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sjones

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A local university administers a comprehensive examination to the candidates for B.S. degrees in Business Administration. Five examinations are selected at random and scored. The scores are shown below. Grades 80 90 91 62 77
 a. Compute the mean and the standard deviation of the sample.
  b. Compute the margin of error at 95 confidence.
  c. Develop a 95 confidence interval estimate for the mean of the population. Assume the population is normally distributed.

Question 2

A sample of 144 commuters in Boston indicated that they commute an average of one hour and thirty minutes per day. The standard deviation of the sample was 36 minutes. Compute the 95 confidence interval for the average commute time of the population (in minutes).


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fdliggud

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Reply #1 on: Jun 24, 2018
Answer to Question 1

a. Mean = 80, S = 11.77 (rounded).
b. 14.61
c. 65.39 to 94.61

Answer to Question 2

84.12 to 95.88


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Reply 2 on: Jun 24, 2018
:D TYSM

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YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review

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