Statistics for Business and Economics (13th Edition)
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Author: James T. McClave, P. George Benson, Terry Sincich
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Chapter 6.7, Problem 6.97ACB
Oil content of fried sweet potato chips. The characteristics of sweet potato chips fried at different temperatures were investigated in the Journal of Food Engineering (September 2013). A sample of 6 sweet potato slices were fried at 130° using a vacuum fryer. One characteristic of interest to the researchers was internal oil content (measured in millions of grams). The results were:
- a. Identify the target parameter, in symbols and words.
- b. Compute a 95% confidence interval for σ2.
- c. What does it mean to say that the target parameter lies within the interval with “95% confidence”?
- d. What assumption about the data must be satisfied in order for the confidence interval to be valid?
- e. To obtain a practical interpretation of the interval, part b, explain why a confidence interval for the standard deviation, σ, is desired.
- f. Use the results, part b, to compute a 95% confidence interval for σ. Give a practical interpretation of the interval.
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