Introduction To Statistics And Data Analysis

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Author: PECK, Roxy.

Publisher: Cengage Learning,

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Chapter 8.3, Problem 27E

A certain chromosome defect occurs in only 1 in 200 adult Caucasian males. A random sample of n = 100 adult Caucasian males is to be obtained.

a. What is the mean value of the sample proportion p ^ , and what is the standard deviation of the sample proportion?
b. Does p ^ have approximately a normal distribution in this case? Explain.
c. What is the smallest value of n for which the sampling distribution of p ^ is approximately normal?

Features Features Normal distribution is characterized by two parameters, mean (µ) and standard deviation (σ). When graphed, the mean represents the center of the bell curve and the graph is perfectly symmetric about the center. The mean, median, and mode are all equal for a normal distribution. The standard deviation measures the data's spread from the center. The higher the standard deviation, the more the data is spread out and the flatter the bell curve looks. Variance is another commonly used measure of the spread of the distribution and is equal to the square of the standard deviation.

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Introduction To Statistics And Data Analysis

Ch. 8.1 - Explain the difference between a population...Ch. 8.1 - What is the difference between x and ? Between s...Ch. 8.1 - For each of the following statements, identify the...Ch. 8.1 - Consider a population consisting of the following...Ch. 8.1 - Select 10 additional random samples of size 5 from...Ch. 8.1 - Consider the following population: {1, 2, 3, 4}....Ch. 8.1 - Consider the following population: {2, 3, 3, 4,...Ch. 8.2 - A random sample is selected from a population with...Ch. 8.2 - For which of the sample sizes given in the...Ch. 8.2 - Explain the difference between and x and between ...

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