The duration of Alzheimers disease from the time symptoms first appear until death ranges from 3 to

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The duration of Alzheimer’s disease from the time symptoms first appear until death ranges from 3 to 20 years; the average is 8 years with a standard deviation of 4 years. The administrator of a large medical center randomly selects the medical records of 30 deceased Alzheimer’s patients from the medical center’s database, and records the average duration. Find the approximate probabilities for these events:

1. The average duration is less than 7 years.

2. The average duration exceeds 7 years.

3. The average duration lies within 1 year of the population mean m =8.

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Introduction To Probability And Statistics

ISBN: 9780357114469

15th Edition

Authors: William Mendenhall Iii , Robert Beaver , Barbara Beaver

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