Cholesterol and Albino Proportion Analysis
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Year 2018
Mathematics exercises
Exercise 1. The medical staff of a large company is doing its small statistics
notes on the cholesterol levels of its employees; observations on 100
the selected employees are as follows.
(center class) effective number of employees:
120 9
160 22
200 25
240 21
280 16
320 7
1. Calculate the averageandand the standard deviation σe on the sample.
2. Estimate the mean and standard deviation for the cholesterol level in
the entire company.
3. Determine a confidence interval for the mean.
4. Determine the minimum sample size for the amplitude of
the confidence interval should be less than 10.
Correction 1. 1. We obtain, on the sample, the [Link]= 214
the standard deviation σe=
55.77.
The average for the company is estimated ate The standard deviation is
timé by :σb=e10055.77'56.05.
q 99
3. From this, we deduce, at a 95% threshold, a confidence interval for the mean:
cσ e cs e
[m−yα ;me√+yα n= [203.01;
√ 224.99]. Thus the average rate of
cholesterol is, at a 95% confidence level, situated between 203 and 225
cg.
Exercise 2. Out of 12,000 individuals of a species, 13 albinos were counted.
Estimate the proportion of albinos in the species. We will compare the methods.
of approximation of real laws by other classical laws.
Correction 2. This is about estimating a proportion, following an observation.
who is worth: f= 13 −3
12000 1.0833×10 .
We can use an approximation by a normal distribution for the mean.
sample. We derive a confidence interval for the proportion, at
f (1−f ) f (1−f ) −4 −3
threshold 95% :Iα = [f−y α q;p+y α q n−11.7×10 ].
]' [4.7×10
n−1
We can chooseα as a confidence interval, at the 95% threshold, of the pro-
desired portion. By the Bienaymé-Tchebychev inequality, we have the interval
1
I = [f−a, f+a], with: P[X−p6a] > 1−( VarX>0.95
a2
VarX −3
si1− a2
>0.95, play >1.3979×10 We will therefore prefer the first one.
method.
