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Course Notes - Department of Mathematics and Statistics

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6 Sampling Distributions <strong>and</strong> EstimationFred for MayorFred has decided to throw his h<strong>and</strong> in the ring for mayor in the upcomingelection. Fred thinks he needs about 45% <strong>of</strong> the vote to win. Aftertalking with his 10 friends he found that 8 <strong>of</strong> them would vote for him,how confident should Fred be based on this polling? Fred thought thatperhaps he should poll some more people since his friends might be biased,but polling is expensive, he wanted to know what is the smallestnumber <strong>of</strong> people he can poll to be sure <strong>of</strong> the result to within 3%.As he was getting into local body politics, Fred thought he better loseabout 5 kg for all the photo opportunities. Ten <strong>of</strong> his friends had used aparticular diet. They helpfully gave Fred their initial weights <strong>and</strong> theirweights after completing the programme. These can be summarized inthe table below.Friend Initial Weight (x Ii ) Weight at Followup (x F i )Edward 101 94Finn 84 82Zack 77 78Jakob 82 81Harry 99 97Bella 112 109Hermonie 72 71Ginny 84 78Ron 91 85Pauly D 81 78From these values is there evidence that the weight loss programmeFred’s friends have all used actually leads to a loss in weight? Andsecondly, is the weight loss sufficient for Fred’s needs?89

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