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01. A survey is conducted for 100 randomly selected students from Elite high school. Identify each of the following in this context.

a. population

b. sample

02. State the mathematical symbol used for each of the following.

a. population proportion

b. sample proportion

c. population size

d. sample size

e. population mean

f. sample mean

g. population standard deviation

h. sample standard deviation

03. Fill in the following blank spaces.

In Statistics, we use sample _________ to estimate population ________.

04. What is the di erence between p and p

^?

05. A coin was tossed 200 times. Heads came up 72 times.

a. nd the probability of getting heads in this experiment

b. nd a 95% con dence interval for p, the probability of getting heads

06. 90 cars out of 500 cars passing though an intersection were found to be black.

a. state a possible population

b. nd a 95% con dence interval for the population proportion of black cars

c. if this experiment is conducted 50 times, what is the expected number for the con dence interval containing the population proportion of black cars?

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07. An approximate 95% con dence interval for the proportion of some poluation was (0.25, 0.75).

a. nd the sample proportion p

^

b. it is given that n = 100 . Find the margin of error M in 3 signi cant gures.

08. Calculate the sample size so that the margin of error is within 5% in an approximate 95% con dence interval for proportion p, given that the sample proportion
^ = 0.25
p .

09. Using the following 95% con dence interval formula for proportion that halving the sample size, n, enlarges the width of the con dence interval by factor 2 .

^ (1 p
p ^) ^ (1 p
p ^)
^ 1.96
(p ^ + 1.96
,p ) .
n n

If the con dence level was changed to 99%, would the interval now be wider or narrower than before?

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