1.

Consider a population with the theoretical random variable X and a sample of size n=10 given in
the following table:
xi 2 5 6 8 9

ni 2 1 3 3 1

a ) Write the empirical distribution of X;

b) Compute the sample mean ( X ), the sample variance (S2) and the modified sample variance s 2 .

2. Estimate X , S2, X*, FX* for the following samples:

a) sample of size n=18 given in the table:
xj 31.6 34 35.4 36 37 38 41
nj 2 3 2 3 3 4 1
b) sample of size n=10 given in the table:
xk 2 4 5 6 8
nk 1 3 3 2 1

3. The foreman of a bottling plant has observed that the amount of soda in each 32-ounce bottle is
actually a normally distributed random variable, with a mean of 32.2 ounces and a standard deviation
of .3 ounce.
a. If a customer buys one bottle, what is the probability that the bottle will contain more than 32
ounces?
b. If a customer buys a carton of four bottles, what is the probability that the mean amount of the
four bottles will be greater than 32 ounces?