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A psychologist is interested in the mean IQ score of a given group of children. It is known that the IQ scores of the group have a standard deviation of 11
. The psychologist randomly selects 150 children from this group and finds that their mean IQ score is 99 . Based on this sample, find a 95% confidence interval for the true mean IQ score for all children of this group. Then complete the table below.
What is the lower limit of the 95% confidence interval? | |
What is the upper limit of the 95% confidence interval? |
Solution :
Given that,
Point estimate = sample mean =
= 99
Population standard deviation =
= 11
Sample size = n = 150
At 95% confidence level
= 1 - 95%
= 1 - 0.95 =0.05
/2
= 0.025
Z/2
= Z0.025 = 1.96
Margin of error = E = Z/2
* (
/n)
= 1.96 * ( 11 / 150
)
= 1.76
At 95% confidence interval estimate of the population mean is,
± E
= 99 ± 1.76
( 97.24 , 100.76)
lower limit = 97.24
upper limit = 100.76