The following data represent the pH of rain for a random sample of 12 rain dates. A normal probability plot suggests the data could come from a population that is normally distributed. A boxplot indicates there are no outliers. Complete parts a) through d) below. 5.30 5.72 4 58 4.89 4.80 5.02 4.74 5.19 5.43 4.76 4.56 5.70 Click the icon to view the table of critical t-values. (a) Determine a point estimate for the population mean. A point estimate for the population mean is 5.06. (Round to two decimal places as needed.) (b) Construct and interpret a 95% confidence interval for the mean pH of rainwater. Select the correct choice below and fill in the answer boxes to complete your choice. (Use ascending order. Round to two decimal places as needed.) O A. If repeated samples are taken, 95% of them will have a sample pH of rain water between and O B. There is a 95% probability that the true mean pH of rain water is between and O C. There is 95% confidence that the population mean pH of rain water is between and
Continuous Probability Distributions
Probability distributions are of two types, which are continuous probability distributions and discrete probability distributions. A continuous probability distribution contains an infinite number of values. For example, if time is infinite: you could count from 0 to a trillion seconds, billion seconds, so on indefinitely. A discrete probability distribution consists of only a countable set of possible values.
Normal Distribution
Suppose we had to design a bathroom weighing scale, how would we decide what should be the range of the weighing machine? Would we take the highest recorded human weight in history and use that as the upper limit for our weighing scale? This may not be a great idea as the sensitivity of the scale would get reduced if the range is too large. At the same time, if we keep the upper limit too low, it may not be usable for a large percentage of the population!
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