Critical values What critical value t* from Table B would you use for a confidence

Chapter 8, Problem 55

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What critical value \(t^{*}\) from Table B would you use for a confidence interval for the population mean in each of the following situations?

(a) A 95% confidence interval based on n = 10 randomly selected observations

(b) A 99% confidence interval from an SRS of 20 observations

(c) A 90% confidence interval based on a random sample of 77 individuals

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QUESTION:

What critical value \(t^{*}\) from Table B would you use for a confidence interval for the population mean in each of the following situations?

(a) A 95% confidence interval based on n = 10 randomly selected observations

(b) A 99% confidence interval from an SRS of 20 observations

(c) A 90% confidence interval based on a random sample of 77 individuals

ANSWER:

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Part (a)

 is 1 decreased by the confidence interval:

\(\alpha=1-99 \%=1-0.99=0.01\)

We will determine the t-value by looking at the row starting with a degree of freedom \(n-1=10-1=9\) in table C

\(t_{\alpha / 2}=t_{0.025}=2.262\)

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