Suppose that you were asked to construct an 80% confidence interval based on the standard normal distribution. Use software or a table of critical values from the standard normal distribution to determine the positive critical value z, for the confidence interval. Give your answer to two decimal places, rounding to the nearest value if necessary. z=

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Suppose that you were asked to construct an 80% confidence interval based on the standard normal distribution. Use software or a table of critical values from the standard normal distribution to determine the positive critical value z, for the confidence interval.

Give your answer to two decimal places, rounding to the nearest value if necessary.

z=
 
2.60
0.99534
0.99547
0.99560
0.99573
0.99585
0.99598
0.99609
0.99621
0.99632
0.99643
2.70
0.99653
0.99664
0.99674
0.99683
0.99693
0.99702
0.99711
0.99720
0.99728
0.99736
2.80
0.99744
0.99752
0.99760
0.99767
0.99774
0.99781
0.99788
0.99795
0.99801
0.99807
2.90
0.99813
0.99819
0.99825
0.99831
0.99836
0.99841
0.99846
0.99851
0.99856
0.99861
3.00
0.99865
0.99869
0.99874
0.99878
0.99882
0.99886
0.99889
0.99893
0.99896
0.99900
3.10
0.99903
0.99906
0.99910
0.99913
0.99916
0.99918
0.99921
0.99924
0.99926
0.99929
3.20
0.99931
0.99934
0.99936
0.99938
0.99940
0.99942
0.99944
0.99946
0.99948
0.99950
3.30
0.99952
0.99953
0.99955
0.99957
0.99958
0.99960
0.99961
0.99962
0.99964
0.99965
3.40
0.99966
0.99968
0.99969
0.99970
0.99971
0.99972
0.99973
0.99974
0.99975
0.99976
3.50
0.99977
0.99978
0.99978
0.99979
0.99980
0.99981
0.99981
0.99982
0.99983
0.99983
3.60
0.99984
0.99985
0.99985
0.99986
0.99986
0.99987
0.99987
0.99988
0.99988
0.99989
3.70
0.99989
0.99990
0.99990
0.99990
0.99991
0.99991
0.99992
0.99992
0.99992
0.99992
3.80
0.99993
0.99993
0.99993
0.99994
0.99994
0.99994
0.99994
0.99995
0.99995
0.99995
3.90
0.99995
0.99995
0.99996
0.99996
0.99996
0.99996
0.99996
0.99996
0.99997
0.99997
4.00
0.99997
0.99997
0.99997
0.99997
0.99997
0.99997
0.99998
0.99998
0.99998
0.99998
Transcribed Image Text:2.60 0.99534 0.99547 0.99560 0.99573 0.99585 0.99598 0.99609 0.99621 0.99632 0.99643 2.70 0.99653 0.99664 0.99674 0.99683 0.99693 0.99702 0.99711 0.99720 0.99728 0.99736 2.80 0.99744 0.99752 0.99760 0.99767 0.99774 0.99781 0.99788 0.99795 0.99801 0.99807 2.90 0.99813 0.99819 0.99825 0.99831 0.99836 0.99841 0.99846 0.99851 0.99856 0.99861 3.00 0.99865 0.99869 0.99874 0.99878 0.99882 0.99886 0.99889 0.99893 0.99896 0.99900 3.10 0.99903 0.99906 0.99910 0.99913 0.99916 0.99918 0.99921 0.99924 0.99926 0.99929 3.20 0.99931 0.99934 0.99936 0.99938 0.99940 0.99942 0.99944 0.99946 0.99948 0.99950 3.30 0.99952 0.99953 0.99955 0.99957 0.99958 0.99960 0.99961 0.99962 0.99964 0.99965 3.40 0.99966 0.99968 0.99969 0.99970 0.99971 0.99972 0.99973 0.99974 0.99975 0.99976 3.50 0.99977 