Point Estimate and Confidence Interval

The confidence level of an interval estimate of a parameter is the probability that the interval estimate will contain the parameter.

• True
• False

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CCSS.HSS.IC.B.4

CCSS.HSS.IC.A.1

CCSS.HSS.ID.A.4

A research company wants to estimate the proportion of people who like oatmeal.  They want the confidence level to be 95%.  The company gets 325 people to sign up for the survey, but on the day that the survey is issued, only 250 people show up and take the survey.  What happens to the confidence interval?

• It gets larger
• It gets smaller
• It stays the same
• Too little information given

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CCSS.HSS.IC.B.4

CCSS.HSS.IC.A.1

Find the value of $z_{\frac{\alpha}{2}}$  for a 90% confidence interval.

• -1.96 

• 1.645

• 1.440

• -1.598

The __________ is the maximum likely difference between the point estimate of a parameter and the actual value of the parameter.

• Point Estimate
• Inference
• Confidence Level
• Maximum Error of Estimate

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CCSS.HSS.IC.B.4

A sample size of n = 64 is drawn from a population whose standard deviation is σ = 5.6.

Find the margin of error for a 99% confidence interval for µ.

• 1.799

• 1.798

• 1.803

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CCSS.HSS.IC.B.4

A large sample has mean of 7.1 and Standard Error of 2.3.

Construct a 90% Confidence Interval for the population mean µ (to two decimal places).

• (3.32, 10.88)

• (3.8, 7.1)

• (3.3, 10.9)

• (3.3165, 10.8835)

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CCSS.HSS.IC.B.4

CCSS.HSS.IC.A.1

CCSS.HSS.ID.A.4

An IQ test was given to a simple random sample of 75 students at a certain college. The sample mean score was 105.2. Scores on this test are known to have a standard deviation of 10. It is desired to construct a 90% confidence interval for the mean IQ scores of the students at the college.

What is the point estimate?

• 75

• 105.2

• 10

• 0.90

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CCSS.HSS.IC.B.4

CCSS.HSS.IC.A.1

An IQ test was given to a simple random sample of 75 students at a certain college. The sample mean score was 105.2. Scores on this test are known to have a standard deviation of 10. It is desired to construct a 90% confidence interval for the mean IQ scores of the students at the college.

Find the Standard Error.

• 75

• 10

• 105.2

• 1.155

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CCSS.HSS.IC.B.4

CCSS.HSS.ID.A.4

An IQ test was given to a simple random sample of 75 students at a certain college. The sample mean score was 105.2. Scores on this test are known to have a standard deviation of 10. It is desired to construct a 90% confidence interval for the mean IQ scores of the students at the college.

Find the Margin of Error to two decimal places.

• 1.90

• 1.89

• 1.899

• 1.99

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CCSS.HSS.IC.B.4

The lifetime of a certain type of battery is known to be normally distributed with a standard deviation of 20 hours. A sample of 50 batteries had a mean lifetime of 120.1 hours. It is desired to construct a 99% confidence interval for the mean lifetime of this type of battery.

What is the Confidence Interval to one decimal place?

• (114.5, 125.6)

• (112.8, 127.4)

• (112.82, 127.38)

• (114.56, 125.64)