Porisma

A hint to get started

Estimate a population, then qualify a plug-in tail probability

The distance between a pupil’s home and school is xx km. A random sample of 60 pupils gives ∑x=33.6\sum x=33.6 and ∑x2=22.79\sum x^2=22.79. Calculate unbiased estimates of the population mean and variance.

Estimate the probability that the mean value of xx, for this sample, will be less than 0.5. State any assumptions or approximations used.

CJC · Lecture · Example 10

Estimate with denominator 59 and keep full precision for the standard error.

Read the worked solution