You ask 16 people in your Statistics class what their grade is. The data appears to be distributed normally. You find a sample mean and sample standard deviation of 60 and 24, respectively. Construct and interpret a 95% confidence interval for the population mean class grade.
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- 1. Introduction to Statistics53m
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- 3. Describing Data Numerically1h 48m
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- 5. Binomial Distribution & Discrete Random Variables2h 55m
- 6. Normal Distribution & Continuous Random Variables1h 48m
- 7. Sampling Distributions & Confidence Intervals: Mean2h 8m
- 8. Sampling Distributions & Confidence Intervals: Proportion1h 20m
- 9. Hypothesis Testing for One Sample2h 23m
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7. Sampling Distributions & Confidence Intervals: Mean
Confidence Intervals for Population Mean
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Find the critical val. () for each confidence interval.
(A) Confidence Level =
A
2.73
B
2.44
C
1.69
D
2.03

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Step 1: Understand the problem. We are tasked with finding the critical value (t_{α⁄2}) for a given confidence level and sample size. The confidence level is 95%, and the sample size (n) is 35. The critical value is used in constructing confidence intervals for the population mean when the population standard deviation is unknown.
Step 2: Determine the degrees of freedom (df). The degrees of freedom for a t-distribution is calculated as df = n - 1, where n is the sample size. For this problem, df = 35 - 1.
Step 3: Identify the significance level (α). The confidence level is 95%, so the significance level is α = 1 - 0.95 = 0.05. Since we are looking for t_{α⁄2}, divide α by 2 to get α⁄2 = 0.05⁄2 = 0.025.
Step 4: Use a t-distribution table or statistical software to find the critical value t_{α⁄2}. Look up the value corresponding to α⁄2 = 0.025 and df = 34 in the t-distribution table. Alternatively, use statistical software to compute the value.
Step 5: Verify the critical value. Compare the obtained t_{α⁄2} value with the provided options (2.73, 2.44, 1.69, 2.03) to ensure it matches the correct answer.
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