Statistics: Informed Decisions Using Data (4th Edition)

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Chapter 9 - Section 9.2 - Assess Your Understanding - Vocabulary and Skill Building - Page 448: 21a

Answer

Confidence interval: $16.85\lt x ̅\lt19.95$

Work Step by Step

$n=35$, so: $d.f.=n-1=34$ $level~of~confidence=(1-α).100$% $95$% $=(1-α).100$% $0.95=1-α$ $α=0.05$ $t_{\frac{α}{2}}=t_{0.025}=2.032$ (According to Table VI, for d.f. = 34 and area in right tail = 0.025) $Lower~bound=x ̅-t_{\frac{α}{2}}.\frac{s}{\sqrt n}=18.4-2.032\times\frac{4.5}{\sqrt {35}}=16.85$ $Upper~bound=x ̅+t_{\frac{α}{2}}.\frac{s}{\sqrt n}=18.4+2.032\times\frac{4.5}{\sqrt {35}}=19.95$
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