Question: Researchers from a certain country were interested in how characteristics of the spleen of residents in their tropical environment compare to those found elsewhere in the world. The researchers randomly sampled 92 males and 108 females in their country. The mean and standard deviation of the spleen lengths for the males were 11.4cm and 0.9cm, respectively, and those for the females were 10.1cm and 1.1cm, respectively. Determine a 99​% confidence interval for the difference between mean spleen lengths of males and females in this country. Let population 1 be all males in the country and let population 2 be all females in the country.   The 99​% confidence interval for μ1−μ2 is ( [  ],[  ] ). ​(Round to three decimal places as needed. Use ascending​ order.)

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Researchers from a certain country were interested in how characteristics of the spleen of residents in their tropical environment compare to those found elsewhere in the world. The researchers randomly sampled 92 males and 108 females in their country. The mean and standard deviation of the spleen lengths for the males were 11.4cm and 0.9cm, respectively, and those for the females were 10.1cm and 1.1cm, respectively. Determine a 99​% confidence interval for the difference between mean spleen lengths of males and females in this country.

Let population 1 be all males in the country and let population 2 be all females in the country.
 
The 99​% confidence interval for μ1−μ2 is ( [  ],[  ] ).
​(Round to three decimal places as needed. Use ascending​ order.)
 
 
 
 

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Researchers from a certain country were interested in how characteristics of the spleen of residents in their
tropical environment compare to those found elsewhere in the world. The researchers randomly sampled 96
males and 104 females in their country. The mean and standard deviation of the spleen lengths for the males
were 11.5 cm and 0.7 cm, respectively, and those for the females were 10.6 cm and 0.7 cm, respectively.
Determine a 95% confidence interval for the difference between mean spleen lengths of males and females in
this country.
Click here to view page 1 of the table of critical values of t.
Click here to view page 2 of the table of critical values of t.
The endpoints of the confidence interval for u, -H, are given by the formula below, where s, is the pooled
sample standard deviation, t,/2 is found with df =n, +n, -2, x, and x, are the means of samples 1 and 2,
respectively, and n, and n, are the sizes of samples 1 and 2, respectively.
For a confidence level of 1-a, use a t-distribution table to find t,2 with df = n, + n, - 2. Note that the
confidence level is equal to 1-a when it is written as a decimal. Determine the value of a.
1-a = 0.95
a = 0.05
Now compute the degrees of freedom. Let population 1 be all males in the country and let population 2 be all
females in the country.
df = n, + n2 - 2
= 96 + 104 - 2
= 198
Next determine t, using a t-distribution table, where df = 198 and a = 0.05. Since there is no row for
df = 198 in the given t-distribution table, use the next closest entry in the table with df less than 198, which, in
this case, is df = 100.
tal2 = to.05/2
= to.025
= 1.984
The formula for s, is shown below.
(n, - 1)s? + (n2 - 1) s
S, =
n, +n2 -2
Substitute the known values into the formula for s, and simplify.
(96 - 1)(0.7)2 + (104 - 1)(0.7)?
s, =
= 0.7
96 + 104 - 2
Next substitute the known values as well as s, = 0.7 and t/2 = 1.984 into the formula for the endpoints of the
confidence interval and simplify, rounding to three decimal places as needed.
(11.5 - 10.6) ± 1.984 • 0.7
96
= 0.9
0.197
The endpoints of the confidence interval for u, - H, are 0.9+0.197. Thus, the 95% confidence interval is
from 0.703 to 1.097.
Transcribed Image Text:Sample Researchers from a certain country were interested in how characteristics of the spleen of residents in their tropical environment compare to those found elsewhere in the world. The researchers randomly sampled 96 males and 104 females in their country. The mean and standard deviation of the spleen lengths for the males were 11.5 cm and 0.7 cm, respectively, and those for the females were 10.6 cm and 0.7 cm, respectively. Determine a 95% confidence interval for the difference between mean spleen lengths of males and females in this country. Click here to view page 1 of the table of critical values of t. Click here to view page 2 of the table of critical values of t. The endpoints of the confidence interval for u, -H, are given by the formula below, where s, is the pooled sample standard deviation, t,/2 is found with df =n, +n, -2, x, and x, are the means of samples 1 and 2, respectively, and n, and n, are the sizes of samples 1 and 2, respectively. For a confidence level of 1-a, use a t-distribution table to find t,2 with df = n, + n, - 2. Note that the confidence level is equal to 1-a when it is written as a decimal. Determine the value of a. 1-a = 0.95 a = 0.05 Now compute the degrees of freedom. Let population 1 be all males in the country and let population 2 be all females in the country. df = n, + n2 - 2 = 96 + 104 - 2 = 198 Next determine t, using a t-distribution table, where df = 198 and a = 0.05. Since there is no row for df = 198 in the given t-distribution table, use the next closest entry in the table with df less than 198, which, in this case, is df = 100. tal2 = to.05/2 = to.025 = 1.984 The formula for s, is shown below. (n, - 1)s? + (n2 - 1) s S, = n, +n2 -2 Substitute the known values into the formula for s, and simplify. (96 - 1)(0.7)2 + (104 - 1)(0.7)? s, = = 0.7 96 + 104 - 2 Next substitute the known values as well as s, = 0.7 and t/2 = 1.984 into the formula for the endpoints of the confidence interval and simplify, rounding to three decimal places as needed. (11.5 - 10.6) ± 1.984 • 0.7 96 = 0.9 0.197 The endpoints of the confidence interval for u, - H, are 0.9+0.197. Thus, the 95% confidence interval is from 0.703 to 1.097.
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