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ISBN: 9781938168208

Author: Barbara Illowsky, Susan Dean

Publisher: OpenStax College

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Chapter 9, Problem 42P

Use the blowing information to answer the next seen exeircises: Suppose that a recent article stated that the mean time spent In Jail by a first-time convicted burglar Is 2.5 years. A study was then done to see If the mean time has increased In the new century. A random samp’e of 26 first-time convicted burglars In a recent year was picked. The mean length of time In Jail from the survey was three years with a standard deviation of 1.8 years. Suppose that It Is somehow known that the population standard deviation is 1.5. Conduct a hypothesis test to deteimine If the mean length of jail time has increased. Assume the distribution of the Jail times Is approximately normal.

What symbol represents the random variable for this test?

Features Features Normal distribution is characterized by two parameters, mean (µ) and standard deviation (σ). When graphed, the mean represents the center of the bell curve and the graph is perfectly symmetric about the center. The mean, median, and mode are all equal for a normal distribution. The standard deviation measures the data's spread from the center. The higher the standard deviation, the more the data is spread out and the flatter the bell curve looks. Variance is another commonly used measure of the spread of the distribution and is equal to the square of the standard deviation.

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