In: Statistics and Probability
According to a recent survey, a random sample of 100 homes sold in the Baton Rouge metro area had an average sale price of $263,000. If the population standard deviation of home prices is $20,000, what is the 99% confidence interval of the true population average sales price for homes sold in Baton Rouge?
Solution :
Given that,
Point estimate = sample mean = 
= $263000
Population standard deviation =   
= $20000
Sample size = n =100
At 99% confidence level the z is ,
  = 1 - 99% = 1 - 0.99 =
0.01
/ 2 = 0.01 / 2 = 0.005
Z
/2
= Z0.005 = 2.576   ( Using z table )
Margin of error = E = Z
/2*
(
/n)
=2.576 * ( 20000/ 
100)
= 5152
At 99% confidence interval estimate of the population mean is,
-
E < 
 < 
 + E
263000- 5152< 
 <263000+ 5152
257848< 
 < 268152
(257848, 268152)