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Chapter 7: Q7 (page 340)

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 蟽. 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.

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The degrees of freedom is 146.

The critical values are 蠂L2=105.7411 and 蠂R2=193.7611.

The 99% confidence interval estimate is 56.8<蟽<76.8.

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Given information

The size of the sample is n=147.

The sample standard deviation is s=65.4.

The level of confidence is 99%.

02

Compute the degrees of freedom, critical values, and confidence interval estimate of σ

The degrees of freedom is computed as,

df=n-1=147-1=146

The level of confidence is 99%, which implies that the level of significance is 0.01.

Using the Chi-square table, the critical values at 0.01 level of significance and at 146 degrees of freedom are 蠂L2=105.7411and 蠂R2=193.7611.

The 95% confidence interval estimate of is computed as,

n-1s2蠂R2<蟽<n-1s2蠂L2147-165.42193.7611<蟽<147-165.42105.741156.8<蟽<76.8

Therefore, the 99% confidence interval estimate of 蟽is 56.8<蟽<76.8.

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