Confidence Interval

Exercises

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 Question 1:
Find the critical value zc that corresponds to a 98%
confidence level.

A) ±2.33
B) ±1.645
C) ±1.96
D) ±2.575

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 Question 2:
Determine the sampling error if the grade point
averages for 10 randomly selected students from a class
of 125 students has a mean of x = 2.3. Assume the grade
point average of the 125 students has a mean of μ = 2.7.
A) -0.4
B) 2.5
C) 0.04
D) 2.1

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 Question 3:
Find the margin of error for the given values of c, σ, and
n.
c = 0.90, σ = 10.2, n = 75

A) 1.94
B) 0.22
C) 1.18
D) 1.06

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 Question 4:
Find the margin of error for the given values of c, σ, and
n.
c = 0.98, σ = 0.78, n = 150
A) 0.15
B) 0.08
C) 0.11
D) 0.12

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 Question 5:
Find the margin of error for the given values of c, σ, and
n.
c = 0.95, σ = 677, n = 40
A) $210
B) $77
C) $2891
D) $7

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 Question 6:
A random sample of 150 students has a grade point
average with a mean of 2.86. Assume the population
standard deviation is 0.78. Construct the confidence
interval for the population mean, μ, if c = 0.98.
A) (2.71, 3.01)
B) (2.51, 3.53)
C) (2.43, 3.79)
D) (2.31, 3.88)

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 Question 7:
A random sample of 40 students has a test score with x
= 81.5. Assume the population standard deviation is
10.2. Construct the confidence interval for the
population mean, μ if c = 0.90.
A) (78.8, 84.2)
B) (51.8, 92.3)
C) (66.3, 89.1)
D) (71.8, 93.5)

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 Question 8:
A random sample of 40 students has a mean annual
earnings of $3120. Assume the population standard
deviation is $677. Construct the confidence interval for
the population mean, μ if c = 0.95.
A) ($2910, $3330)
B) ($210, $110)
C) ($4812, $5342)
D) ($1987, $2346)

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 Question 9:
A random sample of 56 fluorescent light bulbs has a
mean life of 645 hours. Assume the population standard
deviation is 31 hours. Construct a 95% confidence
interval for the population mean.
A) (636.9, 653.1)
B) (539.6, 551.2)
C) (112.0, 118.9)
D) (712.0, 768.0)

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 Question 10:
A group of 49 randomly selected students has a mean
age of 22.4 years. Assume the population standard
deviation is 3.8. Construct a 98% confidence interval
for the population mean.
A) (21.1, 23.7)
B) (20.3, 24.5)
C) (19.8, 25.1)
D) (18.8, 26.3)

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 Question 11:
A group of 40 bowlers showed that their average score
was 192. Assume the population standard deviation is 8.
Find the 95% confidence interval of the mean score of
all bowlers.
A) (189.5, 194.5)
B) (186.5, 197.5)
C) (188.5, 195.6)
D) (187.3, 196.1)

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 Question 12:
In a random sample of 60 computers, the mean repair
cost was $150. Assume the population standard
deviation is $36. Construct a 90% confidence interval
for the population mean.
A) ($142, $158)
B) ($138, $162)
C) ($141, $159)
D) ($537, $654)

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 Question 13:
In a random sample of 60 computers, the mean repair
cost was $150. Assume the population standard
deviation is $36.
a) Construct the 99% confidence interval for the
population mean repair cost.
b) If the level of confidence was lowered to 95%, what
will be the effect on the confidence interval?

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 Question 14:
In a recent study of 42 eighth graders, the mean number
of hours per week that they watched television was
19.6. Assume the population standard deviation is 5.8
hours. Find the 98% confidence interval for the
population mean.
A) (17.5, 21.7)
B) (14.1, 23.2)
C) (18.3, 20.9)
D) (19.1, 20.4)

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 Question 15:
In a recent study of 67 eighth graders, the mean number
of hours per week that they watched television was
17.5. Assume the population standard deviation is 5.4
hours.
a) Find the 98% confidence interval of the mean.
b) If the standard deviation is doubled to 10.8, what will
be the effect on the confidence interval?

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 Question 16:
In a sample of 10 randomly selected women, it was
found that their mean height was 63.4 inches. From
previous studies, it is assumed that the standard
deviation σ is 2.4 and that the population of height
measurements is normally distributed. Construct the
95% confidence interval for the population mean.
A) (61.9, 64.9)
B) (58.1, 67.3)
C) (59.7, 66.5)
D) (60.8, 65.4)

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 Question 17:
In a sample of 10 randomly selected women, it was
found that their mean height was 63.4 inches. From
previous studies, it is assumed that the standard
deviation, σ, is 2.4 inches and that the population of
height measurements is normally distributed.
a) Construct the 99% confidence interval for the
population mean height of women.
b) If the sample size was doubled to 20 women, what
will be the effect on the confidence interval?

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 Question 18:
The numbers of advertisements seen or heard in one
week for 30 randomly selected people in the United
States are listed below. Construct a 95% confidence
interval for the true mean number of advertisements.
Assume that σ is 159.5.

598 494 441 595 728 690 684 486 735 808
481 298 135 846 764 317 649 732 582 677
734 588 590 540 673 727 545 486 702 703

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 Question 19:
The number of wins in a season for 32 randomly
selected professional football teams are listed below.
Construct a 90% confidence interval for the true mean
number of wins in a season. Assume that σ is 2.6.

9 9 9 8 10 9 7 2
11 10 6 4 11 9 8 8
12 10 7 5 12 6 4 3
12 9 9 7 10 7 7 5

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 Answers:
1 - 12) A
13) a) ($138, $162)
b) A decrease in the level of confidence will decrease the
width of the confidence interval.
14) A
15)
a) (16.0, 19.0)
b) An increase in the standard deviation will widen the
confidence interval.

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 Answers:
16) A

17) a) (61.4, 65.4)

b) An increase in the sample size will decrease the width of
the confidence interval.

18) (543.8, 658.0)

19) (7.2, 8.8)

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