A First Course in Probability (10th Edition)
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In a set of experiments, a physicist makes multiple independent measurements of an electric field. In total, 1600 measurements are made, and we find that the standard deviation of the measurements is 2 V/m, and the mean is 100.0 V/m. Measured in Volts per metre, what is the width of the 95% confidence interval for the value of the field?
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