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Standardizing: Sampling Distribution

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Sampling Distribution for a Proportion

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Half of the population can swim. There is a 19.77% probability that that more than p^\hat{p}% of my sample of 50 can swim. Find xx.
More Standardizing Questions:
Standardizing
When calculating students' marks out of 25 their z-scores are also calculated. The average score was 17 and the standard deviation was 1.4. Test scores are normally distributed. Eric tells John "my teacher said I scored higher than 60% of the class". What's the lowest mark Eric could have had?
Standardizing
IQ scores for 15 year olds are approximately normally distributed with mean 120 and standard deviation 16. Mandy's IQ score is 115.
Standardizing
George is a Shiba Inu breeder. The average weight of an adult is 20 lbs with a standard deviation of 5.5lbs. A Shiba Inu is considered overweight if it weighs more than 28 lbs, and underweight if it weighs less than 16 lbs. What proportion of Shiba Inus are normal weight?
Standardizing
The waiting time for customer at the Beg Steakhouse and Bar is approximately normal with mean 19 minutes. 3% of customers have to wait longer than 22 minutes. Find the standard deviation.
Standardizing
Find the third quartile of a normal distribution with mean 54 and standard deviation 12.
Standardizing
When calculating students' marks out of 25 their z-scores are also calculated. The average score was 17 and the standard deviation was 1.4. Test scores are normally distributed. Eric tells John "my teacher said I scored higher than 60% of the class". What's the lowest mark Eric could have had?
Standardizing
The average time for Papa Dough to deliver a pizza in downtown is 45 minutes with a standard deviation of 8 minutes. The restaurant policy states that the pizza is free if it is not delivered within one hour.
Assuming the delivery time is normally distributed, what percentage of pizza are free?
Standardizing
IQ scores for 15 year olds are approximately normally distributed with mean 120 and standard deviation 16. Mandy's IQ score is 115.
What proportion of 15 year olds have an IQ score below Mandy's IQ?
Standardizing
In Japan, your entrance exam score determines what university you get into; the higher the entrance exam score, the more prestigious the school you get to go to. Suppose each year, the top 5% goes to BYC University, the best school in Japan. The bottom 30% does not enter university. This year, the mean entrance exam score is 450 with a standard deviation of 65. What is the minimum entrance grade to enter BYC University?
Standardizing
Max and his friend, Caroline, play 10-pin bowling every Friday. Max's average score is 260 with a standard deviation of 8. Caroline's average score is 241 with a standard deviation of 14. Assume that the scores for both players are normally distributed. What proportion of the times will Max score above Caroline's mean this Friday?
Standardizing
The number of births at a hospital varies from month to month with average of 60 and variance 25. Assuming this distribution is approximately normal, what proportion of the days do we expect more than 69 births?
Standardizing
The number of calories in a muffin at a fast food restaurant is approximately normal with a mean of 800 and standard deviation 15. What percent of muffins between 800 and 834 calories?
Standardizing
The average time for Papa Dough to deliver a pizza in downtown is 45 minutes with a standard deviation of 8 minutes. The restaurant policy states that the pizza is free if it is not delivered within one hour.
Standardized Score
Suppose that the measure of an "awesomeness score" for kids at a daycare follow a normal distribution model. If 5-year-old Andrew has a standardized score (z-score) of +1.2, which of the following statements is TRUE?
Standardizing
The waiting time for customer at the Beg Steakhouse and Bar is approximately normal with mean 19 minutes. 3% of customers have to wait longer than 22 minutes. Find the standard deviation.
Standardizing
The average time for Papa Dough to deliver a pizza in downtown is 45 minutes with a standard deviation of 8 minutes. The restaurant policy states that the pizza is free if it is not delivered within one hour.
Standardizing
IQ scores for 15 year olds are approximately normally distributed with mean 120 and standard deviation 16. Mandy's IQ score is 115.
