Question: For the height data set (used in lab 7), take a sample of 30 people and use the distribution to find a 95% confidence interval
For the height data set (used in lab 7), take a sample of 30 people and use the distribution to find a 95% confidence interval for the population mean. Then, check if the actual mean lies inside your interval. Repeat this process 100 times - what percentage of the time did the population mean lie inside the confidence interval?
Dataset
| Height |
| 67.18 |
| 71.5 |
| 68.42 |
| 67.61 |
| 71.71 |
| 69.57 |
| 73.25 |
| 69.58 |
| 71.91 |
| 68.7 |
| 75.32 |
| 69.95 |
| 67.37 |
| 72.35 |
| 75.19 |
| 72.99 |
| 70.36 |
| 70.95 |
| 68 |
| 71.85 |
| 70.04 |
| 66.63 |
| 67.95 |
| 63.9 |
| 66.78 |
| 64.87 |
| 71.51 |
| 73.01 |
| 68.77 |
| 67.6 |
| 67.4 |
| 66.3 |
| 73.01 |
| 72.31 |
| 70.32 |
| 69.97 |
| 66.53 |
| 73.07 |
| 73.79 |
| 63.58 |
| 75.97 |
| 73.64 |
| 69.73 |
| 70.51 |
| 69.12 |
| 68.59 |
| 66.45 |
| 67.22 |
| 68.54 |
| 70.97 |
| 69.83 |
| 67.71 |
| 74.2 |
| 74.73 |
| 70.86 |
| 67.33 |
| 69.84 |
| 72.38 |
| 76.06 |
| 72.84 |
| 64.17 |
| 72.14 |
| 73.05 |
| 71.21 |
| 68.57 |
| 70.86 |
| 68.23 |
| 68.73 |
| 72.06 |
| 72.57 |
| 73.64 |
| 69.11 |
| 69.61 |
| 67.21 |
| 69.63 |
| 69.28 |
| 70.08 |
| 67.53 |
| 67.91 |
| 67.58 |
| 78.06 |
| 71.57 |
| 72.15 |
| 67.16 |
| 70.54 |
| 69.36 |
| 69.44 |
| 76.84 |
| 75.21 |
| 72.35 |
| 71.3 |
| 62.92 |
| 69.93 |
| 67.12 |
| 71.32 |
| 68.37 |
| 70.83 |
| 67.72 |
| 70.48 |
| 69.15 |
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