Elementary Statistics: A Step-by-Step Approach with Formula Card 9th Edition

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Chapter 7 - Confidence Intervals and Sample - 7-2 Confidence Intervals for the Mean When σ Is Unknown - Exercises 7-2 - Page 387: 10

Answer

$25.7\lt\mu\lt33.9$

Work Step by Step

1. Based on the data set we can find $\bar X=29.8, s=6.2 , n=19 $ 2. At the 99% confidence and $df=18$, the critical t-value is $t_{\alpha/2}=2.88 $ (use table F) 3. The margin of error can be found as $E=2.88\times\frac{6.2}{\sqrt {19}}=4.1$ 4. Thus, the interval of the true mean can be estimated as $\bar X-E\lt\mu\lt\bar X+E$ which gives $25.7\lt\mu\lt33.9$
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