0.99978 0.99978 0.99979 0.99980 0.99981 0.99981 0.99982 0.99983 0.99983 3.60 0.99984 0.99985 0.99985 0.99986 0.99986 0.99987 0.99987 0.99988 0.99988 0.99989 3.70 0.99989 0.99990 0.99990 0.99990 0.99991 0.99991 0.99992 0.99992 0.99992 0.99992 3.80 0.99993 0.99993 0.99993 0.99994 0.99994 0.99994 0.99994 0.99995 0.99995 0.99995 3.90 0.99995 0.99995 0.99996 0.99996 0.99996 0.99996 0.99996 0.99996 0.99997 0.99997 4.00 0.99997 0.99997 0.99997 0.99997 0.99997 0.99997 0.99998 0.99998 0.99998 0.99998
Table values represent cumulative area under curve to left of z score
Second decimal place in z
0.00
0.01
0.02
0.03
0.04
0.05
0.06
0.07
0.08
0.09
-4.00
0.00003
0.00003
0.00003
0.00003
0.00003
0.00003
0.00002
0.00002
0.00002
0.00002
-3.90
0.00005
0.00005
0.00004
0.00004
0.00004
0.00004
0.00004
0.00004
0.00003
0.00003
-3.80
0.00007
0.00007
0.00007
0.00006
0.00006
0.00006
0.00006
0.00005
0.00005
0.00005
3.70
0.00011
0.00010
0.00010
0.00010
0.00009
0.00009
0.00008
0.00008
0.00008
0.00008
-3.60
0.00016
0.00015
0.00015
0.00014
0.00014
0.00013
0.00013
0.00012
0.00012
0.00011
-3.50
0.00023
0.00022
0.00022
0.00021
0.00020
0.00019
0.00019
0.00018
0.00017
0.00017
-3.40
0.00034
0.00032
0.00031
0.00030
0.00029
0.00028
0.00027
0.00026
0.00025
0.00024
-3.30
0.00048
0.00047
0.00045
0.00043
0.00042
0.00040
0.00039
0.00038
0.00036
0.00035
3.20
0.00069
0.00066
0.00064
0.00062
0.00060
0.00058
0.00056
0.00054
0.00052
0.00050
-3.10
0.00097
0.00094
0.00090
0.00087
0.00084
0.00082
0.00079
0.00076
0.00074
0.00071
-3.00
0.00135
0.00131
0.00126
0.00122
0.00118
0.00114
0.00111
0.00107
0.00104
0.00100
0.00169
0.00233
-2.90
0.00187
0.00181
0.00175
0.00164
0.00159
0.00154
0.00149
0.00144
0.00139
-2.80
0.00256
0.00248
0.00240
0.00226
0.00219
0.00212
0.00205
0.00199
0.00193
-2.70
0.00347
0.00336
0.00326
0.00317
0.00307
0.00298
0.00289
0.00280
0.00272
0.00264
-2.60
0.00466
0.00453
0.00440
0.00427
0.00415
0.00402
0.00391
0.00379
0.00368
0.00357
-2.50
0.00621
0.00604
0.00587
0.00570
0.00554
0.00539
0.00523
0.00508
0.00494
0.00480
-2.40
0.00820
0.00798
0.00776
0.00755
0.00734
0.00714
0.00695
0.00676
0.00657
0.00639
-2.30
0.01072
0.01044
0.01017
0.00990
0.00964
0.00939
0.00914
0.00889
0.00866
0.00842
-2.20
0.01390
0.01355
0.01321
0.01287
0.01255
0.01222
0.01191
0.01160
0.01130
0.01101
-2.10
0.01786
0.01743
0.01700
0.01659
0.01618
0.01578
0.01539
0.01500
0.01463
0.01426
-2.00
0.02275
0.02222
0.02169
0.02118
0.02068
0.02018
0.01970
0.01923
0.01876
0.01831
-1.90
0.02872
0.02807
0.02743
0.02680
0.02619
0.02559
0.02500
0.02442
0.02385
0.02330
-1.80
0.03593
0.03515
0.03438
0.03362
0.03288
0.03216
0.03144
0.03074
0.03005
0.02938
-1.70
0.04457
0.04363
0.04272
0.04182
0.04093
0.04006
0.03920
0.03836
0.03754
0.03673
-1.60
0.05480
0.05370
0.05262
0.05155
0.05050
0.04947
0.04846
0.04746
0.04648
0.04551
-1.50
0.06681
0.06552
0.06426
0.06301
