Introductory Statistics (10th Edition)
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Author: Neil A. Weiss
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Chapter 8.2, Problem 69E
Preliminary data analyses indicate that you can reasonably apply the z-interval procedure (Procedure 8.1 on page 339) in Exercises 8.69–8.74.
8.69 Venture-Capital Investments. Data on investments in the high-tech industry by venture capitalists are compiled by VentureOneCorporation and published in America’s Network Telecom Investor Supplement. A random sample of 18 venture-capital investments in the fiber optics business sector yielded the following data, in millions of dollars.
Determine and interpret a 95% confidence interval for the mean amount, μ, of all venture-capital investments in the fiber optics business sector. Assume that the population standard deviation is $2.04 million. (Note: The sum of the data is $113.97 million.)
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