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 388: 15

Answer

$28.4\lt\mu\lt38.0$

Work Step by Step

Given $n=14, \bar X=33.2, s=8.3$, at a 95% confidence and $df=13$, the critical t-value is $t_{\alpha/2}=2.16 $ (use table F) The margin of error can be found as $E=2.16\times\frac{8.3}{\sqrt {14}}=4.8$ Thus, the interval of the true mean can be estimated as $\bar X-E\lt\mu\lt\bar X+E$ which gives $28.4\lt\mu\lt38.0$
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