Consider again the statistics about human body temperature in Exercise 23. a) Would a 90% confidence interval
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a) Would a 90% confidence interval be wider or narrower than the 98% confidence interval you calculated before? Explain. (Don't compute the new interval.)
b) What are the advantages and disadvantages of the 98% confidence interval?
c) If we conduct further research, this time using a sample of 500 adults, how would you expect the 98% confidence interval to change? Explain.
d) How large a sample might allow you to estimate the mean body temperature to within 0.1 degrees with 98% confidence?
Summary Temperature
Count ¦¦¦¦¦¦¦.. 52
Mean ¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦ 98.285
Median ¦¦¦¦¦¦¦ 98.200
MidRange ¦¦¦¦¦¦ 98.600
StdDev ¦¦¦¦¦¦¦ 0.6824
Range ¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦ 2.800
IntQRange ¦¦¦¦¦¦ 1.050
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