Assignment 1-302
Assignment 1-302
King Abdul Aziz University
Second Semester 1435‐1436H
Faculty of Science
Statistical Method Course
Department of statistics
Stat 302
Girls Campus ‐ Alsulimanyyah
Assignment 1
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The deadline : 7/5/1436 (26/2/2015)
Answer the following questions:
1‐ Suppose that the random variable X has a continuous uniform
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distribution:
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Find the distribution of the sample mean of a random sample of size n=40.
2‐ Suppose that samples of size n=25 are selected at random from a normal
popula on with mean 100 and standard devia on 10. What is the probability
that the sample mean falls in the interval from μ ̅ 1.8 ̅ to μ ̅ 1 ̅ ?
3‐ A normal popula on has mean 100 and variance 25. How large must the
random sample be if we want the standard error of the sample average to be
1.5?
4‐ The amount of time that a customer spends waiting at an airport check‐in
counter is a random variable with mean 8.2 minutes and standard devia on
1.5 minutes. Suppose that a random sample of n=49 customers is observed.
Find the probability that the average time waiting in line for those customers
is:
a) Less than 10 minutes
b) Between 5 and 10 minutes
c) Less than 6 minutes
d) Greater than 6 minutes
5‐ The average teacher's salary in New Jersey (ranked first among states) is
52174$. Suppose that the distribu on is normal with standard devia on
equal to 7500$.
a) What is the probability that a randomly selected teacher makes less than
50000$ in a year?
b) If we sample 100 teachers' salaries, what is the probability that the
sample mean is less than 50000$?
6‐ A random sample of size n1=16 is selected from a normal popula on with a
mean of 75 and a standard devia on of 8. A second random sample of size
n2=9 is taken from another normal popula on with mean 70 and standard
devia on 12. Let and be the two sample means. Find :
a) The probability that exceeds 4
b) The probability that 3.5 5.5
7‐ For a normal population with known variance σ2 answer the following
questions:
a) What is the confidence level for the interval ̅ 2.14 /√ μ ̅
2.14 /√ ?
b) What is the confidence level for the interval ̅ 2.49 μ ̅
√
2.49 /√ ?
c) What is the confidence level for the interval ̅ 1.85 μ ̅
√
1.85 /√ ?
8‐ For a normal popula on with known variance σ2:
̅ / /√
a) What value of / gives 98% confidence?
b) What value of / gives 80% confidence?
c) What value of / gives 75% confidence?
9‐ Consider the one sided confidence interval expressions for a mean of a
normal population.
a) What value of would result in a 90% CI?
b) What value of would result in a 95% CI?
c) What value of would result in a 99% CI?
10‐ A confidence interval estimate is desired for the gain in a circuit on a
semiconductor device. Assume that gain is normally distributed with
standard devia on σ=20.
a) Find a 95% CI for µ when n=10 and ̅ 1000
b) Find a 95% CI for µ when n=25 and ̅ 1000
c) Find a 99% CI for µ when n=10 and ̅ 1000
d) Find a 99% CI for µ when n=25 and ̅ 1000
11‐ Following are two confidence interval estimates of the mean µ of the cycle to
failure of an automotive door latch mechanism( the test was conducted at an
elevated stress level to accelerate the failure)
3124.9 μ 3215.7 , 3110.5 μ 3230.1
a) What is the value of the sample mean cycles to failure?
b) The confidence level for one of these CI's is 95% and the confidence level
for the other is 99%. Both CI's are calculated from the same sample data.
Which is the 95% CI? Explain why.
12‐ A manufacturer produces piston rings for an automobile engine. It is known
that ring diameter is normally distributed with σ=0.001 millimeters and
̅ 74.036. Construct a 99% lower confidence bound on the mean piston
ring diameter.
13‐ A researcher engineer for a tire manufacturer is investigating tire life for a
new rubber compound and has built 16 res and tested them to end‐of‐life in
a road test. The sample mean and standard devia on are 60139.7 and
3645.94 kilometers. Find a 95% and 99% confidence intervals on mean re
life.
14‐ The percentage of titanium in an alloy used in aerospace casting is measured
in 51 randomly selected parts. The sample standard devia on is s=0.37.
a) Construct a 95% two sided confidence interval for σ .
b) Construct a 95% one sided (upper) confidence interval for σ .
15‐ The fraction of defective integrated circuits produced in a photolithography
process is being studied. A random sample of 300 circuits is tested, revealing
13 defec ves.
a) Calculate a 95% two sided CI on the fraction of defective circuits
produced by this particular tool.
b) Calculate a 95% upper confidence bound on the frac on of defec ve
circuits
16‐ In a random sample of 85 automobile engine cranksha bearing, 10 have a
surface finish that is rougher than the specifications allows. Find a two sided
95% confidence interval for P. ( P is the propor on of bearings in the
population that exceeds the roughness specification)
17‐ A researcher wishes to estimate the proportion of executives who own a car
phone. She wants to be 90% confident and be accurate within 5% of the true
proportion. Find the minimum sample size necessary.