Suppose you are a researcher in a hospital. You are experimenting with a new tranquilizer. You collect data from a random sample of 10 patients. The period of effectiveness of the tranquilizer for each patient (in hours) is as follows:  Hours 2.1 2.2 2.7 2 2.3 2.4 2.9 2.7 2.3 2.3

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Suppose you are a researcher in a hospital. You are experimenting with a new tranquilizer. You collect data from a random sample of 10 patients. The period of effectiveness of the tranquilizer for each patient (in hours) is as follows: 

Hours
2.1
2.2
2.7
2
2.3
2.4
2.9
2.7
2.3
2.3

What is a point estimate for the population mean length of time. (Round answer to 2 decimal places)

Construct a 95% confidence interval for the population mean length of time. (Round the critical value to 3 decimal places. Round upper and lower bounds to 2 decimal places.) 

 

You are interested in estimating the the mean weight of the local adult population of female white-tailed deer (doe). From past data, you estimate that the standard deviation of all adult female white-tailed deer in this region to be 27 pounds. What sample size would you need to in order to estimate the mean weight of all female white-tailed deer, with a 96% confidence level, to within 5 pounds of the actual weight? (Use Excel to find the appropriate critical value and round to 3 decimal places.)

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