In: Statistics and Probability
. A researcher selects a random sample of 10 persons from a population of truck drivers and gives them a driver’s aptitude test. Their scores are 22,3,14,8,11,5,18,13,12, and 12.
(a) Find the estimated standard error of the mean.
(b) Find the 95% confidence interval for the population mean.
We have for given data,      
   
          
   
Sample mean =11.8      
Sample standard deviation =5.363  
Sample size =10     
a) Standard error of mean


=1.696
b)
Level of significance=0.05      
Degree of freedom =9      
          
   
t critical value is (by using t table)=2.262  
   
          
   
Confidence interval formula is       
       
=(7.96,15.64)      
   
          
   
          
   
Lower confidence limit=7.96  
          
   
Upper confidence limit= 15.64