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    The document contains 8 problems involving calculating confidence intervals from sample data and determining necessary sample sizes. The problems cover topics like estimating the mean number of pieces of junk mail received, mean GPAs of students, mean ages of community college students, mean movie lengths, and other population means. Sample sizes, means, standard deviations and confidence levels are provided to calculate the confidence intervals and determine if claims about population means would be valid or invalid based on the results.

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    The document contains 8 problems involving calculating confidence intervals from sample data and determining necessary sample sizes. The problems cover topics like estimating the mean number of pieces of junk mail received, mean GPAs of students, mean ages of community college students, mean movie lengths, and other population means. Sample sizes, means, standard deviations and confidence levels are provided to calculate the confidence intervals and determine if claims about population means would be valid or invalid based on the results.

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    The document contains 8 problems involving calculating confidence intervals from sample data and determining necessary sample sizes. The problems cover topics like estimating the mean number of pieces of junk mail received, mean GPAs of students, mean ages of community college students, mean movie lengths, and other population means. Sample sizes, means, standard deviations and confidence levels are provided to calculate the confidence intervals and determine if claims about population means would be valid or invalid based on the results.

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    Section S: Homework

    1) a) Find the 98% confidence interval for the mean number of pieces of junk mail received per week in
    the U.S. if a random sample of 500 homes has a mean of 17.4 pieces. Assume the population standard
    deviation is 2.1 pieces. Interpret your result

    CL _______

    x̅ = _______

    n = _______

    σ = _______

    z/2 = ________

    b) A claim is made that the population mean pieces of junk mail received per week in the U.S. is 20. Using
    the results from part (a) of this problem, would this claim be valid or invalid?

    2)a) We wish to estimate the mean GPA of all Mercer students. A random sample of 64 students is
    selected and the mean is found to be 2.89. Assume the population standard deviation is 0.3. Find the
    95% confidence interval for the GPA of all Mercer students. Interpret your result.

    CL _______

    x̅ = _______

    n = _______

    σ = _______

    z/2 = ________

    b) A claim is made that the population mean GPA of all Mercer students is 2.87. Using the results from
    part (a) of this problem, would this claim be valid or invalid?

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    3) Find a 90% confidence interval for the population mean age of all Mercer County Community College.
    The average age of 120 randomly selected students is 22.75. And from previous experience the
    population standard deviation is known to be 1.35. Interpret your result.

    CL _______

    x̅ = _______

    n = _______

    σ = _______

    z/2 = ________

    b) A claim is made that the population mean age of all Mercer County Community College students is 24.
    Using the results from part (a) of this problem, would this claim be valid or invalid?

    4) Find a 95% confidence interval for the population mean length of a movie. The average length of a
    random sample of 54 movies is 110 minutes with a population standard deviation of 13 minutes.
    Interpret your result.

    CL _______

    x̅ = _______

    n = _______

    σ = _______

    z/2 = ________

    b) A claim is made that the population mean length of a movie is 110 minutes. Using the results from part
    (a) of this problem, would this claim be valid or invalid?

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    5) The monthly starting salaries of students who receive business degrees have a standard deviation of
    $600. What size sample should be selected to estimate the mean within $150 at the 95% confidence
    level?

    CL _______
    σ = _______
    z/2 = _______
    m = _______

    6) A research project for an insurance company wishes to investigate the mean value of the personal property
    held by urban apartment renters. A previous study suggested that the population standard deviation is roughly
    $10,000. A 99% confidence interval with a width of $1000 is desired. How large a sample must be taken to
    obtain such a confidence interval?

    CL _______
    σ = _______
    z/2 = _______
    m = _______

    7) A high school teacher wants to determine a 98% confidence interval for the population mean number
    of days a high school student misses school. How large a sample is needed to be within 0.5 days of the
    true mean? The population standard deviation is known to be 3.75 days.

    CL _______
    σ = _______
    z/2 = _______
    m = _______

    8) An elementary school teacher is studying the amount of time elementary school children spend reading
    during the week. A 90% confidence interval for the population mean number of hours a student reads in
    a week with a width no greater than 2 hours is wanted. It was determined in a similar study that the
    population standard deviation is 7.6 hours. How large a sample is needed?

    CL _______
    σ = _______
    z/2 = _______
    m = _______

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