Chapter 7: Q6 (page 311)
Finding Critical Values. In Exercises 5鈥8, find the critical value that corresponds to the given confidence level.
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The critical value for 99% level of confidence is 2.58 (table 2.575).
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Chapter 7: Q6 (page 311)
Finding Critical Values. In Exercises 5鈥8, find the critical value that corresponds to the given confidence level.
99%
The critical value for 99% level of confidence is 2.58 (table 2.575).
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Determining Sample Size. In Exercises 31鈥38, use the given data to find the minimum sample size required to estimate a population proportion or percentage.
Women who give birth An epidemiologist plans to conduct a survey to estimate the percentage of women who give birth. How many women must be surveyed in order to be 99% confident that the estimated percentage is in error by no more than two percentage points?
a. Assume that nothing is known about the percentage to be estimated.
b. Assume that a prior study conducted by the U.S Census Bureau showed that 82% of women give birth.
c. What is wrong with surveying randomly selected adult women?
Sample Size. In Exercises 29鈥36, find the sample size required to estimate the population mean.
Mean IQ of Attorneys See the preceding exercise, in which we can assume that for the IQ scores. Attorneys are a group with IQ scores that vary less than the IQ scores of the general population. Find the sample size needed to estimate the mean IQ of attorneys, given that we want 98% confidence that the sample mean is within 3 IQ points of the population mean. Does the sample size appear to be practical?
Sample Size. In Exercises 29鈥36, find the sample size required to estimate the population mean.
Mean Pulse Rate of Males Data Set 1 鈥淏ody Data鈥 in Appendix B includes pulse rates of 153 randomly selected adult males, and those pulse rates vary from a low of 40 bpm to a high of 104 bpm. Find the minimum sample size required to estimate the mean pulse rate of adult males. Assume that we want 99% confidence that the sample mean is within 2 bpm of the population mean.
a. Find the sample size using the range rule of thumb to estimate .
b. Assume that , based on the value of for the sample of 153 male pulse rates.
c. Compare the results from parts (a) and (b). Which result is likely to be better?
In Exercises 5鈥8, use the given information to find the number of degrees of freedom, the critical values X2 L and X2R, and the confidence interval estimate of . The samples are from Appendix B and it is reasonable to assume that a simple random sample has been selected from a population with a normal distribution.
Nicotine in Menthol Cigarettes 95% confidence;n= 25,s= 0.24 mg.
Critical Thinking. In Exercises 17鈥28, use the data and confidence level to construct a confidence interval estimate of p, then address the given question.
Touch TherapyWhen she was 9 years of age, Emily Rosa did a science fair experiment in which she tested professional touch therapists to see if they could sense her energy field. She flipped a coin to select either her right hand or her left hand, and then she asked the therapists to identify the selected hand by placing their hand just under Emily鈥檚 hand without seeing it
and without touching it. Among 280 trials, the touch therapists were correct 123 times (based on data in 鈥淎 Close Look at Therapeutic Touch,鈥Journal of the American Medical Association,Vol. 279, No. 13).
a.Given that Emily used a coin toss to select either her right hand or her left hand, what proportion of correct responses would be expected if the touch therapists made random guesses?
b.Using Emily鈥檚 sample results, what is the best point estimate of the therapists鈥 success rate?
c.Using Emily鈥檚 sample results, construct a 99% confidence interval estimate of the proportion of correct responses made by touch therapists.
d.What do the results suggest about the ability of touch therapists to select the correct hand by sensing an energy field?
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