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Answer questions 8.1.1, 8.1.2 and 8.1.3 respectively

Transcribed Image Text:8.1.1 WP For a normal population with known variance σ²,
answer the following questions:
a. What is the confidence level for the interval - 2.140/
√√n≤μ≤x+2.140/√n?

Transcribed Image Text:b. What is the confidence level for the interval - 2.490/
√√nx-2.496/√n≤μ≤ x+2.49/√n?
c. What is the confidence level for the interval - 1.850/
√√n≤μ≤x+1.850/√n?
μ
d. What is the confidence level for the interval µ≤x+
2.000/√n?
e. What is the confidence level for the interval - 1.960/
8.1.2 WP Consider the one-sided confidence interval expres-
sions for a mean of a normal population.
a. What value of z would result in a 90% CI?
b. What value of zo would result in a 95% CI?
c. What value of zo would result in a 99% CI?
8.1.3 A random sample has been taken from a normal distribu-
tion and the following confidence intervals constructed using the
same data: (38.02, 61.98) and (39.95, 60.05)
a. What is the value of the sample mean?
b. One of these intervals is a 95% CI and the other is a
90% CI. Which one is the 95% CI and why?
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