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This document provides 9 practice problems related to confidence intervals and statistical significance testing. The problems cover estimating population means and proportions from sample data, and calculating point estimates and confidence intervals. Sample sizes, means, and standard deviations are given for hypothetical studies and surveys to be analyzed.

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Tutorial 8

This document provides 9 practice problems related to confidence intervals and statistical significance testing. The problems cover estimating population means and proportions from sample data, and calculating point estimates and confidence intervals. Sample sizes, means, and standard deviations are given for hypothetical studies and surveys to be analyzed.

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MAA 161 STATISTICS FOR SCIENCES STUDENTS TUTORIAL 8

1. A U.S. Travel Data Canter survey reported that Americans stayed an average of 7.5 nights when they went on vocation. The sample size was 1500. Find a point estimate of the population mean. Find the 95% confidence interval of the true mean. Assume the population standard deviation was 0.8. 2. A researcher wishes to estimate within $25 the average cost of postage a community college spends in one year. If she wishes to be 90% confident, how large of a sample would be necessary if the population standard deviation is $80. 3. A random sample of 49 shoppers shows that they spend an average $23.45 per visit at the Saturday Mornings Bookstore. The standard deviation of the population is $2.80. Find a point estimate of the population mean. Find the 90% confidence interval of the true mean. 4. The lengths (in minutes) of a random selection of popular childrens animated film are listed below. Estimate the true mean length of all childrens animated film with 95% confidence. 93 83 76 92 77 81 78 100 78 76 75 5. For a certain urban area, in a sample of 5 months, on average 28 mail carries were bitten by dogs each month. The standard deviation of the sample was 3. Find the 90% confidence interval of the true mean number of mail carries who are bitten by dogs each month. Assume the variable is normally distributed. 6. In a survey of 1004 individuals, 442 felt that President George W. Bush spent too much time away from Washington. Find a 95% confidence interval for the true population proportion. 7. A U.S. Travel Data Centers survey of 1500 adults found that 42% of respondents stated that they favor historical sites as vacations. Find the 95% confidence interval of the true proportion of all adults who favor visiting historical sites as vacations. 8. In a study of 200 accidents that required treatment in an emergency room 80 occurred at work. Find the 90% confidence interval of the true proportion of accidents that occurred at work. 9. A study found that 73% of prekindergarten children ages 3 to 5 whose mothers had a bachelors degree or higher were enrolled in center based early childhood care and education programs. How large a sample is needed to estimate the true proportion within 3 percentage points with 95% confidence? How large a sample is needed if you had no prior knowledge of the proportion?

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