Question

A historian wants to estimate the average age at marriage for women in New England in the early nineteenth century. Within her state archives, she finds marriage records for the years 1800-1820. She takes a sample of 100 of those records, noting the age of the bride for each. The average age of the brides in the sample is 24.1 years. Using a statistical method, she finds a margin of error and estimates that the average age of brides in this population was between 23.5 and 24.7 (a)Match each term with the appropriate description a. The 100 women chosen cDescription b. The prediction that the average age of all brides living in New England in the early nineteenth century is between 23.5 and 24.7 years. bInference c.A list of the ages at marriage of all the 100 women dDatad. The average age was 24.1 years old

Answer 1

a Sample

d Description

b Inference

c Data$.$