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: 5

Answer

$74.6\lt\mu\lt86.8$

Work Step by Step

Based on the given data set, we can find $\bar X=80.7, s=11.74, n=12$ At the 90% confidence and $df=11$, the critical t-value is $t_{\alpha/2}=1.8$ (use table F) the margin of error can be found as $E=1.8\times\frac{11.74}{\sqrt {12}}=6.1$ Thus, the interval of the true mean can be estimated as $\bar X-E\lt\mu\lt\bar X+E$ which gives $74.6\lt\mu\lt86.8$
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