Almost all employees working for financial companies in New York City receive large bonuses at the end of the year. A sample of 63 employees selected from financial companies in New York City showed that they received an average bonus of $50,000 last year with a standard deviation of $15,000. Construct a confidence interval for the average bonus that all employees working for financial companies in New York City received last year.
t critical value at 0.05 level with 62 df = 1.999
95% confidence interval for is
- t * S /
sqrt(n) <
<
+ t * S /
sqrt(n)
50000 - 1.999 * 15000 / sqrt(63) < < 50000 + 1.999
* 15000 / sqrt(63)
46222.25 < < 53777.75
95% CI is ( 46222.25 , 53777.75 )
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