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Question:
(a) Use a calculator or appropriate computer software to verify that, for the preceding data, 36.0.
(b) Let us say that the preceding data are representative of the entire sector of (successful) financial services corporations. Find a 75% confidence interval for m, the average annual profit per employee for all successful banks.
(c) Let us say that you are the manager of a local bank with a large number of employees. Suppose the annual profits per employee are less than $30 thousand per employee. Do you think this might be somewhat low compared with other successful financial institutions? Explain by referring to the confidence interval you computed in part (b).
(d) Suppose the annual profits are more than $40 thousand per employee. As manager of the bank, would you feel somewhat better? Explain by referring to the confidence interval you computed in part (b).
(e) Repeat parts (b)(d) for a 90% confidence level.
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Understanding Basic Statistics
ISBN: 9781111827021
6th Edition
Authors: Charles Henry Brase, Corrinne Pellillo Brase