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A study compared the individual pre-tax yearly income earned by residents from two states. The following table lists the statistics resulting from this study:
| Yearly Income | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Location | Sample Size | Sample Mean ($'000s) | Sample Standard Deviation ($'000s) | 
| State A | 51 | 86 | 19 | 
| State B | 61 | 74 | 26 | 
Calculate the upper and lower bound of the 95% confidence interval of the mean difference (State A - State B) between the income earned by individuals from the two states. Give your answers to 2 decimal places.
a)Lower bound =
b)Upper bound =
SOLUTION:
From given data,
A study compared the individual pre-tax yearly income earned by residents from two states. The following table lists the statistics resulting from this study:

Let us consider ,
n1 = 51 ; n2 = 61
 =
86 ;  
 =
74
 = 19
;  
 = 26





Significance level = 
 = 0.05
Critical value = t* = 1.982
Margin of error = 
= 
= 
= 
(a) Lower limit = 
= ( 86 - 74) - 
= 12- 8.446296
= 3.553704
(b)Upper limit = 
= ( 86 - 74) + 
= 12+ 8.446296
= 20.446296