Problem

You intend to estimate a population mean μ with the following sample.
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You believe the population is normally distributed. Find the 95% confidence interval. Enter your answer as an open-interval (i.e., parentheses) accurate to twp decimal places (because the sample data are reported accurate to one decimal place).
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Answer should be obtained without any preliminary rounding. However, the critical value may be rounded to 3 decimal places

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Rounding to two decimal places, the final answer is (30.23,50.26).

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Step 1 :We are given a sample of 11 data points: 45.4, 48.3, 39.3, 5.4, 55.8, 43.5, 51.3, 57.8, 46.6, 38, 11.3. We are asked to find the 95% confidence interval for the population mean, assuming the population is normally distributed.

Step 2 :The formula for the confidence interval is x¯±zsn, where x¯ is the sample mean, z is the z-score which corresponds to the desired confidence level, s is the sample standard deviation, and n is the sample size.

Step 3 :First, we calculate the sample mean x¯ and the sample standard deviation s. The sample mean is approximately 40.24545454545454 and the sample standard deviation is approximately 16.949062725493917.

Step 4 :For a 95% confidence level, the z-score is approximately 1.96.

Step 5 :Substituting these values into the formula, we find the confidence interval to be approximately (30.22938260078375, 50.261526490125334).

Step 6 :Rounding to two decimal places, the final answer is (30.23,50.26).

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