Confidence Interval and Margin of Error

Which z-value is used for a 95% confidence interval?

• 1.65
• 1.96
• 2.58
• 2.33

In a crash test of 15 troopers, collision repair costs are found to have a distribution that is approximately normal, with a mean of $1800 and a sample standard deviation of $950. Construct a 99% confidence interval for the repair cost.

• (1069.77, 2530.23)

• (1077.13, 2522.87)

• (1167.15, 2432.85)

• None of these.

A sample of 40 people owned an average of 1.35 apple products. It is known from a previous study that the population standard deviation of apple product ownership is 0.63 products. Construct a 95% confidence interval.

• (1.11, 1.58)
• (1.15, 1.55)
• (1.19, 1.51)
• (1.09, 1.61)

Adam's Z-score on a test is +2.5.  What does this mean?

• He'd better start studying.
• He did better than EVERYONE.
• He scored 2.5 standard deviations above the average.
• He did terrible.

If Gonzalo's score is 87, the class average is 82, and the SD is 4, what is Gonzalo's Z-score?

• -1.25
• +1.25
• +1.20
• +1.02

At a local high school, GPA's are normally distributed with a mean of 2.9 and standard deviation of 0.6. What percentage of students at the high school have a GPA between 2.3 and 3.5?

• 68%
• 99.7%
• 95%
• 84%

What is the margin of error for the interval (6.8, 12.9)?

• 9.85

• 3.05

• 3.50

• 6.8

In a survey of 2480 golfers, 15% said they were left-handed.  The survey's margin of error was 3%.  Construct a confidence interval for the proportion of left-handed golfers.

• (0.18, 0.21)
• (0.12, 0.18)
• (0.12, 0.15)
• (0.11, ).19)