s humans we consume food. The body extracts good things such as proteins and vitamins and throws away waste. A typical waste product is uric acid. High levels of uric acid can be an indication of conditions such as gout, kidney disease, and cancer. For females a high level of uric acid is 6 mg/dL or more and for males a high level of uric acid is 7 mg/dL or more. Suppose, over a period of months, an adult female was given 5 blood tests for uric acid. The results of each blood test are shown below. results 6.75 6.68 12.07 10.29 6.68 The distribution of uric acid in healthy adult females is normally distributed with known population standard deviation, σ=2.09σ=2.09 mg/dl. Find a 95% confidence interval for the population mean of uric acid in this adult female's blood. Assume the sample of blood tests were given in a way that's equivalent to a simple random sample. (Round your answers to two decimal places.) margin of error mg/dL lower limit mg/dL upper limit mg/dL
As humans we consume food. The body extracts good things such as proteins and vitamins and throws away waste. A typical waste product is uric acid. High levels of uric acid can be an indication of conditions such as gout, kidney disease, and cancer. For females a high level of uric acid is 6 mg/dL or more and for males a high level of uric acid is 7 mg/dL or more. Suppose, over a period of months, an adult female was given 5 blood tests for uric acid. The results of each blood test are shown below.
| results | 6.75 | 6.68 | 12.07 | 10.29 | 6.68 |
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The distribution of uric acid in healthy adult females is
Find a 95% confidence interval for the population mean of uric acid in this adult female's blood. Assume the sample of blood tests were given in a way that's equivalent to a simple random sample. (Round your answers to two decimal places.)
margin of error mg/dL
lower limit mg/dL
upper limit mg/dL
Does this confidence interval suggest that this adult female has a high level of uric acid?
- Yes, since the interval is beyond acceptable levels.
- It's not clear, since the interval contains values the are acceptable and not acceptable. More tests should be done.
- No, since the interval is contained within the acceptable
range levels.
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