Suppose you are a researcher in a hospital. You are experimenting with a new tranquilizer. You collect data from a random sample of 9 patients. The period of effectiveness of the tranquilizer for each patient (in hours) is as follows:
2.5 |
2 |
2.3 |
2.3 |
2.5 |
2.1 |
2.8 |
2.6 |
2.8 |
What is a point estimate for the population mean length of time.
(Round answer to 4 decimal places)
Which distribution should you use for this problem?
What must be true in order to construct a confidence interval in
this situation? (1 point)
The margin of error is 0.27308077337717.
Construct a 98% confidence interval for the population mean length
of time. Enter your answer as an open-interval
(i.e., parentheses) Round upper and lower bounds to two
decimal places
What does it mean to be "98% confident" in this problem?
Suppose that the company releases a statement that the mean time
for all patients is 2 hours.
Is this possible?
Is it likely?
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