A survey organization drew a simple random sample of 625 households from a city of 100,000 households.

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A survey organization drew a simple random sample of 625 households from a city of 100,000 households. The sample mean number of people in the 625 households was 2.30, and a 95% confidence interval for the mean number of people in the 100,000 households was 2.16 < μ < 2.44. True or false, and explain:

a. We are 95% confident that the mean number of people in the 625 households is between 2.16 and 2.44.

b. We are 95% confident that the mean number of people in the 100,000 households is between 2.16 and 2.44.

c. The probability is 0.95 that the mean number of people in the 100,000 households is between 2.16 and 2.44.

d. 95% of the households in the sample contain between 2.16 and 2.44 people.

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Elementary Statistics

ISBN: 9781259969454

3rd Edition

Authors: William Navidi, Barry Monk

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