Problem 4 A survey asked "What do you think the ideal number of children for a family to have?". The 590 randomly selected females who gave a numeric responses from 0 to 6 had a median of 2 (M = 2), mean of 2.56 (ī = 2.56), and standard deviation of 0.8 (s = 0.8). a) What is the point estimate of the population mean? b) Calculate the standard error of sample mean and explain what this describes. c) Construct a 95% confidence interval. Show your work and interpret.
Problem 4 A survey asked "What do you think the ideal number of children for a family to have?". The 590 randomly selected females who gave a numeric responses from 0 to 6 had a median of 2 (M = 2), mean of 2.56 (ī = 2.56), and standard deviation of 0.8 (s = 0.8). a) What is the point estimate of the population mean? b) Calculate the standard error of sample mean and explain what this describes. c) Construct a 95% confidence interval. Show your work and interpret.
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