1. The quality control manager at a light bulb factory needs to estimate the mean life of a new type of light bulb. The population standard deviation is assumed to be 60 hours. A random sample of 32 lights shows a sample mean life of 490 hours. Construct and explain a 95% confidence inverval estimate of the population mean life of the new light bulb.
2. A survey of first time home buyers found that the sample mean annual income was $46,300. Assume that the survey used a sample of 28 first time home buyers and that the sample standard deviation was $1,100. Compute and explain a 90% confidence interval estimate of the population mean.
3. A telphone poll of 850 American adults asked "where would you rather go i your spare time? One response by 255 adults , was "the mall'. Compute and explain a 98% confidence interval estimate of the proportion of all American adults would respond "the mall".
4. For purpose #1 above size sample would be needed to achieve a margin of error of 15 hours or less?
Already registered? Login
Not Account? Sign up
Enter your email address to reset your password
Back to Login? Click here