Construct a 95% confidence interval estimate of the population mean. (Notice that we can compute the standard deviation of the sample but we do not know the standard deviation of the population.) b) Construct a 95% confidence interval estimate of the population standard deviation.

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a) Construct a 95% confidence interval estimate of the population mean. (Notice that we can compute the standard deviation of the sample but we do not know the standard deviation of the population.)

b) Construct a 95% confidence interval estimate of the population standard deviation.

 

Mean:
Point estimate  
Confidence level
 
Alpha  
Critical Value  
Error  
Confidence interval:
Lower limit  
Upper limit  

 

Standard deviation:
Point estimate  
Confidence level  
Alpha  
Critical Values
 
 
Confidence interval:
Lower limit  
Upper limit  

 

Variance:  
Lower limit  
Upper limit  
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