Confidence Intervals for One Sample T

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

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

Which confidence would result in a wider interval (assuming nothing else changed), 91% or 97%?

• 97%, z* is larger for higher confidence intervals

• 97%, the standard error is larger for higher confidence intervals

• 91%, z* is larger for lower confidence intervals

• 91%, the standard error is smaller for lower confidence intervals

A sample of 30 women finds the mean height to be 62.3 in and the standard deviation to be 1.5 in. Find the margin of error of women's heights with a 95% CL.

• 699

• 0.56

• 0.537

• 19.325

A 90% confidence interval for the mean speed driven by cars on East Main St. is given by (21, 45). What was the margin of error of this study?

• 12

• 24

• 33

• None of these.

A sample of 20 cupcakes found the interval for calories to be (150, 350). Which is the correct interpretation of the 95% confidence interval?

• We are 95% confident that the true mean calorie content can be found with a sample of 150 to 350 cupcakes.

• We are 95% confident that the true mean calorie content in cupcakes is between 150 and 350 calories.

• We are 95% confident that a sample of 20 cupcakes will find 250 calories per cupcake.

• None of these are correct.

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 standard deviation of $950. Construct a 99% confidence interval for the repair cost. 

• (1070, 2530)

• (1273, 2326)

• (1799, 1801)

• None of these.

The 90% interval for a statistics test was given by 72 +- 7. What is the lower bound for the interval?

• 7

• 72

• 65

• 79

A 90% confidence interval for the mean speed driven by cars on East Main St. is given by (21, 45). What was the sample mean of this study?

• 12

• 24

• 33

• None of these.

Compute a 95% confidence interval:

After watching a horror film, 34 out of 50 people reported problems getting to sleep.

• (.55, .81)

• (.571, .789)

• (.671, .689)

• There is not enough information to compute a confidence interval.