A magazine includes a report on the energy costs per year for 32-inch liquid crystal display (LCD) televisions. The article states that 14 randomly selected 32-inch LCD televisions have a sample standard deviation of $3.78. Assume the sample is taken from a normally distributed population. Construct 98% confidence intervals for (a) the population variance o² and (b) the population standard deviation o. Interpret the results. ... (a) The confidence interval for the population variance is .. (Round to two decimal places as needed.)

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A magazine includes a report on the energy costs per year for 32-inch liquid crystal display (LCD) televisions.
The article states that 14 randomly selected 32-inch LCD televisions have a sample standard deviation of
$3.78. Assume the sample is taken from a normally distributed population. Construct 98% confidence intervals
for (a) the population variance of and (b) the population standard deviation 6. Interpret the results.
(a) The confidence interval for the population variance is
(Round to two decimal places as needed.)
Transcribed Image Text:A magazine includes a report on the energy costs per year for 32-inch liquid crystal display (LCD) televisions. The article states that 14 randomly selected 32-inch LCD televisions have a sample standard deviation of $3.78. Assume the sample is taken from a normally distributed population. Construct 98% confidence intervals for (a) the population variance of and (b) the population standard deviation 6. Interpret the results. (a) The confidence interval for the population variance is (Round to two decimal places as needed.)
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