A study of the ages of motorcyclists killed in crashes involves the random selection of
150150
drivers with a mean of
34.7634.76
years. Assuming that
sigmaσequals=8.68.6
years, construct and interpret a
9999%
confidence interval estimate of the mean age of all motorcyclists killed in crashes. Click here to view a t distribution table.
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What is the
9999%
confidence interval for the population mean
muμ?
nothing less than<muμless than<nothing
(Round to two decimal places as needed.)
Notice that the confidence interval limits do not include ages below 20 years. What does this mean?
A.
The mean age of the sample will most likely not be less than 20 years old.
B.
Motorcyclists under the age of 20 never die in crashes.
C.
The mean age of the population will most likely not be less than 20 years old.
D.
The mean age of the population will never be less than 20 years old
Solution :
Given that,
Point estimate = sample mean =
= 34.76
Population standard deviation =
= 8.6
Sample size = n = 150
At 99% confidence level
= 1 - 99%
= 1 - 0.99 =0.01
/2
= 0.005
Z/2
= Z0.005 = 2.576
Margin of error = E = Z/2
* (
/n)
= 2.576 * ( 8.6 / 150
)
= 1.81
At 99% confidence interval estimate of the population mean is,
- E <
<
+ E
34.76 - 1.81 < < 34.76 + 1.81
(32.95 <
< 36.57)
correct option is = A.
The mean age of the sample will most likely not be less than 20 years old.
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