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7.2/7.3 Quiz

Part 1: Sample Proportions (7.2)

1. List the formulas for finding the mean and standard deviation of a sample
proportion:

Mean:

Standard Deviation:

2. What condition must be checked before you find the standard deviation of a sample
proportion?

3. According to the 2000 U.S. Census, 80% of Americans over the age of 25 have
earned a high school diploma. Suppose we take a random sample of 120 Americans
and record the proportion, p̂ of individuals in our sample that have a high school
diploma.
a. Identify the population _________________________________

b. Identify the parameter: _________________________________

c. Identify the sample: ____________________________________

d. Identify the statistic: ____________________________________

e. What are the mean and standard deviation of the sampling distribution of p̂ ?

f. Is the large counts condition met? Show how you checked.

g. Find the probability that more than 85% of Americans in our sample have earned a high
school diploma.
Part 2: Sample Means (7.3)

4. List the formulas for finding the mean and standard deviation of a sample mean:

Mean:

Standard Deviation:

5. What condition must be met before you find the standard deviation of a sample
mean?

6. The customer care manager at a cell phone company keeps track of how long each
help line caller spends on hold before speaking to a customer service representative.
He finds that the distribution of wait times for all callers has a mean of 12 minutes
with a standard deviation of 5 minutes. The distribution is slightly skewed to the
right.
Suppose the manager takes a random sample of 30 callers and calculates their mean
weight time, x .

a. Identify the population: _____________________________

b. Identify the parameter: ______________________________
c. Identify the sample: ________________________________
d. Identify the statistic: _______________________________

e. What are the mean and standard deviation of the sampling distribution of x ?

f. Based on the sample size, can we use a Normal distribution to model this problem?
Explain why or why not.

g. Find the probability that the average number of minutes of wait time for the 30 callers will
be greater than 13 minutes.