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A sample of size 12 is taken from a population that is symmetrical and mounded. A sample mean of 16.2 is obtained and used to construct a 90 confidence interval for the population mean with an unknown . What is the value of the appropriate confidence coefficient?
  1.1.80
  2.1.65
  3.1.28
  4.1.36

Question 2

The t-distribution is more appropriate than the
   z-distribution when the ________ is unknown. The unknown parameter will than be estimated with the ________.


  1. sample size, sample mean
  2. population standard deviation, sample standard deviation
  3. df, population mean
  4. point estimate, sample mean


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Reply #1 on: Jul 24, 2018
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