HOMEWORK 8

8.6

(a) You would compute the mean first because you need the mean to compute the standard

deviation. If you had a sample, you would compute the sample mean. If you had the population

mean, you would compute the population standard deviation.

(b) If you have a sample, you are computing the sample standard deviation, not the population

standard deviation needed in Equation (8. 1). If you have a population and have computed

the population mean and population standard deviation, you don 't need a confidence interval

estimate of the population mean because you already know the mean.

8.10

(a) 49,507.51<= µ, <= 50,242.49

(b) Yes, because the confidence interval includes 50,000 hours and the manufacturer can support

a claim that the bulbs have a mean of 50,000 hours.

(c) No. Because standard deviation is known and 11 = 64, from the Central Limit Theorem,

you know that the sampling distribution of X is approximately normal.

(d) The confidence interval is smaller, based on a population standard deviation of 500 hours

rather than the original standard 49,752.50 <= µ<= 49,997.50. No, because the confidence

interval does not include 50,000 hours.

8.16

(a) 87 ± (1.9781) *(9)*sqrt(87) ; 85.46 <=µ<= 88.54.

(b) You can be 95% confident that the population mean amount of one-time gift is between

$85.46 and $88.54.

8.20

(a) For first and second quarter ads: 5.12 <=µ<= 5.65.

For halftime and second half ads: 5.24 <= µ<= 6.06.

(b) You are 95% confident that the mean rating for first and second quarter ads is between 5.12

and 5.65. You are 95% confident that the mean rating for halftime and second half ads is

between 5.24 and 6.06.

(c) The confidence intervals for the two groups of ads are similar.

(d) You need to assume that the distributions of the rating for the two groups of ads are normally

distributed

8.28

The manager in charge of promotional programs concerning residential customers can infer that

the proportion of households that would purchase a new cellphone if it were made available at a

substantially reduced installation cost is between 0.22 and 0.32 with a 99% level of confidence

8.42

(a) n = 107

(b) n = 62.

8.48

(a) If you conducted a follow-up study, you would use π = 0.38 in the sample size formula

because it is based on past information on the proportion.

(b) 11 = 1,006.