Standardizing
In Japan, your entrance exam score determines what university you get into; the higher the entrance exam score, the more prestigious the school you get to go to. Suppose each year, the top 5% goes to BYC University, the best school in Japan. The bottom 30% does not enter university. This year, the mean entrance exam score is 450 with a standard deviation of 65. What is the minimum entrance grade to enter BYC University?
Proportions: Standardizing
Max and his friend, Caroline, play 10-pin bowling every Friday. Max's average score is 260 with a standard deviation of 8. Caroline's average score is 241 with a standard deviation of 14. Assume that the scores for both players are normally distributed. What proportion of the times will Max score above Caroline's mean this Friday?
Proportions: Standardizing
The number of births at a hospital varies from month to month with average of 60 and variance 25. Assuming this distribution is approximately normal, what proportion of the days do we expect more than 69 births?
Standardizing
Suppose that the measure of an "awesomeness score" for kids at a daycare follow a normal distribution model. If 5-year-old Andrew has a standardized score (z-score) of +1.2, which of the following statements is TRUE?
Working Backwards to Find Z-Score
ZZ is a standard normal random variable.
Standardizing
Darlene is in Professor Kitt’s class. She got 70 on her midterm, which had a mean score of 60 and a standard deviation of 20. Her boyfriend, Jacob – a history major – got 78 on his HIST 255 midterm and brags that he is smarter. The HIST 255 midterm has a mean of 65 with a standard deviation of 26. Who is in fact smarter relative to their classes?
Standardizing
Professor Kitts gave his MATH 184 class a hard midterm. If 30.85% of the class got less than 50 and 11.51% of the class got higher than 84, find the mean and standard deviation.
Standardizing
George is a Shiba Inu breeder. The average weight of an adult is 20 lbs with a standard deviation of 5.5lbs. A Shiba Inu is considered overweight if it weighs more than 28 lbs, and underweight if it weighs less than 16 lbs. What proportion of Shiba Inus are normal weight?
Standardizing
Find the third quartile of a normal distribution with mean 54 and standard deviation 12.
Standardizing
The number of calories in a muffin at a fast food restaurant is approximately normal with a mean of 800 and standard deviation 15. What percent of muffins have between 800 and 834 calories?
Standardizing
The average time for Papa Dough to deliver a pizza in downtown is 45 minutes with a standard deviation of 8 minutes. The restaurant policy states that the pizza is free if it is not delivered within one hour.
If Papa Dough wants to only make 1% of pizzas free, then what should be the approximate cutoff delivery time now?
Properties
IQ scores for 15 year olds are approximately normally distributed with mean 120 and standard deviation 16. Mandy's IQ score is 115.
According to the empirical rule, what proportion of 15 year olds have an IQ score between 88 and 152?
Quartiles Normal Distributions
Answer the following 2 questions about normal distributions.
Standardizing
Sony is interested in the number of songs on a person’s iPhone. The distribution of songs is normal with a mean of 300 and a standard deviation of 60.
(a) What’s the probability that a random iPhone will have more than 375 songs?
(b) If Sony randomly samples 12 iPhones, what’s the probability that the sample mean will be more than 375 songs?
Standardizing
The Pogs Fan Club only has 150 members. The number of pogs a member owns is normally distributed with a mean of 265 and standard deviation of 35. What is the probability of selecting a random sample of 10 members with a sample mean of 280 or more?
Standardizing
Kick the Butt is interested in the number of cigarettes a smoker smokes a day. The distribution of daily number of cigarettes is normal with a mean of 15 and a standard deviation of 8.
1. What’s the probability that a random smoker smokes more than 20 cigarettes a day?
2. If they randomly sample 10 smokers, what’s the probability that the sample mean will be more than 13 cigarettes a day?
Standardizing
Refer to Question 15.
What is the standard deviation?
