In: Statistics and Probability
The method of tree ring dating gave the following years A.D. for an archaeological excavation site. Assume that the population of x values has an approximately normal distribution.
1208 | 1299 | 1194 | 1292 | 1268 | 1316 | 1275 | 1317 | 1275 |
(a) Use a calculator with mean and standard deviation keys to find the sample mean year x and sample standard deviation s. (Round your answers to the nearest whole number.)
x = | A.D. |
s = | yr |
(b) Find a 90% confidence interval for the mean of all tree ring
dates from this archaeological site. (Round your answers to the
nearest whole number.)
lower limit | A.D. |
upper limit | A.D. |
(a)
Sample mean = 1272
Sample standard deviation = 44
(b)
Lower limit = 1244 A.D.
Upper limit = 1299 A.D.