Question

The following data represent crime rates per 1000 population for a random sample of 46 Denver neighborhoods.† 63.2 36.3 26.2 53.2 65.3 32.0 65.0 66.3 68.9 35.2 25.1 32.5 54.0 42.4 77.5 123.2 66.3 92.7 56.9 77.1 27.5 69.2 73.8 71.5 58.5 67.2 78.6 33.2 74.9 45.1 132.1 104.7 63.2 59.6 75.7 39.2 69.9 87.5 56.0 154.2 85.5 77.5 84.7 24.2 37.5 41.1 (a) Use a calculator with mean and sample standard deviation keys to find the sample mean x and sample standard deviation s. (Round your answers to one decimal place.) x = crimes per 1000 people s = crimes per 1000 people (b) Let us say the preceding data are representative of the population crime rates in Denver neighborhoods. Compute an 80% confidence interval for μ, the population mean crime rate for all Denver neighborhoods. (Round your answers to one decimal place.) lower limit crimes per 1000 people upper limit crimes per 1000 people (c) Suppose you are advising the police department about police patrol assignments. One neighborhood has a crime rate of 62 crimes per 1000 population. Do you think that this rate is below the average population crime rate and that fewer patrols could safely be assigned to this neighborhood? Use the confidence interval to justify your answer. Yes. The confidence interval indicates that this crime rate is below the average population crime rate. Yes. The confidence interval indicates that this crime rate does not differ from the average population crime rate. No. The confidence interval indicates that this crime rate is below the average population crime rate. No. The confidence interval indicates that this crime rate does not differ from the average population crime rate. (d) Another neighborhood has a crime rate of 76 crimes per 1000 population. Does this crime rate seem to be higher than the population average? Would you recommend assigning more patrols to this neighborhood? Use the confidence interval to justify your answer. Yes. The confidence interval indicates that this crime rate does not differ from the average population crime rate. Yes. The confidence interval indicates that this crime rate is higher than the average population crime rate. No. The confidence interval indicates that this crime rate is higher than the average population crime rate. No. The confidence interval indicates that this crime rate does not differ from the average population crime rate. (e) Compute a 95% confidence interval for μ, the population mean crime rate for all Denver neighborhoods. (Round your answers to one decimal place.) lower limit crimes per 1000 people upper limit crimes per 1000 people (f) Suppose you are advising the police department about police patrol assignments. One neighborhood has a crime rate of 62 crimes per 1000 population. Do you think that this rate is below the average population crime rate and that fewer patrols could safely be assigned to this neighborhood? Use the confidence interval to justify your answer. Yes. The confidence interval indicates that this crime rate is below the average population crime rate. Yes. The confidence interval indicates that this crime rate does not differ from the average population crime rate. No. The confidence interval indicates that this crime rate is below the average population crime rate. No. The confidence interval indicates that this crime rate does not differ from the average population crime rate. (g) Another neighborhood has a crime rate of 76 crimes per 1000 population. Does this crime rate seem to be higher than the population average? Would you recommend assigning more patrols to this neighborhood? Use the confidence interval to justify your answer. Yes. The confidence interval indicates that this crime rate does not differ from the average population crime rate. Yes. The confidence interval indicates that this crime rate is higher than the average population crime rate. No. The confidence interval indicates that this crime rate is higher than the average population crime rate. No. The confidence interval indicates that this crime rate does not differ from the average population crime rate. (h) In previous problems, we assumed the x distribution was normal or approximately normal. Do we need to make such an assumption in this problem? Why or why not? Hint: Use the central limit theorem. Yes. According to the central limit theorem, when n ≥ 30, the x distribution is approximately normal. Yes. According to the central limit theorem, when n ≤ 30, the x distribution is approximately normal. No. According to the central limit theorem, when n ≥ 30, the x distribution is approximately normal. No. According to the central limit theorem, when n ≤ 30, the x distribution is approximately normal.

Answer 1

(a)

Following is the outputof descriptive statistics:

Descriptive statistics
	X
count	46
mean	64.161
sample standard deviation	27.862
sample variance	776.317
minimum	24.2
maximum	154.2
range	130

So,

(b)

Degree of freedom:

df = n-1 = 45

The critical value for 80% confidence interval using excel function "=TINV(0.2,45)" is: 1.301

The required confidence interval is

(c)

Since confidence interval contains 62 so

No. The confidence interval indicates that this crime rate does not differ from the average population crime rate.

(d)

Yes. The confidence interval indicates that this crime rate is higher than the average population crime rate.

(e)

The critical value for 95% confidence interval using excel function "=TINV(0.05,45)" is: 2.041

The required confidence interval is

(f)

No. The confidence interval indicates that this crime rate does not differ from the average population crime rate.

(g)

Yes. The confidence interval indicates that this crime rate is higher than the average population crime rate.

(h)

Yes. According to the central limit theorem, when n ≥ 30, the x distribution is approximately normal.