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The ideal (daytime) noise-level for hospitals is 45
decibels with a standard deviation of 9 db; which is to say,
this may not be true. A simple random sample of 80
hospitals at a moment during the day gives a mean noise level of 47
db. Assume that the standard deviation of noise level for all
hospitals is really 9 db. All answers to two places after the
decimal.
(a) A 99% confidence interval for the actual mean noise level in
hospitals is ( ___db, ___ db).
(b) We can be 90% confident that the actual mean noise level in
hospitals is db with a margin of error of ___ db.
(c) Unless our sample (of 81 hospitals) is among the most unusual
2% of samples, the actual mean noise level in hospitals is between
___ db and ___ db.
(d) A 99.9% confidence interval for the actual mean noise level in
hospitals is (___ db, ___ db).
(e) Assuming our sample of hospitals is among the most typical half
of such samples, the actual mean noise level in hospitals is
between ___ db and ___db.
(f) We are 95% confident that the actual mean noise level in
hospitals is db, with a margin of error of ___db.
(g) How many hospitals must we examine to have 95% confidence that
we have the margin of error to within 0.25 db?
(h) How many hospitals must we examine to have 99.9% confidence
that we have the margin of error to within 0.25 db?