Statistics (13th Edition)
13th Edition
ISBN: 9780134080215
Author: James T. McClave, Terry T Sincich
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 7.6, Problem 116ACI
a.
To determine
To construct: The 90% confidence
b.
To determine
To construct: The 90% confidence interval to estimate the standard deviation of the cough improvement scores of the children who were given DM cough medicine.
c.
To determine
To explain: Whether it is possible to determine the group with the smaller variation in the scores of cough improvement.
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Statistics (13th Edition)
Ch. 7.2 - Define the target parameter.
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