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Mu

What is population mean?

100

If n = 13, what do we have to assume the shape of the population is if we want our sample to be appropriate for a one-sample t-interval? 

What is bell-shaped/normal? 

100

22 companies were sampled on how much money they made last week. With a sample average of $316 and a standard deviation of $89, what is the upper bound of a 95% confidence interval for the population mean? Round to the nearest whole number. 

What is about $355?

100

Which calculator function is used to find z*

What is InvNorm?

200

Within 4 units of 10, what would be the lower bound and the upper bound?

What is 6 and 14? 

200

What are the two assumptions that must hold for every problem in this section?

What is the sample should be a SRS and the population should have no outliers?

200

If I have a confidence interval (238, 462), what is the margin of error? 

What is 112? 
200

If the margin of error and xbar is known, how can we find the lower bound and upper bound of the confidence interval?

What is (xbar - ME, xbar + ME)?

300

We should use a t-interval instead of a z-interval when...

What is when sigma is unknown and the sample size is small?

300

If n is fixed and we want to make the margin of error smaller, what should we change? 

What is lower C%?

300

What is the z-star critical value for the 98.7% confidence level? (Round to 3 decimal places)

What is z-star = 2.484?

300

What is the ME formula using the z critical value?

What is ME = z-star * (sigma/sqrt(n))
400

What sample statistics is the best point estimate of mu? 

What is xbar/sample mean?

400

For this lesson, what are two distances that are equal to each other? 

What is the distance between the LB and xbar & xbar and UB?

400

If we want to be 90% confidence our estimate is within 5 inches of the population mean, how many people's heights should we measure given we had a sample of 14 people with a mean of 71 inches and a standard deviation of 10 inches in height? 

What is 11 people?

400

What is the ME formula using the t critical value?

What is ME = t-star * (s/sqrt(n))?

500

What is the critical value in terms of the t-distribution if we have a sample of 19 people? 

What is t-star18 

500
How would we calculate the standard error of xbar? 

What is s/sqrt(n)?

500

At a 93% confidence, what is zstar? Round to the second decimal place. 

What is 1.81?

500

How would we calculate the minimum sample size required to achieve a specific C% within a specific ME? 

What is n = ((z-star*sigma)/ME)2
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