In: Statistics and Probability
Efficient manufacturing: Efficiency experts study the processes used to manufacture items in order to make them as efficient as possible. One of the steps used to manufacture a metal clamp involves the drilling of three holes. In a sample of 85 clamps, the mean time to complete this step was 59.2 seconds. Assume that the population standard deviation is σ=12 seconds.
(a) Construct a 95% confidence interval for the mean time needed to
complete this step. Round the answer to at least one decimal
place.
Solution :
Given that,
(a)
Sample size = n = 85
Z/2 = 1.96
Margin of error = E = Z/2* ( /n)
= 1.96 * (12 / 85)
Margin of error = E = 2.6
At 95% confidence interval estimate of the population mean is,
- E < < + E
59.2 - 2.6 < < 59.2 + 2.6
56.6 < < 61.8
(56.6 , 61.8)