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Chap2 Estimation Procedures Exercises

The document contains 14 multiple choice questions about statistical confidence intervals. The questions provide sample data and ask the reader to calculate confidence intervals for means, variances, and proportions based on the given sample. Confidence intervals at various confidence levels such as 90%, 95%, and 99% are required.

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Chap2 Estimation Procedures Exercises

The document contains 14 multiple choice questions about statistical confidence intervals. The questions provide sample data and ask the reader to calculate confidence intervals for means, variances, and proportions based on the given sample. Confidence intervals at various confidence levels such as 90%, 95%, and 99% are required.

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Chapter 2 Estimation Procedures

Chapter 2: Exercises

1. A random sample of 100 batteries produced by a firm have a


mean lifetimes of 148.2 hours with a standard deviation of 24.9
hours. Construct a 98% confidence interval for the mean
lifetimes of all batteries produced by the firm.

2. A test was conducted to determine number of kilometers for one


liter of petrol for a new car. In this test, 50 cars are selected and
were tested under the same conditions.The results shown that
 X  2685 and s  1.815 . Construct a 95% confidence interval for
mean number of kilometers for one liter of petrol.

3. 25 students were interviewed for a study on university student’s


expenses on food. The mean expenses for a month are RM
525.25 with standard deviation RM 86.05. Construct a 90%
confidence interval estimate of mean expenses on food.

4. A study was carried out to estimate the mean height in


centimeters of 15 year old students in Tunku Abdul Rahman
Secondary School. A random sample of 100 students was
selected. Previous studies indicate that the variance of the
height of such students is 80 cm2. Suppose the sample mean
height was X  145 cm. Find a 95% confidence interval for the
mean height of all 15 years old students in the school.

5. A random sample of size 30 is taken from the weight of babies


born at the Ampang Putri Hospital during the year 2000. A mean
of 2.8 kg and a standard deviation of 0.9 kg were found for the
sample. Estimate a 95% confidence interval, the mean weight of
all babies born in this hospital in year 2000.

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6. The length (in cm) of 12 fishes caught from Rideau Lake is given
as follows:

9.1 9.1 11.3 10.7 9.8 10.2


10.1 9.7 9.9 9.5 10.4 10.5
Assume the population follows a normal distribution with
variance of 4 cm2. Calculate the 99% confidence interval to
estimate the true mean length for all fishes in Rideau Lake.

7. The mean weight (in kilogram) for 8 adult males are given as
follows:
70 72 65 80 75 76 68 78
Construct a 90% confidence interval estimate for the mean
weight for all adult males.

8. While doing an article on the high cost of college education, a


reporter took a random sample of the cost of textbooks for a
semester. The random variable X is the cost of one book. The
following values were computed:


 XX 2
 172.8 ,  X  1008, n  100 .

Find a 90% confidence interval to estimate the true mean cost of


textbook for that semester based on this sample.

9. The amount of protein in a 250 ml box of milk is supposed to be


normally distributed. A check on 16 boxes gives a mean of 12.8
g with a standard deviation of 2.7 g. Estimate the 90%
confidence interval for the mean protein content in a box of milk.

10. 35 out of 200 families in Town A are immigrants, where else 25


out of 150 families in town B are also immigrants. Find a 90%
confidence interval of the actual difference of two proportions of
immigrants from Town A and Town B.

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11. In an agriculture experiment, 320 out of 400 seeds sowed


germinated. Find the 98% confidence interval for the true
fraction of germinating seeds.

12. In a survey of 100 people from City A, 55 people preferred


reading Time Post. In City B, only 45 from 90 people preferred
reading Time Post. Find a 99% confidence interval estimate for
the difference in the two proportions.

13. A random sample of ten scores made by international students


on IELTS test were as follows:

6.5 5.5 6.0 7.0 7.5 6.5 7.0 6.0 8.0 7.0
Construct a 95% confidence interval for the variance of IELTS
test scores.

14. Data below showed the IQ scores for eight individuals where
each were selected among the oldest and the youngest of a
family.

Oldest 145 133 116 128 85 100 105 150


Youngest 131 119 103 93 108 100 111 130

a) Construct a 95% confidence interval estimate for the mean IQ


scores for the oldest members of the family.
b) Construct a 95% confidence interval estimate for the variance IQ
scores for the oldest members of the family.
c) Construct a 95% confidence interval estimate for the difference
in mean IQ scores for the oldest and the youngest members of
the family. Assume that both population variances are equal.
d) Construct a 95% confidence interval estimate on the ratio of the
population variances IQ scores for the oldest and the youngest
members of the family.

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15. Two groups of faculty academic staffs were compared regarding


their opinion on a survey done by HRD. Group 1 comprised of
senior lecturers while group 2 was tutors. The results are as
follows:

Group 1: n  125 X  15.5 s  2.7

Group 2: n  115 X  14.3 s  3.0

Find a 99% confidence interval estimate for the difference in


mean scores by the two groups.

16. One textile company wishes to monitor the tensile strength of


the cotton fibers from two suppliers. The data are as follows:

Supplier A 78 82 85 83 77 84 90 82
Supplier B 76 79 83 78 72 73 69 80

a) Find a 90% confidence interval estimate for the mean of the


tensile strength for supplier A.
b) Find a 90% confidence interval estimate for the variance of the
tensile strength for supplier A.
c) Find the 90% confidence interval estimate for the difference in
the means of the tensile strength for supplier A and supplier B.
Assume that both population variances are equal.

Chapter 2: Answers

1. (142.41,153.99) hours
2. (53.2,54.2) km
3. (495.80,554.70)RM
4. (143.25,146.75) cm
5. (2.48,3.12) kg

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6. (8.54,11.51) cm
7. (69.55,76.45) kg
8. (9.86,10.30)
9. (11.62,13.98)
10. (-0.06, 0.075)
11. (0.75,0.85)
12. (-0.14,0.24)
13. (0.27,1.89)
14. a) (101.23,139.27) b) (226.29,2144.13) c) (-11.81,28.56)
d) 0.54,13.53)
15. (0.25,2.15)
16.a) (79.90,85.35) b)(8.24,53.48) c) (2.53, 10.22)

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