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Author: Navidi

Publisher: MCGRAW-HILL CUSTOM PUBLISHING

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Chapter 8.2, Problem 20E

A sample of size n = 35 has sample mean x ¯ = 34.85 and sample standard deviation s = 17.9. .

Construct a 98% confidence interval for the population mean μ .
If the confidence level were 95%, would the confidence interval be narrower or wider?

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