Finding Confidence Intervals

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

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)

The lifetime of a certain type of batter 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)

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

Identify the confidence interval used in the figure below if each shaded area is equal to 0.05.

• 90%

• 95%

• 98%

• 99%

Percentiles of the bootstrap distribution are provided. Use the percentiles to report a 95% confidence interval for the parameter.

• 6.593 hours to 7.78 hours

• 6.322 hours to 8.082 hours

• 6.438 hours to 7.947 hours

• 6.174 hours to 8.304 hours

• A
• B
• C
• D

A 95% confidence interval was conducted on American adults aged 45-64 and found that the between 15.7% and 19.4% had diabetes as of 2016.

a) What is the population proportion that has diabetes according to this confidence interval? ​ (a)  

b) What was the margin of error associated with this data? ​ (b)  

• 17.55%

• 1.85%

• 11.55

• 5.775

• 11.55%

• 5.775%

Match the following Intervals to their confidence level. All intervals calculated using the same standard deviation and sample size.

• 15.2 < μ < 16.0

• 95%

• 11.5 < μ < 12.7

• 90%

• 7.7 < μ < 8.7

• 80%

• 9.7 < μ < 10.3

• 99%

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 critical value.

• 0.90

• 1.155

• 1.645

• ±1.645