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A hypothesis regarding the weight of newborn infants at a community hospital is that the mean is 6.6 pounds. A sample of seven infants is randomly selected and their weights at birth are recorded as 9.0, 7.3, 6.0, 8.8, 6.8, 8.4, and 6.6 pounds. If α = .05, what is the critical t value?
Question 3 A researcher is interested in the relationship between the birth weights of infants and mothers' smoking habits. He uses the birth weight of an infant (ounces) and the average number of cigarettes the mother smokes per day during the pregnancy as the dependent and independent variables, y and x, respectively. Using a sample of size (1388 the following model is obtained by the method of least squares: y-119.770.514.x (3.15) (0.13) SE e the figures in brackets are the...
2. A small study (n=10) is designed to assess if there is an association between smoking in pregnancy and low birth weight. Low birth weight babies are those born less than 5.5 pounds. The following data represent the birth weights, in pounds, of babies born to mothers who reported smoking in pregnancy and those who did not. Mother smoked in pregnancy 5.0 4.2 4.8 3.3 3.9 Mother did not smoke during pregnancy 5.1 4.9 5.3 5.4 4.6 Is there a...
1. Newborn weight. A study takes a SRS from a population of full-term infants. The standard deviation of birth weights in this population is 2 pounds. Calculate 95% confidence intervals for μ for samples in which: a) n = 81 and = 7.0 pounds b) n = 9 and = 7.0 pounds c) Which sample provides the most precise estimate of the mean birth weight? d) Interpret the CI you computed in part a). 2. P-value and confidence interval. A...