The length of time patients must wait to see a doctor in a local clinic is uniformly distributed between 15 minutes and 2 1/2 hours.
a. Define the random variable in words.
b. What is the probability of a patient waiting exactly 50 minutes?
c. What is the probability that a patient would have to wait between 45 minutes and 2 hours?
d. Compute the probability that a patient would have to wait over 2 hours.
e. Determine the expected waiting time and its standard deviation.
Question 2
The margin of error in an interval estimate of the population mean is a function of all of the following EXCEPT _____.
a. level of significance
b. sample mean
c. sample size
d. variability of the population