A pharmaceutical company makes tranquilizers. It is assumed that the distribution for the length of time they last is approximately normal. Researchers in a hospital used the drug on a random sample of 9 patients. The effective period of the tranquilizer for each patient (in hours) was as follows: 2.7; 2.8; 3.1; 2.3; 2.3; 2.2; 2.8; 2.1; and 2.4. Part 1) Find the values sample mean, sx, n, and n − 1 Part 2) Which distribution should you use for this problem? (Enter your answer in the form z or tdf where df is the degrees of freedom.) Part 3) Construct a 95% confidence interval for the population mean length of time (State the confidence interval, sketch the graph, and calculate the error bound)
A pharmaceutical company makes tranquilizers. It is assumed that the distribution for the length of time they last is approximately normal. Researchers in a hospital used the drug on a random sample of 9 patients. The effective period of the tranquilizer for each patient (in hours) was as follows: 2.7; 2.8; 3.1; 2.3; 2.3; 2.2; 2.8; 2.1; and 2.4.
Part 1) Find the values sample
Part 2) Which distribution should you use for this problem? (Enter your answer in the form z or tdf where df is the degrees of freedom.)
Part 3) Construct a 95% confidence interval for the population mean length of time (State the confidence interval, sketch the graph, and calculate the error bound)
![The image shows a bell-shaped curve, commonly representing a normal distribution in statistics. There are three distinct parts marked on the curve:
1. **Left Tail**: Labeled as \( \frac{\alpha}{2} \).
2. **Center**: Labeled as C.L., which stands for Confidence Level.
3. **Right Tail**: Also labeled as \( \frac{\alpha}{2} \).
Descriptions:
- The curve is symmetric, indicative of a normal distribution, with two tails representing the tails in a hypothesis test.
- The arrows pointing towards \( \frac{\alpha}{2} \) on both sides highlight the significance level split evenly between the two tails.
- The arrow pointing downwards labeled C.L. represents the area under the curve that comprises the confidence interval.
- P′ is likely a point of interest or parameter related to the distribution on the horizontal axis.
This setup is typically used in confidence interval estimation where:
- \( \alpha \) is the significance level.
- The confidence level (C.L.) is the probability that the interval will contain the true parameter.](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2F2b29dfa6-dbe7-4104-8880-801372a72052%2F9596d4d1-de6f-4e15-ac6e-8a4a4dbd66d7%2Fz83duxw_processed.gif&w=3840&q=75)
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