PERFORMANCE

TASK IN
STATISTICS AND
PROBABILITY
POINT ESTIMATE
PROBL A group of students from STEM Boyle wants to estimate the mean
height of 50 students from STEM Euler. Their height in cm

EM:
(centimeter) were recorded as follows:

176.784 161.544 164.592 152.4 161.544

161.544 155.448 161.544 179.832 161.544
158.496 161.544 164.592 164.592 167.64
161.544 143.256 158.496 179.832 152.4
170.688 176.784 155.448 164.592 173.736
155.448 155.448 149.352 167.64 182.88
152.4 164.592 164.592 152.4 179.832
149.352 182.88 155.448 158.496 182.88
155.448 179.832 167.64 170.688 170.688
161.544 170.688 182.88 158.496 170.688
SOLUTION:
 
Given: n = 50 students
Find: mean height of 50 students from STEM Euler.
Formula:

The sample mean is equal to 164.65296 is the point

estimator of the population mean.

Conclusion: therefore, the mean height of 50 students from

STEM Euler is 164.65.
INTERVAL
ESTIMATE
PROBL
SOLUTION:
EM: A study was conducted  STEP 1: find 95% confidence interval for the mean height of STEM
on the mean height of students students in Grade 11- Euler.
from STEM Euler. From a
sample size of 25 students, the
mean was found to be 165.08 STEP 2:
cm. The sample standard
deviation was computed to be s = 9.97
9.97 cm. Find a 95%
confidence interval for the n = 25
mean height of STEM
students in Grade 11 - Euler.
STEP 3:
CI: (- , +

STEP 4:
CI: (- , 165.08 +
SOLUTIO INTERPRETA
N:
 Solving for ta:  Solving for
TION:
Based on this sample size of n = 25, one is 95%
confident that the mean height of STEM students in
(1-a) 100% = 95% df = 25 – 1 = 24 Grade 11 – Euler is between 161.68 cm and 169.92 cm.
1–a= =
1 – a = 0.95 = 0.025
a = 1 – 0.95 = 2.064
a = 0.05

 STEP 5:
CI = [ 165. 08 – 2.064 ((]
CI = 161.684384, 169, 915616