The formula for calculating confidence interval for true population mean is given by:
where,
Given:
Critical value: For 95% confidence,
Calculation of 95% confiednce interval for :
So the 95% confidence interval for the true population average is calculated as 50.81 to 51.79, i.e.,
The burning rate of solid propellant used to power aircrew escape systems is normally distributed with...
The burning rates of two different solid-fuel propellants used in aircrew escape systems are being studied. It is known that both propellants have approximately the same standard deviation of burning rate; that is, = = 3cm/s. Two random samples of = 20 and = 20 specimens are tested; the sample mean burning rates are = 18.02cm/s and = 24.37cm/s. Test the hypothesis that both propellants have the same mean burning rate. Use a fixed level test with α= 0.05. To...
The burning rates of two different solid-fuel propellants used in aircrew escape systems are being studied. It is known that both propellants have the same standard deviation of burning rate; σ1 = σ2 = 3 centimetres per second. Two random samples of n1 = n2 = 20 are tested; the sample mean burning rates are 8 and 24 centimetres per second respectively. Construct a 95% upper bound on the difference in means μ1 − μ2. Please report your answer in...
The combustion rate of two solid propellants that are used in exhaust systems is studied emergency of airplanes. It is known that the combustion rate of the two propellants is distributed normally with standard deviations σ1 = 3 cm / s and σ2 = 2.9 cm / s. Two samples are tested size 20 random samples, one for each propellant, and the resulting sample means for the rate of combustion are: x̅̅1̅ = 18 cm / s and x̅̅2̅ =...
Suppose a random sample of size 17 was taken from a normally distributed population, and the sample standard deviation was calculated to be s = 5.0. a) Calculate the margin of error for a 95% confidence interval for the population mean. Round your response to at least 3 decimal places. b) Calculate the margin of error for a 90% confidence interval for the population mean. Round your response to at least 3 decimal places.
25> Consider a variable known to be Normally distributed with unknown mean μ and known standard deviation σ-10. (a) what would be the margin of error of a 95% confidence interval for the population mean based on a random sample size of 25? The multiplier for a z confidence interval with a 95% confidence level is the critical value z. 1.960. (Enter your answer rounded to three decimal places.) margin of error 25 (b) What would be the margin of...
Suppose that the wait times for patients in an emergency room are normally distributed with an unknown mean and standard deviation. A random sample of 18 patients is taken and gives a sample mean of 25 minutes and a sample standard deviation of 2 minutes. As found above, the EBM, margin of error, for a 95% confidence interval estimate for the population mean using the Student's t-distribution is 0.99. Find a 95% confidence interval estimate for the population mean using...
1. (8.1) You draw a sample of size 30 from a normally distributed population with a standard deviation of 4. The sample mean is 41. a. If you want to construct a 95% confidence interval, how much probability will be in each tail of the distribution? b. Find the margin of error for a 95% confidence interval. c. Construct and write a statement interpreting a 95% confidence interval.
1. A random sample of size n is drawn from a population that is normally distributed with a standard deviation of 8. The sample mean is found to be 50. 1.a) Construct a 98% confidence interval (CI) for the population mean uif the sample size is 16. The critical value used is The (margin of) error for the 98% confidence interval (C.I.) is The resulting Cl is 1.b) Construct a 95% confidence interval for the population mean u if the...
1 pts Question 9 The burning rates of two different solid-fuel propellants used in air crew escape systems are being studied. It is known that both propellants have approximately the same standard deviation of burning rate, with a value of 3 cm/s. Two random samples of size 20 each are tested; the sample means are recorded as 18 and 24 cm/s. What type of hypothesis tests would be most appropriate if we wanted to test the hypothesis that both propellants...
simple random sample of size n is drawn from a population that is normally distributed. The sample mean, X. is found to be 111, and the sample standard deviation is found to be 10. a) Construct a 95% confidence interval about if the sample size, n, is 28. b) Construct a 95% confidence interval about if the sample size, n, is 11 c) Construct a 90% confidence interval about if the sample size, n, is 28 ) Could we have...