most 3 defectives chips.

c) more than 8 defectives chips.

3. A normal random variable x has mean 35 and standard deviation 10. Find a value of x that
has area 0.01 to its right.

4. Consider a binomial experiment with n = 20 and p = 0.4. Calculate P(x ≥ 10) using each of
these methods:
a) Using cumulative binomial probabilities table

b) The normal approximation to the binomial probability distribution

5. Random samples of size n were selected from populations with the means and variances
given here. Find the mean and standard deviation of the sampling distribution of the sample
mean in each case:

a)
b)
c)

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d) If the sampled populations are normal, what is the sampling distributions of for
parts a, b, and c? What if the sampled populations are not normal?

6. A random sample of n observations is selected with standard deviation Calculate the


standard error of the mean (SE) for these values of n:

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a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
f)
g)

7. Refer to the Question 3. What is the effect of increasing the sample size on the
standard error?

8. Suppose the distribution of human body temperatures are derived with a distinct
mound shape. The temperature of healthy humans is assumed to be approximately
normal with a mean of 98.6 degrees and a standard deviation of 0.8 degrees.
a) If 150 healthy people are selected at random, what is the probability that the
average temperature for these people is lower than 98.35 degrees?
b) Would you consider an average temperature of 98.35 degrees to be an
unlikely occurrence, given that the true average temperature of healthy people
is 98.6 degrees? Explain.

9. Random samples of size n=500 were selected from a binomial population with p=0.1.
a) Is it appropriate to use the normal distribution to approximate the sampling
distribution of ? Check to make sure the necessary conditions are met.
b)
c)

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