CIVIL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

DIPLOMA IN CIVIL ENGINEERING

CN 303: STATISTICS

ASSIGNMENT 1

NAME

: LEE ZHENG XIAN

NO. MATRIX

: 15DKA13F1007

CLASS

: DKA 4A

LECTURER

: MADAM FAUZIAH BINTI AZIZ

QUESTION 1

a. Define the following terms: CLO1

i.

Population distribution

Answer: Theoretical distribution of the values that a specified statistic of

a sample took on in all of the possible samples of a specific size that can be made from
a population.
ii.

Sample

Answer: A smaller group of members of a population selected to

represent the population. In order to use statistics to learn things about the population,
the sample must be random.

b. State difference symbols between sample and population parameter? CLO1

Sample Statistic

Population Parameter

Mean

Variance

s2

Standard Deviation

c. What does the central limit theorem say about the shape of the distribution of sample
means? CLO1
The shape of the distribution of sample is same will the shape of the distribution of
population.

QUESTION 2
One semester, there was a small statistics class of 5 students. The score of their quiz were as
follows: CLO2
2

Construct a sampling distribution of the mean for samples of size n = 3.

Answer:

No.

Sample Values

2, 4, 6

2, 4, 8

2, 4, 4

2, 6, 8

2, 6, 4

2, 8, 4

4, 6, 8

4, 6, 4

4, 8, 4

10

6, 8, 4

f ( x )

x f ( x )

x 2 f ( x )

1
10

5
10

25
10

2
10

12
10

144
10

3
10

21
10

441
10

2
10

16
10

256
10

2
10

18
10

324
10

QUESTION 3
a) Table below lists all the possible samples of size four that can be selected from a
population of five numbers 2, 4, 6, 8, 4.
CLO 3

1.

Sample

Sample Mean

2, 4, 6, 8

5.0

2, 4, 6, 4

4.0

2, 4, 8, 4

4.5

2, 6, 8, 4

5.0

4, 6, 8, 4

5.5

Given the population mean, 4.8, show that = .

E(

x ) =

f ( x )

x f ( x )

x 2 f ( x )

4.0

1
5

4
5

16
5

4.5

1
5

4.5
5

20.25
5

5.0

2
5

10
5

50
5

5.5

1
5

5.5
5

30.25
5

5
E(

x ) =

24
5

116.5
5

x ) =

E(

x f ( x )
24

x f ( x )= 5 =
2.

4.8

Find the standard deviation of , if the population standard deviation is 2.0396

s=

s=

2.0396
=1.0198
4

b)
Asbestos-cement sheets are manufactured with a mean length 2400 mm and
standard deviation 3 mm. Given that 20 batches consisting of 3 dozen sheets are considered,
determine: CLO3
i. The probability that a batch (chosen at random) has a mean length between 2399.5 mm
and 2400.6 mm

P (2.399 .5< x <2400.6 ) =P

2399.52400
2400.62400
< z<
3
3
20
20

P (1.11< z <0.67 )
=0.3665 + 0.2486
=0.6151

ii. The probability of batches with mean length less than 2399.3 mm

P ( x <2399.3 ) =P z <

2399.32400
3
20

P ( z <1.56 )
=0.5 - 0.4406
=0.0594

c) The GPAs of all students enrolled at a polytechnic have an approximately normal

distribution with a mean of 3.36 and a standard deviation of 0.42. CLO3

i.
Find the probability that the mean GPA of a random sample of 50 students selected
from this polytechnic is 3.20 or higher.

P ( x 3.20 )=P z

3.203.36
0.42
50

P ( z 2.69 )
=0.5 + 0.4964
=0.5964

ii. Find the probability that the mean GPA of a random sample of 50
from this polytechnic is 3.30 or lower.

P ( x 3.30 )=P z

3.33.36
0.42
50

students selected

P ( z 1.01 )
=0.5 0.3438
=0.1562

iii. A scholarship is offered based on students GPAs. It is known that 33.0 % in a group of
24 students received the scholarship. What is the minimum mean GPA to receive the
scholarship?
33% = 0.33

0.4399=

x3.36
0.42
50

( )

0.03 = x 3.36
x = 0.03 + 3.36
x = 3.39