You measure 45 textbooks' weights, and find they have a mean weight of 31 ounces. Assume the population standard deviation is 7.7 ounces. Based on this, construct a 99% confidence interval for the true population mean textbook weight. Give your answers as decimals, to two places

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You measure 45 textbooks' weights, and find they have a mean weight of 31 ounces. Assume the
population standard deviation is 7.7 ounces. Based on this, construct a 99% confidence interval for
the true population mean textbook weight .
Give your answers as decimals, to two places
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Obtain the 99% confidence interval for the true population mean text book weight.

The 99% confidence interval for the true population mean text book weight is obtained below as follows:

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Use EXCEL Procedure for finding the critical value of z.

 

Follow the instruction to obtain the critical value of z:

 

  1. Open EXCEL
  2. Go to Formula bar.
  3. In formula bar enter the function as“=NORMINV”
  4. Enter the probability as 0.995
  5. Enter the mean as 0 and the Standard deviation as 1.
  6. Click enter

 

EXCEL output:

 

From the EXCEL output, the critical value of z at the 99% confidence level is 2.576.

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