population mean

Which of the following is a property of sampling distribution? I. Mean of sampling distribution equals population mean. II. Sample mean comes closer to population mean than any other unbiased mean. III. As sample size increases, ..

A population consists of the five numbers 2, 4, 6, 8 and 10. Consider all the samples of size 2 that can be drawn with replacement from the population. Find the mean of the sampling distribution means. Also find the difference between the population..

Select the correct statement(s). I. Increase in sample size will make the confidence interval of the population mean wider. II. A 90% confidence interval will be wider than a 99% confidence interval. III. Sample mean can never be the same as population m..

A sample of scores of 250 candidates has a mean of 47.2 with a standard deviation of 18.6. Find 90% and 95% confidence interval of the population mean and determine which is larger? => (45.3, 49.1) and (44.9, 49.5) and 95% or (45.26, 49.14) and (44.89, 49.51) and 90% o..

90% confidence interval of a population mean(μ) worked out on a sample size of 50 is, 50 < μ < 56. What is the likely 90% confidence interval of the mean of the same population worked out on a sample size of 100? => 25 < μ < 28 or 51 <..

The average income of 50 taxi drivers was found as $26,358. Find the test value for a population mean of $25,767 and standard deviation of $1105. Does the sample come from this population? α = 0.01. => 3.782, no or 26.742, no or 1.635, yes or 1.891, yes..

The manager of a company wishes to estimate the average age of the present employees. From the past records, the standard deviation is found to be 8 years. A sample of 100 employees are selected and the mean is found to be 42.8 years. Find the 99% confidence interval of the populatio..

If two samples have means of 30 and 28 and variances of 12 and 14, with 20 and 25 as the sizes, find the z score for difference of two population means. => 2.154 or 2.075 or 2.320 or 1.857..

A population consists of the five numbers 1, 3, 5, 7 and 9. Consider all the samples of size 2 that can be drawn without replacement from the population. Find the mean and the variance of the sampling distribution means. => 6 and 4.05 or 6 and 3 or 5 and 3.05..

From a random sample of 36 restaurents in a particular city, the average cost per dinner was reported as $26.50. What is the test value if the population mean is $25 with standard deviation of $4.40 and α = 0.01? Can we say that the sample comes from this population..