AP统计学讲义课件.ppt

(a) If the true depth at a certain point is 2 feet, what is the probability that the depth measurement will be negative? (b) Suppose three independent depth measurements are taken at the point where the true depth is 2 feet. What is the probability that at least one of these measurements will be negative? (c) What is the probability that the mean of the three independent depth measurements taken at the point where the true depth is 2 feet will be negative? 4. Patients with heart-attack symptoms arrive at an emergency room either by ambulance or self-transportation provided by themselves, family, or friends. When a patient arrives at the emergency room, the time of arrival is recorded. The time when the patients diagnostic treatment begins is also recorded. An administrator of a large hospital wanted to determine whether the mean wait time (time between arrival and diagnostic treatment) for patients with heart-attack symptoms differs according to the mode of transportation. A random sample of 150 patients with heart-attack symptoms who had reported to the emergency room was selected. For each patient, the mode of transportation and wait time were recorded. Summary statistics for each mode of transportation are shown in the table below. (a) Use a 99 percent confidence interval to estimate the difference between the mean wait times for ambulance-transported patients and self-transported patients at this emergency room. (b) Based only on this confidence interval, do you think the difference in the mean wait times is statistically significant? Justify your answer. 5. A biologist is interested in studying the effect of growth-enhancing nutrients and different salinity (salt) levels in water on the growth of shrimps. The biologist has ordered a large shipment of young tiger shrimps from a supply house for use in the study. The experiment is to be conducted in a laboratory where 10 tiger shrimps are placed randomly into each of 12 similar tanks in a controlled enviro