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Assume that we want to construct a confidence interval. Do one of the following, as appropriate: (a) find the critical value
normal distribution nor the t distribution applies.
tα/2,
(b) find the critical value
zα/2,
or (c) state that neither the Here are summary statistics for randomly selected weights of newborn girls:
n=236,
x=31.6
hg,
s=6.9
hg. The confidence level is
90%.
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