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The mean and standard deviation of a random sample of n measurements are equal to 33.1 and 3.6, respectively.
a. Find a 95% confidence interval for u if n = 100.
b. Find a 95% confidence interval for u if n 400.
c. Find the widths of the confidence intervals found in parts a and b. What is the effect on the width of a confidence interval of quadrupling the sample size while holding the confidence
coefficient fixed?
a. The 95% confidence interval for μ if n = 100 is approximately ().
(Round to three decimal places as needed.)
b. The 95% confidence interval μ if n = 400 is approximately (
(Round to three decimal places as needed.)
c. Choose the correct answer below.
O A. Quadrupling the sample size while holding the confidence coefficient fixed decreases the width of the confidence interval by a factor of 4.
O B. Quadrupling the sample size while holding the confidence coefficient fixed increases the width of the confidence interval by a factor of 4.
OC. Quadrupling the sample size while holding the confidence coefficient fixed does not affect the width of the confidence interval.
O D. Quadrupling the sample size while holding the confidence coefficient fixed increases the width of the confidence interval by a factor of 2.
O E. Quadrupling the sample size while holding the confidence coefficient fixed decreases the width of the confidence interval by a factor of 2.
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Transcribed Image Text:The mean and standard deviation of a random sample of n measurements are equal to 33.1 and 3.6, respectively. a. Find a 95% confidence interval for u if n = 100. b. Find a 95% confidence interval for u if n 400. c. Find the widths of the confidence intervals found in parts a and b. What is the effect on the width of a confidence interval of quadrupling the sample size while holding the confidence coefficient fixed? a. The 95% confidence interval for μ if n = 100 is approximately (). (Round to three decimal places as needed.) b. The 95% confidence interval μ if n = 400 is approximately ( (Round to three decimal places as needed.) c. Choose the correct answer below. O A. Quadrupling the sample size while holding the confidence coefficient fixed decreases the width of the confidence interval by a factor of 4. O B. Quadrupling the sample size while holding the confidence coefficient fixed increases the width of the confidence interval by a factor of 4. OC. Quadrupling the sample size while holding the confidence coefficient fixed does not affect the width of the confidence interval. O D. Quadrupling the sample size while holding the confidence coefficient fixed increases the width of the confidence interval by a factor of 2. O E. Quadrupling the sample size while holding the confidence coefficient fixed decreases the width of the confidence interval by a factor of 2.
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Step 1: Determine the given information

For a random sample of n observations, it is obtained that:

The sample mean, x¯=33.1

And the sample standard deviation, s=3.6

The objective is to obtain the confidence interval for μ (population mean) with the desired confidence of 95%.

As the population variance, σ2 is unknown, the t-critical value is to be considered.




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