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1. Asimple random sample of 40 items resulted in a sample mean of 25. The pop
deviation is = 5.
a. What is the standard error of the mean,
5. In an effort to estimate the mean amount spent per customer for dinner at a
restaurant, data were collected for a sample of 49 customers. Assume a populat
deviation of $5.
15. Sales personnel for Skillings Distributors submit weekly reports listing the cu
made during the week. Asample of 65 weekly reports showed a sample mean of
customer contacts per week. The sample standard deviation was 5.2. Provide 90
confidence intervals for the population mean number of weekly customer conta
sales personnel.
16. The mean number of hours of flying time for pilots at Continental Airlines is
month (The Wall Street Journal, February 25, 2003). Assume that this mean was
actual flying times for a sample of 100 Continental pilots and that the sample st
deviation was 8.5 hours.
23. How large a sample should be selected to provide a 95% confidence interva
of error of 10? Assume that the population standard deviation is 40.
24. The range for a set of data is estimated to be 36.
25. Refer to the Scheer Industries example in Section 8.2. Use 6.84 days as a pla
for the population standard deviation.
26. The average cost of a gallon of unleaded gasoline in Greater Cincinnati was
$2.41 (The Cincinnati Enquirer, February 3, 2006). During periods of rapidly cha
prices, the newspaper samples service stations and prepares reports on gasoline
Assume the standard deviation is $.15 for the price of a gallon of unleaded regu
gasoline, and recommend the appropriate sample size for the newspaper to use
wishes to report a margin of error at 95% confidence.
a. Suppose the desired margin of error is $.07.
b. Suppose the desired margin of error is $.05.
c. Suppose the desired margin of error is $.03.
pulation mean.
pulation mean.
pulation mean.
e population mean.
tained from a sample of 120 items. Provide
Size
n standard deviation?
ld provide a margin of error of 3?
d provide a margin of error of 2?