Standardizing
The waiting time for customer at the Beg Steakhouse and Bar is approximately normal with mean 19 minutes. 3% of customers have to wait longer than 22 minutes. Find the standard deviation.
Standardizing
Find the third quartile of a normal distribution with mean 54 and standard deviation 12.
Standardizing
George is a Shiba Inu breeder. The average weight of an adult is 20 lbs with a standard deviation of 5.5lbs. A Shiba Inu is considered overweight if it weighs more than 28 lbs, and underweight if it weighs less than 16 lbs. What proportion of Shiba Inus are normal weight?
Standardizing
The exam grades in Hugh’s statistics class are normally distributed. If his z-score is 0.00, which of the following must be true?
Standardizing
Bayleaf Airport Lounge has an average of 85 patrons a day with a standard deviation of 15 patrons.
(a) On Saturdays, the number of patrons always exceeds 100 patrons. Given that, what is the probability that there will be at least 118 patrons this upcoming Saturday?
(b) The lounge can only accommodate 130 guests on any given day, from which 10 lounge passes are put aside for VIP guests like celebrities and politicians. What is the probability that there will not be enough lounge passes?
Standardizing
The class grade on the statistics final exam is normally distributed with a mean of 65 percent and a standard deviation of 8 percent.
Standardizing: Sample Distribution for a Mean
We do not know if population distribution is skewed or not but we know that the population mean is 50 and the population standard deviation is 16. What is the probability that the sample mean will be larger than 54 for a sample size of 36?
Standardizing
Ash and Jin both took STAT 100 in different sections. Grades in both sections are normally distributed. The class average in Ash's section is 68% with a standard deviation of 10%. Ash got 76% in the course. Jin's grade is one standard deviation above his section's average grade. The person with who is ranked lower in their respective sections buys dinner. Which of the following is true?
Inference Statistics
The random variable XXhas a normal distribution. If μ=100\mu=100and σ=17\sigma=17, then P(X>100+d)=0.1230P\left(X>100+d\right)=0.1230. Find the value of dd, rounding to the nearest integer.
Empirical Rule
Contestants at a talent show were given scores between 0 and 100. The mean score is 65 with a standard deviation of 8. Assume the scores are normally distributed.
For parts (b) and (c) provide all your answer in decimal format with at least 2 decimal places. (For example, 32.56% should be entered as 0.33, 0.326, or 0.3256.)
Standardizing
Skee Ball: In order to win a $1000 prize, Billy has to roll five balls and either score below 150 or over 250. Suppose the average player scores 210 with a standard deviation of 20. Assume Bill is an average player. What is the probability that he will not win a prize?
Enter answer with at least 2 decimal places (e.g. 0.88)
Standardizing
Max and her frenemy, Caroline, play 10-pin bowling every Friday. Max’s average score is 260 with a standard deviation of 8. Caroline’s average score is 235 with a standard deviation of 14.
Enter your answers with at least 2 decimal places (e.g. 0.89)
Standardizing
Ben is hosting a house party at his new loft. The number of beers a guest consumes is normally distributed with a mean of 3.3 and a standard deviation of 1.6.
What’s the probability that a random party guest consumes more than 4 beers?
Standardizing: Normal Distribution
The wine ratings on a website is normally distributed with a mean of 3.70 and a standard deviation of 0.65. Seventy-five percent of the wine ratings are greater than:
Statistical sampling
Entering Crowne Academy is highly competitive, and those who wish to enroll must take a standard test called CUEE (Crowe University Entrance Exam). Last year, the average grade of students who took the CUEE was 75% with a standard deviation of 12%.
If we take a sample of 10 students who took the CUEE, what is the probability that their mean grade is above 80%?
Statistical Properties: Practice
True or false? Enter "T" for true; "F" for false (without quotations).
Standardizing
Suppose the time spent at the gym is normally distributed with a mean of 50 minutes and a standard deviation of 15 minutes.
What percent of gym members spends more than an hour at the gym?
