The pH of 20 randomly selected lakes is measured. Their average pH is 5.7.
Part A. Historically the standard deviation in the pH values is
0.9. Use this standard deviation for the following questions.
Part Ai. Build a 95% confidence interval for the population mean
lake pH.
Part Aii. Build a 90% confidence interval for the population mean
lake pH.
Part Aiii. Build an 80% confidence interval for the population mean
lake pH.
Part Aiv. Compare the intervals you created in Ai, Aii and Aiii.
What effect does changing the level of confidence have on the
interval?
Please solve part B
Part B. For the 20 measured lakes the standard deviation in the
pH values is 0.9. Use this standard deviation for the following
questions.
Part Bi. Build a 95% confidence interval for the population mean
lake pH.
Part Bii. Compare the confidence intervals in Bi and Ai. What
effect does not knowing the value of ? have on the interval?
Part Biii. Test whether the population mean pH differs from 6.
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