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Do one of the following as appropriate:
a) Find the critical value t 
b) Find the critical value z
c) State that neither the normal nor the t distribution applies.
Problem: 90%; n= 12;  is 24; population appears to be very skewed.
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Do one of the following as appropriate:
a) Find the critical value t a/2
b) Find the critical value z
c) State that neither the normal nor the t distribution applies.
Problem: 90%; n= 12;  is 24; population appears to be very skewed.
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Do one of the following as appropriate:
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<br>a) Find the critical value t alpha/2
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<br>just as in previous problem
<br>df= 11 = 12-1 and critical t=1.796
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<br>b) Find the critical value z alpha/2
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<br>critical z=1.645.
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<br>c) State that neither the normal nor the t distribution applies.
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<br>//cf for previous problem 21722.Normal distribution does not apply since sample size is small.n=12. If the sample size is larger >30 then normal distribution can be used to approximate t distribution. This is the case for the previous problem.posting 21722.Normal distribution also does not apply even for large samples if data is significantly skewed.Then u have to use t distribution.You can determine this significance by doing a skewness test at:
<br>http://www.wessa.net/skewkurt.wasp//
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<br>answer here is neither of these applies because sample size is small ...
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