
MATLAB: An Introduction with Applications
6th Edition
ISBN: 9781119256830
Author: Amos Gilat
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
expand_more
expand_more
format_list_bulleted
Question

Transcribed Image Text:A school social worker wishes to estimate the mean amount of time each week that high school
students spend with friends. She obtains a random sample of 520 high school students and finds that
the mean weekly time spent with friends is 11.6 hours. The population standard deviation amount of
time spent with friends is 4.2 hours.
What is the lower bound for a 90% confidence interval for the true mean hours students spend with
friends?
(Round your answer to three decimal places.)
Expert Solution

This question has been solved!
Explore an expertly crafted, step-by-step solution for a thorough understanding of key concepts.
This is a popular solution
Trending nowThis is a popular solution!
Step by stepSolved in 4 steps with 4 images

Knowledge Booster
Similar questions
- Tina catches a 14-pound bass. She does not know the population mean or standard deviation. So she takes a sample of five friends and they say the last bass they caught was 9, 12, 13, 10, and 10 pounds. Find the t and calculate a 95% (α = .05) confidence interval.arrow_forwardIn a survey, 28 people were asked how much they spent on their child's last birthday gift. The results were roughly bell-shaped with a mean of $45 and standard deviation of $14. Construct a confidence interval at a 99% confidence level. Give your answers to one decimal place. ________+________arrow_forwardLook at the picturearrow_forward
- When forming a confidence interval for matched-pair data the point estimate is the Select one: O A. standard deviation of the differences. OB. differences of the standard deviations. O C. mean of the differences. O D. difference of the means.arrow_forwardIn a survey, 21 people were asked how much they spent on their child's last birthday gift. The results were roughly bell-shaped with a mean of $30.9 and standard deviation of $12.7. Estimate how much a typical parent would spend on their child's birthday gift (use a 90% confidence level). Give your answers to 3 decimal places. Express your answer in the format of a + E. $ 30.9 V + $ 4.770arrow_forwardA successful basketball player has a height of 6 feet 11 inches, or 211 cm. Based on statistics from a data set, his height converts to the z score of 5.17. How many standard deviations is his height above the mean?arrow_forward
- A professor was curious about her students' grade point averages. She took a random sample of 15 students and found a mean GPA of 3.01 with a standard deviation of 0.534. Which of the following formulas gives a 99% confidence interval for the mean GPA of the professor's students?arrow_forwardA survey of 32,782 adults in 2004 indicated that 24.6% of adults were current smokers. A similar study conducted in 1995 of 40,000 adults indicated that 29.7% were current smokers. a. Find and interpret a point estimate of the difference between the proportion of current smokers in 1995, and the proportion of current smokers in 2004. b. A 95% confidence interval for the true difference is (-0.058,-0.045). Interpret. c. What assumptions must you make for the confidence interval i part b to be valid? (…) a. Find a point estimate of the difference between the proportion of current smokers in 1995 and the proportion of current smokers in 2004. (Round to three decimal places as needed.)arrow_forwarda researcher wishes to develop an interval estimate for response scores on user surveys. She's not sure about the standard deviation, but in previous years the scores have ranged from 25 to 86. How large a sample should she draw if she wants to construct a 95% confidence interval level that will be within 3 points of the population mean score?arrow_forward
- Use z scores to compare the given values. The tallest living man at one time had a height of 252 cm. The shortest living man at that time had a height of 53.2 cm. Heights of men at that time had a mean of 172.68 cm and a standard deviation of 8.46 cm. Which of these two men had the height that was more extreme? see score past due Since the z score for the tallest man is z=] and the z score for the shortest man is z= the height that was more extreme. (Round to two decimal places.)arrow_forwardThe following is the number of hours of sleep obtained by eight college freshmen. Use the data to find a 92% confidence interval for the true mean number of hours of sleep by college freshmen. 7.5 8.0 6.5 24 8.5 6.5 7.0 7.5arrow_forward
arrow_back_ios
arrow_forward_ios
Recommended textbooks for you
- MATLAB: An Introduction with ApplicationsStatisticsISBN:9781119256830Author:Amos GilatPublisher:John Wiley & Sons IncProbability and Statistics for Engineering and th...StatisticsISBN:9781305251809Author:Jay L. DevorePublisher:Cengage LearningStatistics for The Behavioral Sciences (MindTap C...StatisticsISBN:9781305504912Author:Frederick J Gravetter, Larry B. WallnauPublisher:Cengage Learning
- Elementary Statistics: Picturing the World (7th E...StatisticsISBN:9780134683416Author:Ron Larson, Betsy FarberPublisher:PEARSONThe Basic Practice of StatisticsStatisticsISBN:9781319042578Author:David S. Moore, William I. Notz, Michael A. FlignerPublisher:W. H. FreemanIntroduction to the Practice of StatisticsStatisticsISBN:9781319013387Author:David S. Moore, George P. McCabe, Bruce A. CraigPublisher:W. H. Freeman

MATLAB: An Introduction with Applications
Statistics
ISBN:9781119256830
Author:Amos Gilat
Publisher:John Wiley & Sons Inc

Probability and Statistics for Engineering and th...
Statistics
ISBN:9781305251809
Author:Jay L. Devore
Publisher:Cengage Learning

Statistics for The Behavioral Sciences (MindTap C...
Statistics
ISBN:9781305504912
Author:Frederick J Gravetter, Larry B. Wallnau
Publisher:Cengage Learning

Elementary Statistics: Picturing the World (7th E...
Statistics
ISBN:9780134683416
Author:Ron Larson, Betsy Farber
Publisher:PEARSON

The Basic Practice of Statistics
Statistics
ISBN:9781319042578
Author:David S. Moore, William I. Notz, Michael A. Fligner
Publisher:W. H. Freeman

Introduction to the Practice of Statistics
Statistics
ISBN:9781319013387
Author:David S. Moore, George P. McCabe, Bruce A. Craig
Publisher:W. H. Freeman