American Alligators. Refer to Exercise 8.78. a. Determine the margin of error for the 95% confidence interval.

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American Alligators. Refer to Exercise 8.78.

a. Determine the margin of error for the 95% confidence interval.

b. Determine the margin of error for the 99% confidence interval.

c. Compare the margins of error found in parts (a) and (b).

d. What principle is being illustrated?


 Exercise 8.78

Multi-sensor data loggers were attached to free-ranging American alligators in a study conducted by Y. Watanabe for the article “Behavior of American Alligators Monitored by Multi-Sensor Data Loggers”. The mean duration for a sample of 68 dives was 338.0 seconds. Assume the population standard deviation is 100 seconds.

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