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The economic dynamism, which is the index of productive growth in dollars for countries that are designated by the World Bank as middle-income are listed in the table below. Compute a 95% confidence interval for the mean economic dynamism of middle-income countries.
25.8057 |
37.4511 |
51.915 |
43.6952 |
47.8506 |
43.7178 |
58.0767 |
41.1648 |
38.0793 |
37.7251 |
39.6553 |
42.0265 |
48.6159 |
43.8555 |
49.1361 |
61.9281 |
41.9543 |
44.9346 |
46.0521 |
48.3652 |
43.6252 |
50.9866 |
59.1724 |
39.6282 |
33.6074 |
21.6643 |
Table: Economic Dynamism ($) of Middle Income Countries
Step 1: State the question
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Step 4. Interpret (answer the original question in a complete sentence)
we cannot define null and alternative hypotheses here because the claim about a population mean is not provided.
the question is to find out the 95% confidence interval for the mean economic dynamism of middle-income countries.
the random variables is the economic dynamism of middle-income countries.
we will use here t-test to find the confidence interval because the population standard deviation is not known.
using excel>addin>phstat>confidence interval
we have
Confidence Interval Estimate for the Mean | |
Data | |
Sample Standard Deviation | 9.071147897 |
Sample Mean | 43.87265385 |
Sample Size | 26 |
Confidence Level | 95% |
Intermediate Calculations | |
Standard Error of the Mean | 1.778998467 |
Degrees of Freedom | 25 |
t Value | 2.0595 |
Interval Half Width | 3.6639 |
Confidence Interval | |
Interval Lower Limit | 40.21 |
Interval Upper Limit | 47.54 |
the 95% confidence interval for the population mean economic dynamism of middle-income countries is (40.21,47.54)
we are 95% confident that the population mean economic dynamism of middle-income countries lies in between (40.21,47.54)