Normal distribution and standardizing
The random variable X has a normal distribution. If μ=20μ=20 and σ=4σ=4 find the value of aa such that P(16<X<a)=0.7357P(16<X<a)=0.7357. [Round aa to the nearest whole number.]
Normal Distribution and Standardizing
If X = 200, we get z = 2.00; and
if X = 115, we get z = –1.40
Solve for μ\mu and σ\sigma.
Standardizing: Normal Distribution
The exam grades in Hugh’s statistics class are normally distributed. If his z-score is 0.00, which of the following must be true?
Normal distribution: Standardizing
The average tips servers receive is normally distributed with a mean of 13.5% and a standard deviation of 4.5%. What is the probability of Trevor receiving more than 15% on a given bill?
Normal distribution
A random skills test was administered to a large group of students at a university. Suppose that the time the students took to complete the test is approximately normal with a mean of 40 minutes and a standard deviation of 10 minutes. If the top 20% of the students who completed the skills test the fastest get a prize, how fast must a candidate complete the test to get a prize?
Finding Probability From Z-Score
ZZ is a standard normal random variable.
Normal Distribution: Standardizing
When calculating students' marks out of 25, their z-scores are also calculated. The average score was 17 and the standard deviation was 1.4. Test scores are normally distributed. Eric tells John "my teacher said I scored higher than 60% of the class". What's the lowest mark Eric could have had?
More Sampling Distribution for a Proportion Questions:
Sampling distribution for a proportion
Celeb Magazine mentioned that 78% of young adults aged 18 to 24 has heard of Sarah Carpenter. If a random sample consisted of 802 people, what is the probability that less than 75% of the sample has heard of Sarah Carpenter?
Sampling Distribution for a Proportion
A 2013 census recorded that 30% of the students attending a certain school in Toronto travel more than 30 minutes every day to attend school. Assuming that this proportion is still correct today, and a random sample of 40 students is slected from this school. Which of the following statment is TRUE about the sample distribution of this sample proportion?
Sampling Distribution for a Proportion
At the University of Tobermory, 30% of students have a grade 12 average of at least 75%.
Which of the following are the mean and standard deviation for the sample proportion of all samples of 16 students at this university that have a grade 12 average of at least 75%?
Sampling Distribution for a Proportion
Suppose we surveyed 1000 students at a certain university and found that 30% of them are smokers. By the Central limit theorem, since this population is large, we can conclude that 30% of the entire university population are smokers.
Sampling Distribution for a Proportion
A 2013 census recorded that 30% of the students attending a certain school in Toronto travel more than 30 minutes every day to attend school. Assuming that this proportion is still correct today, and a random sample of 40 students is slected from this school. Which of the following statment is TRUE about the sample distribution of this sample proportion?
Sampling Distribution for a Proportion
Suppose that the true proportion of people who like Game of Thrones is 63%. If a random sample has 500 people, what is the probability of the sample proportion being more than 65%?
Sampling Distribution for a Proportion
Suppose that the true proportion of people who like Game of Thrones is 63%. If a random sample has 500 people, what is the probability of the sample proportion being more than 65%?
Probability on Sample Proportion
20% of drivers report feeling tired behind the wheel when driving at night.
a) In a sample of 150 drivers, what’s the probability that over a quarter of them feel tired behind the wheel?
b) In a sample of 150 drivers, what’s the probability that between 15% and 22% feel tired behind the wheel?
Sampling Distribution for a Proportion
8% of all pizza deliveries at Joe's Brothers Pizza are delivered late. Find the probability that in a sample of 600 deliveries, more than 5.4% of deliveries are late.
Sampling Distribution for a Proportion
A 2013 census recorded that 30% of the students attending a certain school in Toronto travel more than 30 minutes every day to attend school. Assuming that this proportion is still correct today, and a random sample of 40 students is slected from this school. Which of the following statment is TRUE about the sample distribution of this sample proportion?
