8.

48
(Section
8.5, 8.7)
Data
0
260
(a) Construct a confidence interval for the true mean of
356
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403 Column1
536 mean
conf intvl
0
=/- = limits
268
369 0.00
+ = 0.00
428
536 0.00
- = 0.00
268
396
469
or
536
162
338 0.00
=/- #NUM! 0.00
403
0.00
536
536
upper + = #NUM!
130
lower - = #NUM!
(b) Why might normality be an issue here?
(c) What sample size would be needed to obtain
an error of 10 square millimeters
with 99% confidence? z = 2.58
Use
n
= #DIV/0! 0.00
(d) If this is not a reasonable requirement, suggest one that is.
A sample of 20 pages was taken without replacement from the 1,591-page phone directory Ameritech
Pages Plus Yellow Pages . On each page, the mean area devoted to display ads was measured (a display
ad is a large block of multicolored illustrations, maps, and text). The data (in square millimeters) are
shown to the left
2
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n
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=
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95%
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Column1
Mean
Standard Error
Median
Mode
Standard Deviation
Sample Variance
Kurtosis
Skewness
Range
Minimum
Maximum
Sum
Count
Confidence Level(95.0%)
(squared)
A sample of 20 pages was taken without replacement from the 1,591-page phone directory Ameritech
Pages Plus Yellow Pages . On each page, the mean area devoted to display ads was measured (a display
ad is a large block of multicolored illustrations, maps, and text). The data (in square millimeters) are
shown to the left
8.64
Biting an unpopped kernel of popcorn hurts!
As an experiment, a self-confessed connoisseur of cheap popcorn carefully counted
kernels and put them in a popper.
(a) Construct a confidence interval for the proportion of non poppers of
CONFIDENCE INTERVAL COMPUTATION
sample size (n) place the color coded number here, use =
"successes" place the color coded number here, use =
sample p #DIV/0!
hypoth proportion () 0.100 place the color coded number here, use =
confidence level 0.90 SAMPLE SIZE (n) ESTIMATION
alpha 0.10 (for a confidence interval: p E at conf level __)
z crit 1.645 hypothesized proportion ()
-1.645 max allowable error (E)
std error #DIV/0! desired confidence level
margin of error (E) #DIV/0!
est E: (1/sqrt(n) #DIV/0!
CONFIDENCE INTERVAL sample size (n) required
upper limit #DIV/0! expected "successes"
lower limit #DIV/0! sample Z
sample p #DIV/0! sample prob
(b) Check the normality assumption.
(c) Try the Very Quick Rule.
Does it work well here? Why, or why not?
try a percent here
+/- 1
#DIV/0! p (sq rt) place the color coded number here, use =
+/- 1
#DIV/0! p (sq rt) 0
try a percent here
much wider interval
d) Why might this sample not be typical?
773
86
90%
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place the color coded number here, use =
place the color coded number here, use =
SAMPLE SIZE (n) ESTIMATION
(for a confidence interval: p E at conf level __)
hypothesized proportion () 10%
max allowable error (E) 10%
desired confidence level 90%
alpha 0.1
Z
a/2
1.645
sample size (n) required 24
expected "successes" 2
#DIV/0!
#DIV/0!
place the color coded number here, use =