6. To become an actuary, it is necessary to pass a series exams, including the most important one, an exam in probability and statistics. An insurance company wants to estimate the mean score on this exam for actuarial students who have enrolled in a special study program. They take a sample of 8 actuarial students in this program and determine that their scores are: 2, 5, 8, 8, 7, 6, 5, and 7. This sample will be used to calculate a 90% confidence interval for the mean score for actuarial students in the special study program. a) The mean of the sample is while the standard deviation of the sample is b) The critical value used in constructing a 90% confidence interval is c) A 90% confidence interval for the mean score of actuarial students in the special program is from to d) Interpret your results.

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To become an actuary, it is necessary to pass a series exams, including the most important one,
an exam in probability and statistics. An insurance company wants to estimate the mean score
on this exam for actuarial students who have enrolled in a special study program. They take a
sample of 8 actuarial students in this program and determine that their scores are:
2, 5, 8, 8, 7, 6, 5, and 7. This sample will be used to calculate a 90% confidence interval for the
mean score for actuarial students in the special study program.
a) The mean of the sample is
b)
c)
while the standard deviation of the sample is
The critical value used in constructing a 90% confidence interval is
A 90% confidence interval for the mean score of actuarial students in the special program is
from
to
d) Interpret your results.
Transcribed Image Text:6. To become an actuary, it is necessary to pass a series exams, including the most important one, an exam in probability and statistics. An insurance company wants to estimate the mean score on this exam for actuarial students who have enrolled in a special study program. They take a sample of 8 actuarial students in this program and determine that their scores are: 2, 5, 8, 8, 7, 6, 5, and 7. This sample will be used to calculate a 90% confidence interval for the mean score for actuarial students in the special study program. a) The mean of the sample is b) c) while the standard deviation of the sample is The critical value used in constructing a 90% confidence interval is A 90% confidence interval for the mean score of actuarial students in the special program is from to d) Interpret your results.
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Step 1: Given Information:

Sample size, n equals 8

 The sample observations left parenthesis x subscript i right parenthesis are,

 2, 5, 8, 8, 7, 6, 5, 7.

Confidence interval, 1 minus alpha equals 0.90


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