In: Statistics and Probability
Times (in seconds) for the 100 freestyle and 100 backstroke were recorded for three top swimmers on a university swim team: 46.17 and 50.05; 46.72 and 50.22; 46.89 and 52.95.
(a) Assuming these to be representative samples of all top swimmers' times for the two events, use software to produce a 95% confidence interval for the mean of the time differences, freestyle minus backstroke, for the two events
Given that swim team
freestyle : 46.17 and 50.05; 46.72
backstroke: 50.22; 46.89 and 52.95.
freestyle
Sample Mean = x̄ = Σxᵢ / n = 142.94 / 3 = 47.64
s2 = Sample Variance = Σ(xi -
x̄)2/(n - 1) = 8.8157/2 = 4.407
s = Sample Standard Deviation = √ Sample Variance = √4.407 =
2.09
backstroke
Sample Mean = x̄ = Σxᵢ / n = 150.06 / 3 = 50.02
s2 = Sample Variance = Σ(xi - x̄)2/(n - 1) = 18.4218/2 = 9.211
s = Sample Standard Deviation = √ Sample Variance = √9.211 = 3.035