STAT 3470 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Cumulative Distribution Function, Probability Distribution, Exponential Distribution

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Sample midterm two, stat 3470, delaubenfels, spring 2013. On all binomial, normal and poisson problems, you must use an appropriate table when possible. Make approximations when appropriate; in particular, make poisson or normal approximation of binomial and normal approximation of sample mean when you legally (according to customs of this class) can: suppose . 03% of the population is secretly klingon. What is the probability i will wait between one and two hours for a phone call: suppose ten percent of the population is evil. 3 for x 0, zero otherwise: suppose a population x has mean and standard deviation 10. How large must n, the sample size, be so that. P (|x | < 0. 01) . 90, where x is the sample mean: suppose rainfall per day has a mean of . 1 inches and a standard deviation of . 05 inches. I leave a cylindrical container outdoors for a year (365 days).