In: Statistics and Probability
Question 3.
A. The effectiveness of a blood-pressure drug is being
investigated. An experimenter finds that, on average, the reduction
in systolic blood pressure is 25.1 for a sample of size 810 and
standard deviation 12.5.
Estimate how much the drug will lower a typical patient's systolic
blood pressure (using a 98% confidence level).
Enter your answer as a tri-linear inequality accurate to one
decimal place (because the sample statistics are reported accurate
to one decimal place).
x < μμ < x
B. You must estimate the mean temperature (in degrees Fahrenheit) with the following sample temperatures:
42.1 |
26.1 |
25.1 |
31.8 |
32.7 |
27.7 |
26.4 |
32.6 |
Find the 80% confidence interval. Enter your answer as an
open-interval (i.e., parentheses)
accurate to two decimal places (because the sample data are
reported accurate to one decimal place).
80% C.I. =
C. In a survey, 26 people were asked how much they spent on
their child's last birthday gift. The results were roughly
bell-shaped with a mean of $40 and standard deviation of $8.
Construct a confidence interval at a 90% confidence level.
Give your answers to one decimal place.
x ±± x
Interpret your confidence interval in the context of this problem.=
write your text here.