Question Type 2: Finding the distribution of the sample mean using CLT
Question Type 2: Finding the distribution of the sample mean using CLT Exercises
Question 1
Skill question
Let Xi​ be independent Bernoulli random variables with p=0.5. Using the central limit theorem, find the approximate distribution of the sample mean Xˉ for n=4.
Question 2
Skill question
Let Xi​ be i.i.d. with mean 20 and standard deviation 5. For n=25, find the approximate distribution of Xˉ using the central limit theorem.
Question 3
Skill question
Let Xi​ be i.i.d. exponential random variables with mean 2 (variance 4). For n=36, find the approximate distribution of Xˉ using the central limit theorem.
Question 4
Skill question
Let Xi​ be i.i.d. with mean 8 and standard deviation 4. For n=100, use the central limit theorem to approximate P(Xˉ<7.5).
Question 5
Skill question
Let Xi​ be i.i.d. with mean 15 and standard deviation 3. For n=36, approximate P(14<Xˉ<16) using the central limit theorem.
Question 6
Skill question
Let Xi​ be i.i.d. Poisson(3). For n=50, approximate P(Xˉ≤3.2) using the central limit theorem.
Question 7
Skill question
Let Xi​ be i.i.d. with mean 10 and standard deviation 2. For n=16, use the central limit theorem to approximate P(Xˉ>11).
Question 8
Skill question
Let Xi​ be i.i.d. uniform on [0,1]. For n=60, use the central limit theorem to approximate P(Xˉ>0.6).
Question 9
Skill question
Let Xi​ be i.i.d. with mean 0 and standard deviation 1. For n=36, use the central limit theorem to approximate P(∣Xˉ∣<0.5).
Question 10
Skill question
Let Xi​ be i.i.d. with mean 50 and standard deviation 10. For n=64, use the central limit theorem to approximate P(Xˉ>52).
Question 11
Skill question
Let Xi​ be i.i.d. with mean 100 and standard deviation 15. Determine the minimum sample size n so that the standard deviation of Xˉ is at most 2 using the central limit theorem.
Question 12
Skill question
Let Xi​ be i.i.d. with mean 500 and standard deviation 50. Find the minimum n such that P(490≤Xˉ≤510)=0.99 using the central limit theorem.
Question 13
Skill question
Let Xi​ be i.i.d. with mean 200 and standard deviation 30. For n=81, approximate P(Xˉ<190) using the central limit theorem.
Question 14
Skill question
Let Xi​ be i.i.d. with mean 5 and standard deviation 2. Find the smallest n such that P(∣Xˉ−5∣<0.5)≥0.95 using the central limit theorem.
Question 15
Skill question
Let Xi​ be i.i.d. with mean 120 and standard deviation 20. For n=25, use the central limit theorem to approximate P(110≤Xˉ≤130).