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Active Learning Lecture Slides For use with Classroom Response Systems Chapter 6: Confidence Intervals Elementary Statistics: Picturing the World Fourth Edition by Larson and Farber Copyright © 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Pearson Addison-Wesley Slide 4- 1 A random sample of 42 textbooks has a mean price of $114.50 and a standard deviation of $12.30. Find a point estimate for the mean price of all textbooks. A. $42 B. $12.30 C. $114.50 D. $2.73 Copyright © 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Pearson Addison-Wesley Slide 6- 2 A random sample of 42 textbooks has a mean price of $114.50 and a standard deviation of $12.30. Find a point estimate for the mean price of all textbooks. A. $42 B. $12.30 C. $114.50 D. $2.73 Copyright © 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Pearson Addison-Wesley Slide 6- 3 Find the critical value zc necessary to form a 98% confidence interval. A. 2.33 B. 2.05 C. 0.5040 D. 0.8365 Copyright © 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Pearson Addison-Wesley Slide 6- 4 Find the critical value zc necessary to form a 98% confidence interval. A. 2.33 B. 2.05 C. 0.5040 D. 0.8365 Copyright © 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Pearson Addison-Wesley Slide 6- 5 A random sample of 42 textbooks has a mean price of $114.50 and a standard deviation of $12.30. Find a 98% confidence interval for the mean price of all textbooks. A. (111.38, 117.62) B. (110.08, 118.92) C. (110.78, 118.22) D. (109.61, 119.39) Copyright © 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Pearson Addison-Wesley Slide 6- 6 A random sample of 42 textbooks has a mean price of $114.50 and a standard deviation of $12.30. Find a 98% confidence interval for the mean price of all textbooks. A. (111.38, 117.62) B. (110.08, 118.92) C. (110.78, 118.22) D. (109.61, 119.39) Copyright © 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Pearson Addison-Wesley Slide 6- 7 Determine the minimum sample size needed to construct a 95% confidence interval for the mean age of employees at a company. The estimate must be accurate to within 0.5 year. Assume the standard deviation is 4.8 years. A. 18 B. 19 C. 354 D. 355 Copyright © 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Pearson Addison-Wesley Slide 6- 8 Determine the minimum sample size needed to construct a 95% confidence interval for the mean age of employees at a company. The estimate must be accurate to within 0.5 year. Assume the standard deviation is 4.8 years. A. 18 B. 19 C. 354 D. 355 Copyright © 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Pearson Addison-Wesley Slide 6- 9 Find the critical value tc necessary to form a 95% confidence interval with a sample size of 15. A. 1.960 B. 2.145 C. 2.131 D. 2.120 Copyright © 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Pearson Addison-Wesley Slide 6- 10 Find the critical value tc necessary to form a 95% confidence interval with a sample size of 15. A. 1.960 B. 2.145 C. 2.131 D. 2.120 Copyright © 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Pearson Addison-Wesley Slide 6- 11 A random sample of 15 DVD players has a mean price of $64.30 and a standard deviation of $5.60. Find a 95% confidence interval for the mean price of all DVD players. A. (61.20, 67.40) B. (61.47, 67.13) C. (61.22, 67.38) D. (61.10, 67.51) Copyright © 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Pearson Addison-Wesley Slide 6- 12 A random sample of 15 DVD players has a mean price of $64.30 and a standard deviation of $5.60. Find a 95% confidence interval for the mean price of all DVD players. A. (61.20, 67.40) B. (61.47, 67.13) C. (61.22, 67.38) D. (61.10, 67.51) Copyright © 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Pearson Addison-Wesley Slide 6- 13 In a survey of 250 Internet users, 195 have high-speed Internet access at home. Find a point estimate for the proportion of all Internet users who have high-speed Internet access at home. A. 1.28 B. 0.78 C. 0.22 D. 195 Copyright © 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Pearson Addison-Wesley Slide 6- 14 In a survey of 250 Internet users, 195 have high-speed Internet access at home. Find a point estimate for the proportion of all Internet users who have high-speed Internet access at home. A. 1.28 B. 0.78 C. 0.22 D. 195 Copyright © 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Pearson Addison-Wesley Slide 6- 15 In a survey of 250 Internet users, 195 have high-speed Internet access at home. Find a 90% confidence interval for the proportion of all Internet users who have high-speed Internet access at home. A. (1.19, 1.38) B. (0.728, 0.832) C. (0.731, 0.829) D. (0.737, 0.823) Copyright © 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Pearson Addison-Wesley Slide 6- 16 In a survey of 250 Internet users, 195 have high-speed Internet access at home. Find a 90% confidence interval for the proportion of all Internet users who have high-speed Internet access at home. A. (1.19, 1.38) B. (0.728, 0.832) C. (0.731, 0.829) D. (0.737, 0.823) Copyright © 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Pearson Addison-Wesley Slide 6- 17 You want to estimate, with 95% confidence, the proportion of households with pets. Your estimate must be accurate within 3% of the population proportion. No preliminary estimate is available. Find the minimum sample size needed. A. 1141 B. 3267 C. 1068 D. 1067 Copyright © 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Pearson Addison-Wesley Slide 6- 18 You want to estimate, with 95% confidence, the proportion of households with pets. Your estimate must be accurate within 3% of the population proportion. No preliminary estimate is available. Find the minimum sample size needed. A. 1141 B. 3267 C. 1068 D. 1067 Copyright © 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Pearson Addison-Wesley Slide 6- 19 Find the critical values and for a 98% confidence interval when the sample size is 25. 2 R A. R2 2.492 L2 2.492 2 B. R 2.326 L2 2.326 2 L 2 2 C. R 44.314 L 11.524 2 2 42 . 980 D. R L 10.856 Copyright © 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Pearson Addison-Wesley Slide 6- 20 Find the critical values and for a 98% confidence interval when the sample size is 25. 2 R A. R2 2.492 L2 2.492 2 B. R 2.326 L2 2.326 2 L 2 2 C. R 44.314 L 11.524 2 2 42 . 980 D. R L 10.856 Copyright © 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Pearson Addison-Wesley Slide 6- 21