American Alligators. Refer to Exercise 8.78. a. Determine the margin of error for the 95% confidence interval.
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American Alligators. Refer to Exercise 8.78.
a. Determine the margin of error for the 95% confidence interval.
b. Determine the margin of error for the 99% confidence interval.
c. Compare the margins of error found in parts (a) and (b).
d. What principle is being illustrated?
Exercise 8.78
Multi-sensor data loggers were attached to free-ranging American alligators in a study conducted by Y. Watanabe for the article “Behavior of American Alligators Monitored by Multi-Sensor Data Loggers”. The mean duration for a sample of 68 dives was 338.0 seconds. Assume the population standard deviation is 100 seconds.
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FIGURE 8.6 90% and 95% confidence intervals for μ, using the data in Table 8.4 38.0 38.6 We can be 90% confident that μ lies in here 41.4 We can be 95% confident that μ lies in here I 41.4 44.2 (90% CI) 44.8 (95% CI)
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