Assume that we want to construct a confidence interval. Do one of the following, as appropriate: a) find the critical value t_{\alpha/2}. b) find the critical value z_{\alpha/2}, or c) state that neither the normal distribution nor the t distribution applies. Here are summary statistics for randomly selected weights of newborn girls: n=249, \overline{x}=31.5 hg, s=6.3 hg.

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2021-08-01

Assume that we want to construct a confidence interval. Do one of the following, as appropriate: a) find the critical value tα2. b) find the critical value zα2, or c) state that neither the normal distribution nor the t distribution applies.
Here are summary statistics for randomly selected weights of newborn girls: n=249,x=31.5hg,s=6.3hg. The confidence level is 95%.
A. tα2=?
B. zα2=?
C. Neither the normal distribution nor the t distribution applies.

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hexacordoK

hexacordoK

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Step 1
Introduction:
It is known that t test is used to test the hypothesis for a population mean when the sample size is not large enough (<30) and/or the population variance is not known.
In this case the sample size is large enough, however the population variance is not mentioned. The sample standard deviation is used to estimate the population standard deviation.
Thus, it would be appropriate to use the t test with degrees of freedom of n1.
Step 2
Calculation:
Here, the level of significance is α=0.05.
The critical value for the two-tailed test is: PH0(tn1}tα,n1=0.05, where tα,n1 is the critical value. The critical value is such that PH0(tn1}tα2,n1=PH0(tn1tα2,n1)=0.025
The degrees of freedom is 248(=2491)
To obtain the exact critical value we have used Excel.
Using Excel formulae: =T.INV.2T(0.05,248), the critical value is 1.97.
Thus, the correct option is A and tα2=1.98.

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