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Section S HW - PDF B
Section S HW - PDF B
1) a) Find the 98% confidence interval for the mean number of pieces of junk mail received per week in
the U.S. if a random sample of 500 homes has a mean of 17.4 pieces. Assume the population standard
deviation is 2.1 pieces. Interpret your result
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x̅ = _______
n = _______
σ = _______
z/2 = ________
b) A claim is made that the population mean pieces of junk mail received per week in the U.S. is 20. Using
the results from part (a) of this problem, would this claim be valid or invalid?
2)a) We wish to estimate the mean GPA of all Mercer students. A random sample of 64 students is
selected and the mean is found to be 2.89. Assume the population standard deviation is 0.3. Find the
95% confidence interval for the GPA of all Mercer students. Interpret your result.
CL _______
x̅ = _______
n = _______
σ = _______
z/2 = ________
b) A claim is made that the population mean GPA of all Mercer students is 2.87. Using the results from
part (a) of this problem, would this claim be valid or invalid?
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3) Find a 90% confidence interval for the population mean age of all Mercer County Community College.
The average age of 120 randomly selected students is 22.75. And from previous experience the
population standard deviation is known to be 1.35. Interpret your result.
CL _______
x̅ = _______
n = _______
σ = _______
z/2 = ________
b) A claim is made that the population mean age of all Mercer County Community College students is 24.
Using the results from part (a) of this problem, would this claim be valid or invalid?
4) Find a 95% confidence interval for the population mean length of a movie. The average length of a
random sample of 54 movies is 110 minutes with a population standard deviation of 13 minutes.
Interpret your result.
CL _______
x̅ = _______
n = _______
σ = _______
z/2 = ________
b) A claim is made that the population mean length of a movie is 110 minutes. Using the results from part
(a) of this problem, would this claim be valid or invalid?
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5) The monthly starting salaries of students who receive business degrees have a standard deviation of
$600. What size sample should be selected to estimate the mean within $150 at the 95% confidence
level?
CL _______
σ = _______
z/2 = _______
m = _______
6) A research project for an insurance company wishes to investigate the mean value of the personal property
held by urban apartment renters. A previous study suggested that the population standard deviation is roughly
$10,000. A 99% confidence interval with a width of $1000 is desired. How large a sample must be taken to
obtain such a confidence interval?
CL _______
σ = _______
z/2 = _______
m = _______
7) A high school teacher wants to determine a 98% confidence interval for the population mean number
of days a high school student misses school. How large a sample is needed to be within 0.5 days of the
true mean? The population standard deviation is known to be 3.75 days.
CL _______
σ = _______
z/2 = _______
m = _______
8) An elementary school teacher is studying the amount of time elementary school children spend reading
during the week. A 90% confidence interval for the population mean number of hours a student reads in
a week with a width no greater than 2 hours is wanted. It was determined in a similar study that the
population standard deviation is 7.6 hours. How large a sample is needed?
CL _______
σ = _______
z/2 = _______
m = _______
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