A sample of 51 recent graduates from a specific program yielded an average starting salary of $38,500 and a standard deviation of $2563. (a) Find the 95% confidence interval for the standard deviation in starting salary based on this sample. (b) Interpret the confidence interval for part (a) in the context of this problem

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Estimation

A new framework of data analysis where the new statistical methods are used for interpreting the results and analyzing the data is known as estimation in statistics.