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A First Course in Probability (10th Edition)

10th Edition

ISBN:9780134753119

Author:Sheldon Ross

Publisher:Sheldon Ross

Chapter1: Combinatorial Analysis

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 1.1P: a. How many different 7-place license plates are possible if the first 2 places are for letters and...

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a. A random sample of 18 adults participated in a four-month weight loss program. Their mean weight loss was 13.4 lbs, with a standard deviation of 2.8 lbs. Use this sample data to construct a 99% confidence interval for the population mean weight loss for all adults using this four-month program. You may assume the parent population is normally distributed. Round to one decimal place.

b. In the year 2000, a survey of 1158 U.S. adults were asked who they felt was the greatest President. Of those surveyed, 249 reported that Abraham Lincoln was the greatest President. Use this data to construct a 98% confidence interval for the population proportion of all U.S. adults who would say that Abraham Lincoln was the greatest president before the year 2000. Answer using decimals and round to four decimal places

Definition Definition Measure of central tendency that is the average of a given data set. The mean value is evaluated as the quotient of the sum of all observations by the sample size. The mean, in contrast to a median, is affected by extreme values. Very large or very small values can distract the mean from the center of the data. Arithmetic mean: The most common type of mean is the arithmetic mean. It is evaluated using the formula: μ = 1 N ∑ i = 1 N x i Other types of means are the geometric mean, logarithmic mean, and harmonic mean. Geometric mean: The nth root of the product of n observations from a data set is defined as the geometric mean of the set: G = x 1 x 2 ... x n n Logarithmic mean: The difference of the natural logarithms of the two numbers, divided by the difference between the numbers is the logarithmic mean of the two numbers. The logarithmic mean is used particularly in heat transfer and mass transfer. ln x 2 − ln x 1 x 2 − x 1 Harmonic mean: The inverse of the arithmetic mean of the inverses of all the numbers in a data set is the harmonic mean of the data. 1 1 x 1 + 1 x 2 + ...

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