Sampling distribution for a proportion
The latest Teens and Technology study from Pew Research found that 78 percent of teens aged 12 to 17 now own cell phones. Determine the probability that fewer than 78% percent of teens own a cell phone when the sample size is 802 and the population proportion is 75%.
Sampling distribution for a proportion
We want to see if the proportion of male who know how to swim differ than those of females. Here is a contingency table:
The value of the test-statistic is
Sampling distribution for a proportion
We want to see if the proportion of male who know how to swim differ than those of females. Here is a contingency table:
The estimate of the proportion of all males that can swim is
Sampling Distribution of a Proportion
A sample of 80 adults that drink coffee are asked; where do you usually go to get your morning coffee, Tim Hortons, McDonalds, Starbucks, or other? The results are recorded below:
What percent of those that are female go mostly to other coffee shops?
Sampling Distribution of a Proportion
A sample of 80 adults that drink coffee are asked; where do you usually go to get your morning coffee, Tim Hortons, McDonalds, Starbucks, or other? The results are recorded below:
What percent of those that go usually go to Tim Hortons are female?
Sampling Distribution of a Proportion
A group of people were asked about the type of soda pop drink they had the last time they had BBQ. The data is entered in the following table.
What percent of those that had Pepsi were female?
Sampling Distribution of a Proportion
A group of people were asked about the type of soda pop drink they had the last time they had BBQ. The data is entered in the following table.
What percent of males had Coca-Cola?
Sampling Distribution of a Proportion
A group of people were asked about the type of soda pop drink they had the last time they had BBQ. The data is entered in the following table.
What percent of people had neither Coca-Cola nor Pepsi?
Calculation
A sample of 80 adults that drink coffee are asked; where do you usually go to get your morning coffee, Tim Hortons, McDonalds, Starbucks, or other? The results are recorded below:
What percent of those people go to Tim Hortons or Starbucks?
Sampling Distribution for a Proportion
Refer to table in Question 8.
What proportion of customers who saw the ad made a purchase?
Sampling Distribution for a Proportion
A marketing company surveyed 500 customers at a mall. They asked if they each customer two questions:
1) Did you see a Jugo Boss ad? YES/NO
2) Did you (i) make a purchase at Jugo Boss, (ii) went to the store but only browsed, or (iii) did not go to the store?
Sampling Distribution of Proportions
Miles claims that 4% of sales get refunded. You randomly select 200 transactions. What is the probability that more than 12 transactions in his sample got refunded?
Sampling Distribution for a Proportion
A lot people go to Le Deux, a romantic restaurant, on first dates. Which of the following pertains to a proportion distribution?
Sampling Distribution for a Proportion
Lots of people use Instagram. Which of the following pertains to a proportion distribution?
Sampling Distribution
Landlord Magazine revealed that 85% of renters pay their rents on time. Based on a random sample of 60 renters, what is the probability that more than 55 of them pay their rents on time?
Sampling Distribution for a Proportion
Based on a sample of 1000 people, 53% are in favour of same-sex marriage. Based on another sample of 1000 people, 66% are in favour. Given this, which of the following must be true?
Sampling Distribution for a Proportion
A study on wellbeing and stress of university students is conducted. The researcher drew a random sample of 5 departments on campus. Then he randomly sampled 100 students within each department that was selected and handed them the link to his online survey. Ultimately, only 30% of the sample responded. Amongst those who responded, 120 of them say they feel stressed.
(d) What proportion of students in the sample revealed that they feel stressed?
Sampling Distribution for a Proportion
Parts (i) to (iv) are based on the following information:
In 2006, it was reported that only 40% of students at the university ask questions in lectures. It is believed that this percentage has changed. You randomly sampled 80 students and asked them "Have you ever asked a question in a lecture?" Twenty-four of them responded "Yes". There are 20,386 students at the university.
(ii) Which of the condition(s) are met? (Check all that applies.)