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Collect 9.1 Coop. Asmnt. &…. 9.10. ____________ bias and _______________ variability. ____________ bias and _______________ variability. ____________ bias and _______________ variability. ____________ bias and _______________ variability. 9.2 Sample Proportions. Consider this….
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9.10 ____________ bias and _______________ variability
Consider this… A polling organization asks a SRS of 1500 first-year college students whether they applied for admission to any other college. In fact, 35% of all first-year students applied to colleges besides the one they are attending. What is the probability that the random sample of 1500 students will give a result within 2 percentage points of this true value? • What do you need to know in order to answer this question?
Sampling Distributions Activity • Rice University Sampling Distribution Applet • Choose a couple of different sample sizes • Note: the mean and standard deviation for the sampling distribution are algebraically derived from what we know about the mean and standard deviation of a binomial random variable.
P-hat = (Count of “successes” in sample)/(size of sample) = X/n
“Rule of Thumb 2” gives exactly the same conditions for using a Normal approximation to the sampling distribution of p-hat as for a Normal approximation to the binomial. This should not be a surprise as proportions are just another way to look at counts.
Let’s work through Example 9.7 P 584
Step 1: Step 2: Step 3:
WORD CHOICE: “We see that almost 90% of all samples will give a result within 2 percentage points of the truth of the population” (p 585).
Ex 9.8 P 586
Step 1: Step 2: Step 3:
Another example • Suppose a student taking a 100 question multiple choice final (with 5 possible answers each). This student didn’t study and must guess on every question. What is the probability that this student will get at least 30% right on the test?
How can we do this as a binomial? Context: 100 questions, 5 possible answers each, want to score at least 30%. P(X > 30) = = 1-binomcdf(100,.2,29) = How do the two computational methods compare?
Practice: 9.20 & 9.22 Homework: 9.25, 9.27, 9.30
Tomorrow: Q & A9.2 Coop Asmnt