Probability and Statistics for Engineering and the Sciences

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ISBN: 9781305251809

Author: Jay L. Devore

Publisher: Cengage Learning

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Chapter 12.4, Problem 53E

Consider the following four intervals based on the data of Exercise 12.17 (Section 12.2):

a. A 95% CI for mean porosity when unit weight is 110
b. A 95% PI for porosity when unit weight is 110
c. A 95% CI for mean porosity when unit weight is 115
d. A 95% PI for porosity when unit weight is 115

Without computing any of these intervals, what can be said about their widths relative to one another?

Definition Definition Measure of central tendency that is the average of a given data set. The mean value is evaluated as the quotient of the sum of all observations by the sample size. The mean, in contrast to a median, is affected by extreme values. Very large or very small values can distract the mean from the center of the data. Arithmetic mean: The most common type of mean is the arithmetic mean. It is evaluated using the formula: μ = 1 N ∑ i = 1 N x i Other types of means are the geometric mean, logarithmic mean, and harmonic mean. Geometric mean: The nth root of the product of n observations from a data set is defined as the geometric mean of the set: G = x 1 x 2 ... x n n Logarithmic mean: The difference of the natural logarithms of the two numbers, divided by the difference between the numbers is the logarithmic mean of the two numbers. The logarithmic mean is used particularly in heat transfer and mass transfer. ln x 2 − ln x 1 x 2 − x 1 Harmonic mean: The inverse of the arithmetic mean of the inverses of all the numbers in a data set is the harmonic mean of the data. 1 1 x 1 + 1 x 2 + ...

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