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Wristwatch Accuracy Use the sample data from Exercise 7 鈥淲ristwatch Accuracy鈥 and construct a 95% confidence interval estimate of .

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The 95% confidence interval estimate for is (184.0 sec, 441.1 sec).

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01

Given information

The data for the times (sec) for the discrepancy between the real time and the time indicated on the wristwatch is provided.

The level of confidence is 95%.

02

Compute the mean and standard deviation

Let x represents thetimes (sec) for the discrepancy between the real time and the time indicated on the wristwatch.

The sample mean is computed as,

x=xn=-85+325+20+305-93+...+3612=143

Therefore, the sample mean is 143.

The sample standard deviation is computed as,

s=x-x2n-1=-85-1432+325-1432+...+36-143212-1=259.775

Therefore, the standard deviation is 259.775.

03

Compute the critical values

The level of confidence is 95%, which implies that the level of significance is 0.05.

The degrees of freedom is computed as,

df=n-1=12-1=11

From the 2 table, the critical values at 11 degrees of freedom and at 0.05 level of significance are 3.8157 and 21.92.

04

Construct the confidence interval estimate of  σ

The 95% confidence interval is given as,

(n-1)s2R2<<(n-1)s2L212-1259.775221.92<<12-1259.77523.8157184.0<<441.1

Therefore, the confidence interval estimate for is 184.0sec,441.1sec.

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