In: Statistics and Probability
The smallest mammal in the world is the bumblebee bat, also known as the Kitti's pig-nosed bat (or Craseonycteris thonglongyai, as it is affectionately called). Such bats are about the size of a large bumblebee. The weights (in grams) of a sample of these bats are listed below. Assuming that the weights of all these bats have a standard deviation of 0.30 grams, construct a confidence estimate of 95% of their mean weight. Use the confidence interval to determine if this sample of bats comes from the same population with a known mean of 1.8 grams.
Weight: 1.7, 1.6, 1.5, 2.0, 2.3, 1.6. 1.6, 1.8, 1.5, 1.7, 2.2, 1.4, 1.6, 1.6, 1.6