Question

What percentage of hospitals provide at least some charity care? Based on a random sample of hospital reports from eastern states, the following information is obtained (units in percentage of hospitals providing at least some charity care):

56.8

56.1

53.3

65.6

59.0

64.7

70.1

64.7

53.5

78.2

Assume that the population of x values has an approximately normal distribution.

(a) Use a calculator with mean and sample standard deviation keys to find the sample mean percentage x and the sample standard deviation s. (Round your answers to one decimal place.)

x =	%
s =	%

(b) Find a 90% confidence interval for the population average μ of the percentage of hospitals providing at least some charity care. (Round your answers to one decimal place.)

lower limit	%
upper limit	%

Answer 1

Be careful while solving CI , here we are using sample standard deviation.

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