The heights of a random sample of 40 college students showed a mean of 181.7 centimeters and a standard deviation of 6.9 centimeters. (a) Construct a 98% confidence interval for the mean height of all college students. (b) What can we assert with 98% confidence about the possible size of our error if we estimate the mean height of all college students to be 181.7 centimeters? (a) The confidence interval is ____ < u < ________ (Round to two decimal places as needed.) b)What can we assert with 98% confidence about the possible size of our error if we estimate the mean height of all college students to be 181.7 centimeters?
The heights of a random sample of 40 college students showed a mean of 181.7 centimeters and a standard deviation of 6.9 centimeters. (a) Construct a 98% confidence interval for the mean height of all college students. (b) What can we assert with 98% confidence about the possible size of our error if we estimate the mean height of all college students to be 181.7 centimeters? (a) The confidence interval is ____ < u < ________ (Round to two decimal places as needed.) b)What can we assert with 98% confidence about the possible size of our error if we estimate the mean height of all college students to be 181.7 centimeters?
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The heights of a random sample of 40 college students showed a mean of 181.7 centimeters and a standard deviation of 6.9 centimeters.
(a) Construct a 98% confidence interval for the mean height of all college students.
(b) What can we assert with 98% confidence about the possible size of our error if we estimate the mean height of all college students to be 181.7 centimeters?
(a) The confidence interval is ____ < u < ________
(Round to two decimal places as needed.)
b)What can we assert with 98% confidence about the possible size of our error if we estimate the mean height of all college students to be 181.7 centimeters?
Transcribed Image Text:Areas under the Normal Curve
Areas under the Normal Curve
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-3.4
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-3.3 0.0005 0.0005 0.0005 0.0004
-3.2 0.0007 0.0007 0.0006 0.0006
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0.9992 0.9992 0.9993 0.9993 3.1
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Transcribed Image Text:Critical Values of the t-Distribution
Critical Values of the t-Distribution
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0.727
1.376
1.963
3.078
6.314
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42.433
63.656
127.321
636.578
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0.617
1.061
1.386
1.886
2.920
4.303
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4.849
5.643
6.965
8.073
9.925
14.089
31.600
3
0.277
0.584
0.978
1.250
1.638
2.353
3.182
3
3.482
3.896
4.541
5.047
5.841
7.453
12.924
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0.271
0.569
0.941
1.190
1.533
2.132
2.776
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3.298
3.747
4.088
4.604
5.598
8.610
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0.267
0.559
0.920
1.156
1.476
2.015
2.571
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3.003
3.365
3.634
4.032
4.773
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0.553
0.906
1.134
1.440
1.943
2.447
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2.612
2.829
3.143
3.372
3.707
4.317
5.959
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0.263
0.549
0.896
1.119
1.415
1.895
2.365
7
2.517
2.715
2.998
3.203
3.499
4.029
5.408
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0.262
0.546
0.889
1.108
1.397
1.860
2.306
8
2.449
2.634
2.896
3.085
3.355
3.833
5.041
9
0.261
0.543
0.883
1.100
1.383
1.833
2.262
9
2.398
2.574
2.821
2.998
3.250
3.690
4.781
10
0.260
0.542
0.879
1.093
1.372
1.812
2.228
10
2.359
2.527
2.764
2.932
3.169
3.581
4.587
11
0.260
0.540
0.876
1.088
1.363
1.796
2.201
11
2.328
2.491
2.718
2.879
3.106
3.497
4.437
12
0.259
0.539
0.873
1.083
1.356
1.782
2.179
12
2.303
2.461
2.681
2.836
3.055
3.428
4.318
13
0.259
0.538
0.870
1.079
1.350
1.771
2.160
13
2.282
2.436
2.650
2.801
3.012
3.372
4.221
14
0.258
0.537
0.868
1.076
1.345
1.761
2.145
14
2.264
2.415
2.624
2.771
2.977
3.326
4.140
15
0.258
0.536
0.866
1.074
1.341
1.753
2.131
15
2.249
2.397
2.602
2.746
2.947
3.286
4.073
16
0.258
0.535
0.865
1.071
1.337
1.746
2.120
16
2.235
2.382
2.583
2.724
2.921
3.252
4.015
17
0.257
0.534
0.863
1.069
1.333
1.740
2.110
17
2.224
2.368
2.567
2.706
2.898
3.222
3.965
18
0.257
0.534
0.862
1.067
1.330
1.734
2.101
18
2.214
2.356
2.552
2.689
2.878
3.197
3.922
19
0.257
0.533
0.861
1.066
1.328
1.729
2.093
2.205
2.346
2.539
2.674
2.861
3.174
3.883
20
0.257
0.533
0.860
1.064
1.325
1.725
2.086
20
2.197
2.336
2.528
2.661
2.845
3.153
3.850
21
0.257
0.532
0.859
1.063
1.323
1.721
2.080
21
2.189
2.328
2.518
2.649
2.831
3.135
3.819
22
0.256
0.532
0.858
1.061
1.321
1.717
2.074
22
2.183
2.320
2.508
2.639
2.819
3.119
3.792
23
0.256
0.532
0.858
1.060
1.319
1.714
2.069
23
2.177
2.313
2.500
2.629
2.807
3.104
3.768
24
0.256
0.531
0.857
1.059
1.318
1.711
2.064
24
2.172
2.307
2.492
2.620
2.797
3.091
3.745
25
0.256
0.531
0.856
1.058
1.316
1.708
2.060
25
2.167
2.301
2.485
2.612
2.787
3.078
3.725
26
0.256
0.531
0.856
1.058
1.315
1.706
2.056
27
0.256
0.531
0.855
1.057
1.314
1.703
2.052
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0.530
0.855
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1.701
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1.699
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1.697
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40
0.255
0.529
0.851
1.050
1.303
1.684
2.021
60
0.254
0.527
0.848
1.045
1.296
1.671
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0.526
0.845
1.041
1.289
1.658
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2.598
2.771
3.057
3.689
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2.286
2.467
2.592
2.763
3.047
3.674
2.150
2.282
2.462
2.586
2.756
3.038
3.660
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2.147
2.278
2.457
2.581
2.750
3.030
3.646
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2.123
2.250
2.423
2.542
2.704
2.971
3.551
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2.099
2.223
2.390
2.504
2.660
2.915
3.460
2.076
2.196
2.358
2.468
2.617
2.860
3.373
2.054
2.170
2.326
2.432
2.576
2.807
3.290
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