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Whenever the population standard deviation is unknown and the population has a normal or near-normal distribution, which distribution is used in developing an interval estimation?
From a population that is not normally distributed and whose standard deviation is not known, a sample of 6 items is selected to develop an interval estimate for the mean of the population (m).
A sample of 200 elements from a population with a known standard deviation is selected. For an interval estimation of m, the proper distribution to use is the:
An estimate of a population parameter that provides an interval of values believed to contain the value of the parameter is known as the:
A quality control technician is checking the weights of a product. She takes a random sample of 8 units and weighs each unit. The observed weights are shown below. Assume the population has a normal
In a poll of 600 voters in a campaign to eliminate non-returnable beverage containers, 210 of the voters were opposed. Develop a 92% confidence interval estimate for the proportion of all the voters
Assuming the standard deviation of the population is 1.28, determine the size of the sample.
In a random sample of 400 residents of Chattanooga, 320 residents indicated that they voted for the Democratic candidate in the last presidential election. Develop a 95% confidence interval estimate
Evaluate the decision alternatives open to the company using decision trees.Which alternative should be followed by the Planwell company and what return can be expected?
What size sample would be required to estimate the proportion of hospital referrals with a margin of error of 0.04 or less at 95% confidence?
The average score of a sample of 87 senior business majors at UTC who took the Graduate Management Admission Test was 510 with a standard deviation of 36. Provide a 98% confidence interval for the m
The manager of a grocery store wants to determine what proportion of people who enter his store are his regular customers. What size sample should he take so that at 97% confidence the margin of err
The monthly starting salaries of students who receive an MBA degree have a population standard deviation of $110. What size sample should be selected to obtain a 0.95 probability of estimating the m
A sample of 36 patients in a doctor's office showed that they had to wait an average of 45 minutes with a standard deviation of 10 minutes before they could see the doctor. Provide a 90% confidence
If the standard deviation of the lifetime of a vacuum cleaner is estimated to be 300 hours, how large of a sample must be taken in order to be 97% confident that the margin of error will not exceed
A coal company wants to determine a 95% confidence interval estimate for the average daily tonnage of coal that they mine. Assuming that the company reports that the standard deviation of daily outp
Assume that a sample of 62 students was selected (with the same mean and the standard deviation). Provide a 95% confidence interval estimate for the average number of hours that all college freshmen
A sample of 121 cars traveling on the highway revealed an average speed of 60 miles per hour with a standard deviation of 11 miles per hour. Determine a 95% confidence interval estimate for the spee
Computer Services, Inc. wants to determine a confidence interval for the average CPU time of their teleprocessing transactions. A sample of 64 transactions yielded a mean of 6 seconds with a standar
what size sample would be required to estimate the proportion of unemployed college students if we want the margin of error not to exceed 3 percent?
Six hundred consumers were asked whether they would like to purchase a domestic or a foreign automobile. Their responses are given below.
An Excel printout of the descriptive measures of daily checking account balances (in dollars) of customers of First Daisy Bank is shown below. Develop a 95% confidence interval estimate for the mean
Information regarding the price of a roll of camera film (35 mm, 24 exposure) for a sample of 12 cities worldwide is shown below. Determine a 95% confidence interval for the population mean.
A small stock brokerage firm wants to determine the average daily sales (in dollars) of stocks to their clients. A sample of the sales for 36 days revealed average daily sales of $200,000. Assume t
A random sample of 81 children with working mothers showed that they were absent from school an average of 6 days per term with a standard deviation of 1.8 days. Provide a 95% confidence interval fo