A college wants to know how much students prep for final exams. The college randomly samples 31 students and ask them their student habits for finals. The students had an average study time of 12 hours with a standard deviation of 10 hours. Can we use this to determine a 95% confidence interval for the average study time of all students for final exams? O Yes, (8.48, 15.52) O Yes, (8.33, 15.67) O Castro didn't cover this in lecture. No the sample size is too small and the distribution is not normal.

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A college wants to know how much students prep for final exams. The college randomly samples 31 students
and ask them their student habits for finals. The students had an average study time of 12 hours with a
standard deviation of 10 hours. Can we use this to determine a 95% confidence interval for the average study
time of all students for final exams?
O Yes, (8.48, 15.52)
O Yes, (8.33, 15.67)
O Castro didn't cover this in lecture.
O No the sample size is too small and the distribution is not normal.
Transcribed Image Text:A college wants to know how much students prep for final exams. The college randomly samples 31 students and ask them their student habits for finals. The students had an average study time of 12 hours with a standard deviation of 10 hours. Can we use this to determine a 95% confidence interval for the average study time of all students for final exams? O Yes, (8.48, 15.52) O Yes, (8.33, 15.67) O Castro didn't cover this in lecture. O No the sample size is too small and the distribution is not normal.
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