0.06178
0.06057
0.05938
0.05821
0.05705
0.05592
-1.40
0.08076
0.07927
0.07780
0.07636
0.07493
0.07353
0.07215
0.07078
0.06944
0.06811
1.30
0.09680
0.09510
0.09342
0.09176
0.09012
0.08851
0.08691
0.08534
0.08379
0.08226
-1.20
0.11507
0.11314
0.11123
0.10935
0.10749
0.10565
0.10383
0.10204
0.10027
0.09853
-1.10
0.13567
0.13350
0.13136
0.12924
0.12714
0.12507
0.12302
0.12100
0.11900
0.11702
-1.00
0.15866
0.15625
0.15386
0.15151
0.14917
0.14686
0.14457
0.14231
0.14007
0.13786
-0.90
0.18406
0.18141
0.17879
0.17619
0.17361
0.17106
0.16853
0.16602
0.16354
0.16109
-0.80
0.21186
0.20897
0.20611
0.20327
0.20045
0.19766
0.19489
0.19215
0.18943
0.18673
-0.70
0.24196
0.23885
0.23576
0.23270
0.22965
0.22663
0.22363
0.22065
0.21770
0.21476
-0.60
0.27425
0.27093
0.26763
0.26435
0.26109
0.25785
0.25463
0.25143
0.24825
0.24510
-0.50
0.30854
0.30503
0.30153
0.29806
0.29460
0.29116
0.28774
0.28434
0.28096
0.27760
-0.40
0.34458
0.34090
0.33724
0.33360
0.32997
0.32636
0.32276
0.31918
0.31561
0.31207
-0.30
0.38209
0.37828
0.37448
0.37070
0.36693
0.36317
0.35942
0.35569
0.35197
0.34827
-0.20
0.42074
0.41683
0.41294
0.40905
0.40517
0.40129
0.39743
0.39358
0.38974
0.38591
-0.10
0.46017
0.45620
0.45224
0.44828
0.44433
0.44038
0.43644
0.43251
0.42858
0.42465
0.00 (negative)
0.00 (positive)
0.50000
0.49601
0.49202
0.48803
0.48405
0.48006
0.47608
0.47210
0.46812
0.46414
0.51197
0.55172
0.50000
0.50399
0.50798
0.51595
0.51994
0.52392
0.52790
0.53188
0.53586
0.10
0.53983
0.54380
0.54776
0.55567
0.55962
0.56356
0.56749
0.57142
0.57535
0.57926
0.61791
0.20
0.58317
0.58706
0.59095
0.59483
0.59871
0.60257
0.60642
0.61026
0.61409
0.30
0.62172
0.62552
0.62930
0.63307
0.63683
0.64058
0.64431
0.64803
0.65173
0.40
0.65542
0.65910
0.66276
0.66640
0.67003
0.67364
0.67724
0.68082
0.68439
0.68793
0.50
0.69146
0.69497
0.69847
0.70194
0.70540
0.70884
0.71226
0.71566
0.71904
0.72240
0.60
0.72575
0.72907
0.73237
0.73565
0.73891
0.74215
0.74537
0.74857
0.75175
0.75490
0.70
0.75804
0.76115
0.76424
0.76730
0.77035
0.77337
0.77637
0.77935
0.78230
0.78524
0.80
0.78814
0.79103
0.79389
0.79673
0.79955
0.80234
0.80511
0.80785
0.81057
0.81327
0.90
0.81594
0.81859
0.82121
0.82381
0.82639
0.82894
0.83147
0.83398
0.83646
0.83891
1.00
0.84134
0.84375
0.84614
0.84849
0.85083
0.85314
0.85543
0.85769
0.85993
0.86214
1.10
0.86433
0.86650
0.86864
0.87076
0.87286
0.87493
0.87698
0.87900
0.88100
0.88298
1.20
0.88493
0.88686
0.88877
0.89065
0.89251
0.89435
0.89617
0.89796
0.89973
0.90147
1.30
0.90320
0.90490
0.90658
0.90824
0.90988
0.91149
0.91309
0.91466
0.91621
0.91774
1.40
0.91924
0.92073
0.92220
0.92364
0.92507
0.92647
0.92785
0.92922
0.93056
0.93189
1.50
0.93319
0.93448
0.93574
0.93699
0.93822
0.93943
0.94062
0.94179
0.94295
0.94408
1.60
0.94520
0.94630
0.94738
0.94845
0.94950
0.95053
0.95154
0.95254
0.95352
0.95449
1.70
0.95543
0.95637
0.95728
