Question

A random sample of 2 measurements is taken from the following population of values: 0, 1, 3, 4, 7. What is the probability that the range of the sample is 4?

Answer 1

Answer:

1/5

Step-by-step explanation:

Range as a measure of central tendency is the difference between the highest value and the lowest value in a given set of data.

Given the samples 0,1,3,4,7

Total number of samples is 5

The range is gotten by taking the difference of 2 samplesout of 5samples and this can be done in 5C2 ways.

5C2 = 5!/(5-2)!2!

= 5!/3!2!

= 5×4×3!/3!×2

= 10ways

The total outcome is therefore 10

To get the probability that the range is 4, we need to get the required outcome of getting range of 4 and this can only occur twice

The range can be gotten by taking the difference between 7 and 3, it can also be gotten by taking the difference between 4 and 0. Both differences will give us a total of 4

The expected outcome is therefore 2

the probability that the range of the sample is 4 = expected outcome/total outcome

= 2/10

= 1/5