In: Statistics and Probability
1. To estimate the mean cholesterol levels of people in Broward County, a blood test on 21 randomly selected people was conducted and yielded a mean triglyceride level of 224, with a standard deviation of 12. Construct a 95% confidence interval for the true average cholesterol level of people in Broward County. Round your answer to three decimal places. (3 points)
Solution :
Given that,
 = 224
s = 12
n = 21
Degrees of freedom = df = n - 1 = 21- 1 = 20
a ) At 95% confidence level the t is ,
 = 1 - 95% = 1 - 0.95 = 0.05
  / 2 = 0.05 / 2 =
0.025
t
 /2,df =
t0.025,20 =2.086
Margin of error = E = t
/2,df * (s /n)
= 2.086 * (12/ 21) = 5.462
The 95% confidence interval estimate of the population mean is,
 - E < 
 < 
 + E
224. - 5.462 < 
 < 224+ 5.462
218.538 < 
 < 229.462
c .(218.538, 229.462)