HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT: PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS
1. You have the following ages for a sample:
5,7,3,8,10,14,9,8
a) Find the mean [3 points]
b) Find the median [3 points]
c) Find the mode and midrange [2 points]
d) Find the variance [5 points]
e) Find the standard deviation [1 point]
[TOTAL POINTS 14]
2. The Turkish Association of Advertising Agencies records data on non-programming (e.g.
advertisements and promotions) minutes per half hour of prime-time television
programming. Representative data follow for a sample of prime-time programs on
major networks at 8:30 p.m.
6.0 6.6 5.8 7 6.5 7.5 7.2 5.8 6.4 7
a) Compute the mean and median. [5 points]
b) Find the mode and midrange [2 points]
c) Find the variance [7 points]
d) Find the standard deviation and range [2 points]
[TOTAL POINTS 16]
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3. A sample of college students was asked how much they spent monthly on a cell phone
plan (to the nearest Euro €).
Monthly Cell Phone Plan Cost (€) Number of
students
10-19 8
20-29 16
30-39 21
40-49 11
50-59 4
a) Find the mean
[5 points]
b) Find the median
[5 points]
[TOTAL POINTS 10]
4. Given the sample data
̅̅̅
𝒙𝟏 = 80 s = 10 n = 49
a) calculate the 99% confidence interval estimate of the true mean. [5 points]
b) If the sample size were 20, how would the method of calculation and width of the interval
be altered?
[5 points]
[TOTAL POINTS 10]
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5. Eighteen (18) people out of a sample of 60 are left-handed.
a) Estimate the true proportion of left-handed people in the population, find the point
estimate [1 point]
b) Find and interpret the 95% confidence interval
[4 points]
c) Calculate the 90% and 99% confidence interval. How do they compare to each other?
[5 points]
[TOTAL POINTS 10]
6. A sample of 18 observations from a normally distributed population yields a sample
mean of 40 with standard deviation 9. Find the 95% confidence interval estimate of
the population mean.
[5 points]
7. Two samples were drawn, each from a normally distributed population, with the
following
results
̅̅̅
𝒙𝟏 = 48 s1 = 8 n1 = 14
̅̅̅
𝒙𝟐 = 50 s2 = 4 n2 = 18
Estimate the difference between the population means, using the 95% confidence level.
[10 points]
8. A sample of 652 adults in early 1980 found that 25% of them held shares. Given an adult
population of 20 million and assuming a proper random sample was taken, find the 95%
confidence interval estimate for the number of shareholders. (Hint: you will need to use
the population of 20 million, pay attention to the question asking the number of
shareholders).
[10 points]
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9. A political opinion poll questions 1000 people. Some 452 declare they will vote
Conservative. Find the 95% confidence interval estimate for the Conservative share of
the vote.
[7 points]
10. 67% out of 150 pupils from school A passed an exam; 62% of 120 pupils at school B
passed. Estimate the 90% confidence interval for the true difference between the
proportions passing the exam
[8 points]