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Confidence Intervals for the Mean (Small Samples)
An experimental egg farm is raising chickens to produce low cholesterol eggs. A lab tested 16 randomly selected eggs and found that the mean amount of cholesterol was X(with line above the X) = 190 mg. The sample standard deviation was found to be s = 18.0 mg on this group. Assume that the population is normally distributed.
a. Find the margin of error for a 95% confidence interval. Round your answer to the nearest tenths =
b.Find a 95% confidence interval for the mean u cholesterol content for all experimental eggs. Assume that the population is normally distributed =
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The solution provides step by step method for the calculation of confidence interval for mean . Formula for the calculation and Interpretations of the results are also included.
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Confidence Intervals for the Mean (Small Samples)
An experimental egg farm is raising chickens to produce low cholesterol eggs. A lab tested 16 randomly selected eggs and found that the mean amount of cholesterol was X(with line above the X) = 190 mg. The sample standard ...
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