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Identify the following:

  1. x ¯ =_______
  2. s x =_______
  3. n =_______
  4. n – 1 =_______

Define the random variables X and X ¯ in words.

X is the number of hours a patient waits in the emergency room before being called back to be examined. X ¯ is the mean wait time of 70 patients in the emergency room.

Which distribution should you use for this problem?

Construct a 95% confidence interval for the population mean time spent waiting. State the confidence interval, sketch the graph, and calculate the error bound.

CI: (1.3808, 1.6192)

This is a normal distribution curve. The peak of the curve coincides with the point 1.5 on the horizontal axis.  A central region is shaded between points 1.38 and 1.62.

EBM = 0.12

Explain in complete sentences what the confidence interval means.


Use the following information to answer the next six exercises: One hundred eight Americans were surveyed to determine the number of hours they spend watching television each month. It was revealed that they watched an average of 151 hours each month with a standard deviation of 32 hours. Assume that the underlying population distribution is normal.

Identify the following:

  1. x ¯ =_______
  2. s x =_______
  3. n =_______
  4. n – 1 =_______
  1. x ¯ = 151
  2. s x = 32
  3. n = 108
  4. n – 1 = 107

Define the random variable X in words.

Define the random variable X ¯ in words.

X ¯ is the mean number of hours spent watching television per month from a sample of 108 Americans.

Which distribution should you use for this problem?

Construct a 99% confidence interval for the population mean hours spent watching television per month. (a) State the confidence interval, (b) sketch the graph, and (c) calculate the error bound.

CI: (142.92, 159.08)

This is a normal distribution curve. The peak of the curve coincides with the point 151 on the horizontal axis.  A central region is shaded between points 142.92 and 159.08.

EBM = 8.08

Why would the error bound change if the confidence level were lowered to 95%?


Use the following information to answer the next 13 exercises: The data in [link] are the result of a random survey of 39 national flags (with replacement between picks) from various countries. We are interested in finding a confidence interval for the true mean number of colors on a national flag. Let X = the number of colors on a national flag.

X Freq.
1 1
2 7
3 18
4 7
5 6

Calculate the following:

  1. x ¯ =______
  2. s x =______
  3. n =______
  1. 3.26
  2. 1.02
  3. 39

Define the random variable X ¯ in words.

What is x ¯ estimating?

μ

Is σ x known?

As a result of your answer to [link] , state the exact distribution to use when calculating the confidence interval.

t 38


Construct a 95% confidence interval for the true mean number of colors on national flags.

How much area is in both tails (combined)?

How much area is in each tail?

0.025

Calculate the following:

  1. lower limit
  2. upper limit
  3. error bound

The 95% confidence interval is_____.

(2.93, 3.59)

Fill in the blanks on the graph with the areas, the upper and lower limits of the Confidence Interval and the sample mean.

This is a template of a normal distribution curve with the central region shaded to represent a confidence interval. The residual areas are on either side of the shaded region. Blanks indicate that students should label the confidence level, residual areas, and points that define the confidence interval.

In one complete sentence, explain what the interval means.

We are 95% confident that the true mean number of colors for national flags is between 2.93 colors and 3.59 colors.

Using the same x ¯ , s x , and level of confidence, suppose that n were 69 instead of 39. Would the error bound become larger or smaller? How do you know?

The error bound would become EBM = 0.245. This error bound decreases because as sample sizes increase, variability decreases and we need less interval length to capture the true mean.

Using the same x ¯ , s x , and n = 39, how would the error bound change if the confidence level were reduced to 90%? Why?

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