computed the sample mean to be 100.
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A) A statistics practitioner took a random sample of 50 observations from a population whose standard deviation is 25 and computed the sample mean to be 100. Estimate the population mean with 90% confidence.
b) Repeat part a using a 95% confidence level
c) Repeat part a using a 99% confidence level
d) Describe the effect on the confidence interval estimate of increasing the confidence level.
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This solution calculates the population mean with 90%, 95% and 99% confidence level and explains the effect of increasing the confidence level percentage.
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Confidence interval - mean
90% confidence level
100 mean
25 std. dev.
50 n
1.677 t (df = 49)
5.928 half-width
105.928 upper ...
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