Chapter 5.

Sample theoretical basis

Exercise 1. Calculate the mean ( x ), variance (s 2 ) and standard deviation ( s ) of the

specific samples given in the following tables

a)

xi -2 1 2 3 4 5
ni 2 1 2 2 2 1
b)

xi 12 13 15 17 18 20
ni 2 5 8 4 4 2
c)

xi 4 7 8 12
ni 5 2 3 10
d)

xi 21 24 25 26 28 32 34
ni 10 20 30 15 10 10 5

Exercise 2. Find the mean, variance and standard deviation of the following data.

4 5 3 6 5 6 5 6

Exercise 3. Determine the mean, variance and standard deviation of the following data.

12 6 22 31 23 13 15 17 21

Exercise 4. Draw a sample of size n = 100 from the population with a mean of 1065 and
a standard deviation of 500. Find the expected value and variance of the sample mean.

Lecturer: Nguyen Duong Nguyen

Mathematics Department, Faculty of Basic Science, FTU