Can I please get help on the "Sample Mean or Sample Proportion" problem?

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Can I please get help on the "Sample Mean or Sample Proportion" problem? 

Sample Mean or Sample Proportion?
For each of the following data sets, explain whether we would be interested in the sample mean or the
sample proportion, and why. (Hint: Is the data quantitative or categorical?)
N
D
The lung capacities, in cubic centimeters, of 100 adults.
A survey of 50 people asking whether they prefer red or blue.
How many of the 25 students in a class scored above 70% on a given assignment.
The widths, in nanometers, of 80 amino acid chains.
Recall from Week 6 that the criteria for assuming "almost" independence, when determining whether a
binomial distribution is appropriate for a random variable with two possible outcomes, is that the
population size is more than ten times larger than the sample size. Assuming we have this condition met,
why do we then care about the criteria np > 10 and n (1-p) > 10? (Relate this to another concept we
explored in Week 6.)
Back in Quality Control!
For this portion, refer to the Week 6 Collaborative SMP Assignment, the scenario with the quality control
testing:
Why can we not use the z scores associated to the probabilities in these sampling distributions to
answer these questions? Be specific.
Change the numbers in the scenario, to resolve the issue you just explained, and explain why these
changes resolve the issue.
Sketch the sampling distributions resulting from your changed numbers and rephrase the questions in
terms of sampling distributions.
Answer the questions in the scenario, with your new numbers, using the tools from this week for the
sampling distribution of a sample proportion.
MUTITIMA
31
US
Nov 1
Transcribed Image Text:Sample Mean or Sample Proportion? For each of the following data sets, explain whether we would be interested in the sample mean or the sample proportion, and why. (Hint: Is the data quantitative or categorical?) N D The lung capacities, in cubic centimeters, of 100 adults. A survey of 50 people asking whether they prefer red or blue. How many of the 25 students in a class scored above 70% on a given assignment. The widths, in nanometers, of 80 amino acid chains. Recall from Week 6 that the criteria for assuming "almost" independence, when determining whether a binomial distribution is appropriate for a random variable with two possible outcomes, is that the population size is more than ten times larger than the sample size. Assuming we have this condition met, why do we then care about the criteria np > 10 and n (1-p) > 10? (Relate this to another concept we explored in Week 6.) Back in Quality Control! For this portion, refer to the Week 6 Collaborative SMP Assignment, the scenario with the quality control testing: Why can we not use the z scores associated to the probabilities in these sampling distributions to answer these questions? Be specific. Change the numbers in the scenario, to resolve the issue you just explained, and explain why these changes resolve the issue. Sketch the sampling distributions resulting from your changed numbers and rephrase the questions in terms of sampling distributions. Answer the questions in the scenario, with your new numbers, using the tools from this week for the sampling distribution of a sample proportion. MUTITIMA 31 US Nov 1
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