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Null Hypothesis Testing statistics problems

Null Hypothesis Test for MEAN example question

A literary critic wants to establish that the mean number of words per sentence, appearing in newly discovered short story is different from 9.1 words. A sample of 36 sentences provided a data with mean of 8.6 words and standard deviation of 1.2 words. Test at a level of significance α = 0.10.

 

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Null Hypothesis Test for PROPORTION example problem

Out of a sample of n = 625 students interviewed, 139 missed at least one class last week. Let p = proportion of students that missed at least one class last week. Conduct a test with the intent of establishing that the proportion of students that missed at least one class last week is greater than 0.20. Test at a level of significance α = 0.05.

 

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Confidence Interval statistics problems

Confidence Interval for MEAN Normal Distribution example question

A manager at a power company monitored the employee time required to process high-efficiency lamp bulb rebates. A random sample of 40 applications gave a sample mean time of 3.8 minutes and a standard deviation of 1.2 minutes. Construct a 90% confidence interval for the mean time to process μ.

 

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T-Distribution Confidence Interval for MEAN example

From a random sample of size 16, one has calculated the 95% confidence interval for μ (population mean) and obtained the result (39.51, 42.49). What are the (sample mean) and s (sample standard deviation) for the sample? Assume the population is normal.

 

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Confidence Interval for PROPORTION Normal Distribution example problem

A telephone survey of 1,000 was taken after movie X came out in the national theater.

a) If 832 liked the movie, with what confidence can it be asserted that 83.2% ± 3% of the adult population liked this movie?

b) If the adult population in the nation is 150 million, what is the interval estimating the total number of people in the nation who liked the movie?

 

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SOA Exam P CAS Exam 1 Expected Value Variance Standard Deviation probability problems

Multiple Moment Generating Functions MGF example question

A company insures homes in three cities, J, K and L. Since sufficient distance separates the cities, it is reasonable to assume that the losses occurring in these cities are independent. The moment generating functions for the loss distributions of the cities are

Let X represent the combined losses from the three cities. Calculate  .

 

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Expected Value & Probability Density Function PDF example problem

Let X be a continuous random variable with density function

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\dpi{150} \large 0            \dpi{150} \large \textup{otherwise}

 

Calculate the expected value of X.

 

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Moment Generating Function MGF example

Let X1 , X2 , X3 be a random sample from a discrete distribution with probability function

   

Determine the moment generating function, M(t), of  .

 

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Expected Value & Probability Density Function PDF word problem

An insurance company’s monthly claims are modeled by a continuous, positive random variable X, whose probability density function is proportional to

Determine the company’s expected monthly claims.

 

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Percentiles & Probability Density Function PDF example question

An insurer’s annual weather related loss, X, is a random variable with density function

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Calculate the difference between the 30th and 70th percentiles of X.

 

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Standard Deviation & Moment Generating Function MGF example problem

An actuary determines that the claim size for a certain class of accidents is a random variable, X, with a moment generating function

Determine the standard deviation of the claim size for this class of accidents.

 

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Standard Deviation Table example

A probability distribution of the claim sizes for an auto insurance policy is given in the table below:

Claim Size 20 30 40 50 60 70 80
Probability .15 .10 .06 .20 .10 .10 .30

What percentage of the claims are within one standard deviation of the mean claim size?

 

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Variance & Cumulative Distribution Function CDF example question

A random variable has the cumulative distribution function

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Calculate the variance of X.

 

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Variance word problem

A recent study indicates that the annual cost of maintaining and repairing a car in a town to Ontario averages 200 with a variance of 260. If a tax of 20% is introduced on all items associated with the maintenance and repair of cars (i.e., everything is made 20% more expensive), what will be the variance of the annual cost of maintaining and repairing a car?

 

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