Statistics for Business and Economics, Student Value Edition (13th Edition)
13th Edition
ISBN: 9780134456997
Author: James T. McClave, P. George Benson, Terry Sincich
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 6.3, Problem 6.28LM
The following sample of 16 measurements was selected from a population that is approximately
| 91 | 80 | 99 | 110 | 95 | 106 | 78 | 121 | 106 | 100 | 97 | 82 |
| 100 | 83 | 115 | 104 |
- a. Construct an 80% confidence interval for the population mean.
- b. Construct a 95% confidence interval for the population mean and compare the width of this interval with that of part a.
- c. Carefully interpret each of the confidence intervals and explain why the 80% confidence interval is narrower.
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