The average zinc concentration recovered from a sample of measurements taken in 36 different locations in a river is found to be 2.6 grams per liter. Find the 95% confidence intervals for the mean zinc concentration in the river. Assume that the population standard deviation is 0.3 gram per liter.
Consider the region below
Let
Approximate the area of the region using six rectangles. Use the midpoints of each subinterval for the heights of the rectangles. The area is approximately how many square units?
The sample mean and population standard deviation are provided to you. Use this information to construct the confidence intervals for the population mean. Interpret the results and compare the widths of the confidence intervals.
From a random sample of 66 dates, the mean record high daily temperature in a certain city has a mean of . Assume the population standard deviation is
The confidence interval is
The confidence interval is
Which interval is wider?
Interpret the findings.
Consider the next 1000 98% Cis for mu that a statistical consultant will obtain for various clients. Suppose the data sets on which the intervals are based are selected independently of one another. How many of these 1000 intervals do you expect to capture the corresponding value of
What is the probability that between 970 and 990 of these intervals conta the corresponding value of Y =the number among the 1000 intervals that contain What kind of random variable is Y) (Use the normal approximation to the binomial distribution)
A catalog sales company promises to deliver orders placed on the Internet within three business days.
Follow-up calls to a few randomly selected customers show that a 95% confidence interval for the proportion of all orders that arrive on time is 88
a) What is the meaning of this? Are these findings accurate? Explain.
b) 95% of all random samples of customers will show that 88% of orders arrive on time.
c) 95% of all random samples of customers will show that 82% to 94% of orders arrive on time.
d) We are 95% sure that between 82% and 94% of the orders placed by the sampled customers arrived on time.
e) On 95% of the days, between 82% and 94% of the orders will arrive on time.