How Tall to Be in the NBA?

Part 2
How tall do you need to be to play in the
NBA? Well, it depends on what position
you want to play. In this lesson, we will try
to find the average height for all shooting
guards by taking a random sample of
shooting guards.

1. Refer to the handout that has the heights of all 123 shooting guards. Describe the population

populatioon
n
distribution of height.
M 88
skewed left
Shape: ___________________ 76
Mean: ______
. 333 1 673
SD: ______ .

2. Take a random sample of 2 shooting guards (n = 2) and find the mean of the sample. Do this
ne three times.

sampling a 77 5= 7
on Sample mean: _______ .
75 = y
Sample mean: _______ 77 = x
Sample mean: _______

distri 3. Take a random sample of 10 shooting guards (n = 10) and find the mean of the sample. Do

↓
n= 10
this three times.

Sample mean: 76 1=x

_______ .
Sample mean: 76 6
_______
.
=
X Sample mean: 75 9 x
_______ .
=

4. Add your sample means to the dotplots on the board. Sketch them below and describe each
distribution.

·: . Shape: skewed left

Mean: My =
76 333 .

SD: 1 673
0x = .

% = 1 18
.

Central Limit Theorem

safe approximately normal
⑧
Shape:
(CLT) to be
e
&
=30
· use
n Mean: My =
76 333 .

SD: 1 673
/
①

Ex = . = 0 32.

5. Use a normal distribution to find the probability of taking a random sample of 30 shooting
guards (with replacement) and getting a sample mean more than 77 inches.

30
Sampling Distribution of
77 -
76 333
.

- = 2 19
0 305
.

&

AREA =
0 0143
.

76 333
. 77
 Lesson 7.6 – The Central Limit Theorem
QuickNotes
#T# 2 Normal Probabilities
# Central Limit Theorem (CLT)

sampling distribution of is
N
The

approximately normal when the Y M -

z
sample size is large enough (n230) X /

Check Your Understanding

Among iPhone users who share their data with Apple, the weekly screen time is skewed to the right with µ =
13.5 hours and ! = 3.75 hours. A random sample of 100 iPhone users are selected and the mean weekly
screen time (!̅ ) of the sample is calculated.

a. Describe the shape of the sampling distribution of !̅ for samples of 100 randomly selected iPhone
users. Justify your answer.

approximately normal because the sample size is

,

large enough (100130) to use the Central Limit Theorem

.

b. Find the mean and standard deviation of the sampling distribution of !̅ .

My =
M = 13 5 hours
10% condition
.

<

=
=
Ex 0 375 hours
. 100 -10% /Millionso)
c. Calculate the probability that the mean weekly screen time for the sample is between 12 and 13
hours.
12-13 5
Sampling Distribution of z 4
.
-
= =

0 375
.

*
N(13 5 0 375) 13- 13 5
z= 133
.

,
.
.

0 375
.

12 13
AREA =
0 0918
13 5
.
.