Statistics: Informed Decisions Using Data (4th Edition)

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Chapter 14 - Section 14.1 - Assess Your Understanding - Applying the Concepts - Page 691: 19c

Answer

Confidence interval: $-4.583\lt β_1\lt2.703$ We are 95% confident that $β_1$ is between -4.583 and 2.703

Work Step by Step

$n=10$, so: $d.f.=n-2=8$ $level~of~confidence=(1-α).100$% $95$% $=(1-α).100$% $0.95=1-α$ $α=0.05$ $t_{\frac{α}{2}}=t_{0.025}=2.306$ (According to Table VI, for d.f. = 8 and area in right tail = 0.025) $Lower~bound=b_1-t_{\frac{α}{2}}\frac{s_e}{\sqrt {Σ(x_i-x ̅)^2}}$ $Upper~bound=b_1+t_{\frac{α}{2}}\frac{s_e}{\sqrt {Σ(x_i-x ̅)^2}}$ Now, see the results obtained in the MINITAB in item (b). We can find the lower and upper bounds using the results from MINITAB. Use $\frac{s_e}{\sqrt {Σ(x_i-x ̅)^2}}=SE~Coef$ $Lower~bound=b_1-t_{\frac{α}{2}}(SE~Coef)=-0.94-2.306\times1.58=-4.583$ $Upper~bound=b_1+t_{\frac{α}{2}}(SE~Coef)=-0.94+2.306\times1.58=2.703$
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