1. A prospective author of an introductory level statistics book is interested in the number of pages in introductory level statistics books. A random sample of n = 15 introductory level statistics books is selected yielding a sample average of 972 pages with a sample standard deviation of 85 pages. Suppose the number of pages in an introductory level statistics book is normally distributed. (a) Calculate a 99% confidence interval for the mean number of pages in an introductory

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1. A prospective author of an introductory level statistics
book is interested in the number of pages in introductory
level statistics books. A random sample of n = 15
introductory level statistics books is selected yielding a
sample average of 972 pages with a sample standard
deviation of 85 pages. Suppose the number of pages in an
introductory level statistics book is normally distributed.
(a) Calculate a 99% confidence interval for the mean
number of pages in an introductory
level statistics book|
Transcribed Image Text:1. A prospective author of an introductory level statistics book is interested in the number of pages in introductory level statistics books. A random sample of n = 15 introductory level statistics books is selected yielding a sample average of 972 pages with a sample standard deviation of 85 pages. Suppose the number of pages in an introductory level statistics book is normally distributed. (a) Calculate a 99% confidence interval for the mean number of pages in an introductory level statistics book|
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