Thirty small communities in Connecticut (population near 10,000 each) gave an average of x = 138.5 reported cases of larceny per year. Assume that σ is known to be 42.7 cases per year.
(a) Find a 90% confidence interval for the population mean annual number of reported larceny cases in such communities. What is the margin of error? (Round your answers to one decimal place.)
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upper limit | |
margin of error |
(b) Find a 95% confidence interval for the population means annual
number of reported larceny cases in such communities. What is the
margin of error? (Round your answers to one decimal place.)
lower limit | |
upper limit | |
margin of error |
(c) Find a 99% confidence interval for the population mean annual
number of reported larceny cases in such communities. What is the
margin of error? (Round your answers to one decimal place.)
lower limit | |
upper limit | |
margin of error |
solution:-
given that mean = 138.5 , standard deviation = 42.7
sample n = 30
(a)90% confidence for z is 1.645
confidence interval formula
mean +/- margin of error
mean +/- z * s/sqrt(n)
138.5 +/- 1.645 * 42.7/sqrt(30)
138.5 +/- 12.8
=> (125.7 , 151.3)
lower limit = 125.7
upper limit = 151.3
margin of error = 12.8
(b)95% confidence for z is 1.96
confidence interval formula
mean +/- margin of error
mean +/- z * s/sqrt(n)
138.5 +/- 1.96 * 42.7/sqrt(30)
138.5 +/- 15.3
(123.2 , 153.8)
lower limit = 123.2
upper limit = 153.8
margin of error = 15.3
(c)99% confidence for z is 2.58
confidence interval formula
mean +/- margin of error
mean +/- z * s/sqrt(n)
138.5 +/- 2.58 * 42.7/sqrt(30)
138.5 +/- 20.1
(118.4 , 158.6)
lower limit = 118.4
upper limit = 158.6
margin of error = 20.1
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