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Which cookie has the most chips?

Is there a difference in the number of chocolate chips in Chips Ahoy cookies versus the
number of chocolate chips in Meijer brand cookies? Each pair of students will count the
number of chocolate chips in 1 Chips Ahoy cookie and 1 Meijer Chipsters cookie. Due to
the factory processes, we can assume the population distribution of # of chips are
approximately normal and that the samples are random for each type of cookie.

1. Record the number of chocolate chips in each cookie. Write them on the board.

22
# in Chips Ahoy = _______ 18
# in Meijer Chipsters = _______

2. Find the mean number of chocolate chips for each type of cookie, the standard
deviation for each type of cookie, and the difference of means.
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Chips Ahoy: x1 = 21.56 Meijer Chipsters: x2 = 18.2? Difference: x1 - x2 = 3.34

s1 = 2.49 s2 = 4.51

3. If we repeated this process many times and created a dotplot of our statistics, we would
have the sampling distribution of x1 - x2 . Describe the shape, center and variability of the
sampling distribution.

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4. Have the conditions for constructing a confidence interval been met? Explain.
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6. Do we have convincing evidence that there is a difference in the average number of
contained
chocolate chips in a Chips Ahoy and a Meijer Chipsters cookie?
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Confidence Intervals for a Difference in Means

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Check Your Understanding

The most recent American Time Use Survey, conducted by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, found
that many Americans barely spend any time reading for fun. People ages 15 to 19 average only 7.8
minutes of leisurely reading per day with a standard deviation of 5.4 minutes. However, people ages
75 and over read for an average of 43.8 minutes per day with a standard deviation of 35.5 minutes.
These results were based on random samples of 975 people ages 15 to 19 and 1050 people ages
75 and over.

Construct and interpret a 95% confidence interval for the difference in mean amount of time
(minutes) that people age 15 to 19 and people ages 75 and over read per day.

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true difference in mean amount of time in minutes, ,

people spend reading ( Age 15to 19 -

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95% confidence level

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