The Census Bureau of the US Department of Commerce estimated that average e-commerce sales for US retailers

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The Census Bureau of the US Department of Commerce estimated that average e-commerce sales for US retailers in the second quarter of 2011 had increased by 3.0 percent from the first quarter of 2011. Along with the estimate, a margin of error of 1.2 percent (at the 95% confidence level) was reported.

a. Show the upper and lower bounds for the 95% confidence interval.

b. What would the margin of error be for a 90% confidence level?

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Understanding Business Statistics

ISBN: 978-1118145258

1st edition

Authors: Stacey Jones, Tim Bergquist, Ned Freed

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