Use the data from Problem 15 on the diameter of Douglas fir trees. (a) Construct and interpret
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(a) Construct and interpret a 95% confidence interval for the mean diameter of a Douglas fir tree using a bootstrap sample with 1000 resamples. Compare the bootstrap confidence interval to the t-interval found in Problem 15(c).
(b) Draw a histogram of the 1000 means. What is the shape of the histogram? Why does the result not surprise you?
(c) Construct and interpret a 95% confidence interval for the median diameter of a Douglas fir tree using a bootstrap sample with 1000 resamples?
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Statistics Informed Decisions Using Data
ISBN: 9780134133539
5th Edition
Authors: Michael Sullivan III
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