A certain chromosome defect occurs in only 1 in 210 adult Ca
A certain chromosome defect occurs in only 1 in 210 adult Caucasian males. A random sample of n= 100 adult Caucasian males is to be obtained.
What is the mean value of the sample proportion p and what is the standard deviation of the sample proportion?
Does p have approximately a normal distribution in this case? Explain.
What is the smallest value of n for which the sampling distribution of p is approximately normal
Solution
Here,
n = 100
p = 1/210 0.004761905
Hence, the mean is the population proportion,
u = mean = p = 0.004761905 [ANSWER]
sigma = standard deviation = sqrt(p(1-p)/n) = 0.006884206 [ANSWER]
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It is not normally distirbuted, as the ratio of p to sigma (p/sigma = 0.004761905/0.006884206) is less than 3.
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If
p/sigma = 3
Then
p/sqrt(p(1-p)/n) = 3
p^2 n /(p(1-p)) = 9
n = 9p(1-p)/p^2
As p = 0.004761905
n = 1880.999906 = 1881 [ANSWER]
