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    1. The waiting time (in minutes) for a CATA bus at MSU is distributed
    uniformly between θ - 3 and θ + 3. A sample of 75 students are taken and
    their waiting times recorded.

    a) Find V ( X-bar )
    ATTEMPT: V(X) = 36/12 = 3
    V(X-bar) = V(X)/n = 3/75 = .04

    b) Find the 95% confidence interval for θ based on X-bar.
    ATTEMPT: X-bar +/- Z(alpha/2) * sigma/sqrt(n)
    = x-bar +/- 1.96 * 1.73/sqrt(75)
    = x-bar +/- 0.392

    c) Suppose θ = 3. Find the approximate value of the probability that the
    waiting time of a randomly selected student exceeds 2.8 minutes.
    ATTEMPT: P(Z ≤ (X - E(X))/sqrt(sigma^2/n))
    P(X > 2.8) = 1 - P( Z ≤ (2.8-3.0)/sqrt(3.0/75))
    = 1 - P( Z ≤ -1.0 )
    = 1 - .1587 = .8413
    Last edited by GoHard24; 04-18-2011 at 08:18 AM.

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    Re: Confidence Intervals and such


    Updated:
    I've had one person try to help me solve this problem and they found V(X) to be (9^2)/12 = 6.75. I'm quite sure it's (6^2)/12 as the thetas cancel out leaving us with ((3+3)^2)/12 = 3. That would mean V(X-bar) is 3/75 = .04.

    I'm not quite sure if the other two parts are right either.

    Could somebody please glance over this quick? Thank you in advance.

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