Q1: Assume that the number of furniture sold at a local furniture store on any given day and the corresponding probability are as follows. X P(X) 2 4 0.25 0.5 6 0.25 Where X = Number sold in a day, P(X)= the probability. a. Compute how many units can be sold per day on average. b. Compute the corresponding standard deviation for the units sold per day. c. Find the sampling distribution of the sample mean for a random sample of n = 2 measur from the distribution. d. Show that the sample mean is an unbiased estimator of μ. e. What is the standard deviation of this sampling distribution?

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Assume that the number of furniture sold at a local furniture store on any given day and the
corresponding probability are as follows.
X
P(X)
2
0.25
4
0.5
6
0.25
Where X = Number sold in a day, P(X)= the probability.
a. Compute how many units can be sold per day on average.
b. Compute the corresponding standard deviation for the units sold per day.
c. Find the sampling distribution of the sample mean for a random sample of n = 2 measurements
from the distribution.
d. Show that the sample mean is an unbiased estimator of μ.
e. What is the standard deviation of this sampling distribution?
Transcribed Image Text:Q1: Assume that the number of furniture sold at a local furniture store on any given day and the corresponding probability are as follows. X P(X) 2 0.25 4 0.5 6 0.25 Where X = Number sold in a day, P(X)= the probability. a. Compute how many units can be sold per day on average. b. Compute the corresponding standard deviation for the units sold per day. c. Find the sampling distribution of the sample mean for a random sample of n = 2 measurements from the distribution. d. Show that the sample mean is an unbiased estimator of μ. e. What is the standard deviation of this sampling distribution?
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