ESTIMATION

Case 1
• CONFIDENCE INTERVAL FOR POPULATION
MEAN (µ), WHEN SIGMA IS KNOWN

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 Practice questions
• Suppose that a random sample of 25
observation from a normal papulation for
which µ is unknown and σ2 =16 and sample
mean is 42.7 . Find 95% confidence interval for
µ.
• The standard deviation of amounts poured
into bottle by a automatic filling machine is
1.8 ml. The amounts of fill in a random sample
of bottles, in ml, were 481 , 479, 482,480 ,
477, 478, 481 and 482 . suppose the
population of amount of fill is normal .
construct a 90% confidence intervals for a
mean amount in all bottles filled by the
machine.
• A restaurant wishes to estimate the average
amount of money a consumer spends for a
lunch . A random sample of size n=36 is
selected and the sample mean is farmed to
be x̄ = Rs 35.00 , assuming σ = Rs 13.77 find
95 % confidence limits for µ .
• A school wishes to estimate the average
weight of students in the sixth grade . A
random sample of size n = 25 is selected and
the simple mean is found to be x̄ = 100 lbs
.The standard deviation of population is
known to be 15 lbs . Compute 90%
confidence intervals for the population mean
. Assume the population weight to be normal .
• Find a 95% confidence interval for µ , the
true mean of normal population which has σ =
10 . Consider a sample of size n = 25 , with a
mean of 67.53