0.95818
0.95907
0.95994
0.96080
0.96164
0.96246
0.96327
1.80
0.96407
0.96485
0.96562
0.96638
0.96712
0.96784
0.96856
0.96926
0.96995
0.97062
1.90
0.97128
0.97193
0.97257
0.97320
0.97381
0.97441
0.97500
0.97558
0.97615
0.97670
2.00
0.97725
0.97778
0.97831
0.97882
0.97932
0.97982
0.98030
0.98077
0.98124
0.98169
2.10
0.98214
0.98257
0.98300
0.98341
0.98382
0.98422
0.98461
0.98500
0.98537
0.98574
2.20
0.98610
0.98645
0.98679
0.98713
0.98745
0.98778
0.98809
0.98840
0.98870
0.98899
2.30
0.98928
0.98956
0.98983
0.99010
0.99036
0.99061
0.99086
0.99111
0.99134
0.99158
2.40
0.99180
0.99202
0.99224
0.99245
0.99266
0.99286
0.99305
0.99324
0.99343
0.99361
2.50
0.99379
0.99396
0.99413
0.99430
0.99446
0.99461
0.99477
0.99492
0.99506
0.99520
Transcribed Image Text:Table values represent cumulative area under curve to left of z score Second decimal place in z 0.00 0.01 0.02 0.03 0.04 0.05 0.06 0.07 0.08 0.09 -4.00 0.00003 0.00003 0.00003 0.00003 0.00003 0.00003 0.00002 0.00002 0.00002 0.00002 -3.90 0.00005 0.00005 0.00004 0.00004 0.00004 0.00004 0.00004 0.00004 0.00003 0.00003 -3.80 0.00007 0.00007 0.00007 0.00006 0.00006 0.00006 0.00006 0.00005 0.00005 0.00005 3.70 0.00011 0.00010 0.00010 0.00010 0.00009 0.00009 0.00008 0.00008 0.00008 0.00008 -3.60 0.00016 0.00015 0.00015 0.00014 0.00014 0.00013 0.00013 0.00012 0.00012 0.00011 -3.50 0.00023 0.00022 0.00022 0.00021 0.00020 0.00019 0.00019 0.00018 0.00017 0.00017 -3.40 0.00034 0.00032 0.00031 0.00030 0.00029 0.00028 0.00027 0.00026 0.00025 0.00024 -3.30 0.00048 0.00047 0.00045 0.00043 0.00042 0.00040 0.00039 0.00038 0.00036 0.00035 3.20 0.00069 0.00066 0.00064 0.00062 0.00060 0.00058 0.00056 0.00054 0.00052 0.00050 -3.10 0.00097 0.00094 0.00090 0.00087 0.00084 0.00082 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0.02743 0.02680 0.02619 0.02559 0.02500 0.02442 0.02385 0.02330 -1.80 0.03593 0.03515 0.03438 0.03362 0.03288 0.03216 0.03144 0.03074 0.03005 0.02938 -1.70 0.04457 0.04363 0.04272 0.04182 0.04093 0.04006 0.03920 0.03836 0.03754 0.03673 -1.60 0.05480 0.05370 0.05262 0.05155 0.05050 0.04947 0.04846 0.04746 0.04648 0.04551 -1.50 0.06681 0.06552 0.06426 0.06301 0.06178 0.06057 0.05938 0.05821 0.05705 0.05592 -1.40 0.08076 0.07927 0.07780 0.07636 0.07493 0.07353 0.07215 0.07078 0.06944 0.06811 1.30 0.09680 0.09510 0.09342 0.09176 0.09012 0.08851 0.08691 0.08534 0.08379 0.08226 -1.20 0.11507 0.11314 0.11123 0.10935 0.10749 0.10565 0.10383 0.10204 0.10027 0.09853 -1.10 0.13567 0.13350 0.13136 0.12924 0.12714 0.12507 0.12302 0.12100 0.11900 0.11702 -1.00 0.15866 0.15625 0.15386 0.15151 0.14917 0.14686 0.14457 0.14231 0.14007 0.13786 -0.90 0.18406 0.18141 0.17879 0.17619 0.17361 0.17106 0.16853 0.16602 0.16354 0.16109 -0.80 0.21186 0.20897 0.20611 0.20327 0.20045 0.19766 0.19489 0.19215 0.18943 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