In: Statistics and Probability
Use the Student's t distribution to find tc for a 0.95 confidence level when the sample is 21. (Round your answer to three decimal places.)
Use the Student's t distribution to find tc for a 0.99 confidence level when the sample is 14. (Round your answer to three decimal places.)
Use the Student's t distribution to find tc for a 0.90 confidence level when the sample is 18. (Round your answer to three decimal places.)
Solution :
Given that,
a) sample size = n = 21
Degrees of freedom = df = n - 1 = 21 - 1 = 20
At 95% confidence level
= 1 - 95%
=1 - 0.95 =0.05
/2
= 0.025
t/2,df
= t0.025,20 = 2.086
b) sample size = n = 14
Degrees of freedom = df = n - 1 = 14 - 1 = 13
At 99% confidence level
= 1 - 99%
=1 - 0.99 =0.01
/2
= 0.005
t/2,df
= t0.005,13 = 3.012
c) sample size = n = 18
Degrees of freedom = df = n - 1 = 18 - 1 = 17
At 90% confidence level
= 1 - 90%
=1 - 0.90 =0.10
/2
= 0.05
t/2,df
= t0.05,17 = 1.740