In: Statistics and Probability
A stadium designer has placed 900 seats in one section of the stadium. Assume that the weights of people who will occupy those seats are i.i.d. with a mean of 160 pounds and an SD of 25 pounds. Fill in the blanks with numbers and show your calculation: With chance about 99%, the total weight of people in the 900 seats will be in the range ⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯± ⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯ pounds.
Level of Significance , α =
0.01
degree of freedom= DF=n-1= 899
't value=' tα/2= 2.5813 [Excel
formula =t.inv(α/2,df) ]
Standard Error , SE = s/√n = 25.0000 /
√ 900 = 0.833333
margin of error , E=t*SE = 2.5813
* 0.83333 = 2.15
confidence interval is
Interval Lower Limit = x̅ - E = 160.00
- 2.151091 = 157.848909
Interval Upper Limit = x̅ + E = 160.00
- 2.151091 = 162.151091
99% confidence interval is (
157.85 < µ < 162.15
)
With chance about 99%, the total weight of people in the
900 seats will be in the range⎯⎯⎯⎯160⎯⎯⎯⎯± ⎯⎯⎯⎯2.15⎯⎯⎯⎯
pounds.
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