The following MINITAB output presents a 95% confidence interval for the mean cholesterol levels for men aged

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The following MINITAB output presents a 95%

confidence interval for the mean cholesterol levels for men aged 50 years, and a 95% prediction interval for an individual man aged 50.

The units of cholesterol are milligrams per deciliter.image text in transcribed

a. What is the point estimate for the mean cholesterol level for men aged 50?

b. What is the 95% confidence interval for the mean cholesterol level for men aged 50?

c. Predict the cholesterol level for a man aged 50.

d. Upon learning that a man is 50 years old, someone predicts that his cholesterol level is 160.

Is this a reasonable prediction? If so, explain why. If not, give a reasonable range of predicted values.

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Elementary Statistics

ISBN: 9781259969454

3rd Edition

Authors: William Navidi, Barry Monk

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