Answer:
Step-by-step explanation:
number of samples, n = 10
Mean = (48 + 51 + 46 + 52 + 47 + 48 + 47 + 50 + 51 + 59)/10 = 49.9
Standard deviation = √(summation(x - mean)/n
Summation(x - mean) = (48 - 49.9)^2 + (51 - 49.9)^2 + (46 - 49.9)^2+ (52 - 49.9)^2 + (47 - 49.9)^2 + (48 - 49.9)^2 + (47 - 49.9)^2 + (50 - 49.9)^2 + (51 - 49.9)^2 + (59- 49.9)^2 = 128.9
Standard deviation = √128.9/10 = 3.59
Confidence interval is written in the form,
(Sample mean - margin of error, sample mean + margin of error)
The sample mean, x is the point estimate for the population mean.
Margin of error = z × s/√n
Where
s = sample standard deviation
From the information given, the population standard deviation is unknown and the sample size is small, hence, we would use the t distribution to find the z score
In order to use the t distribution, we would determine the degree of freedom, df for the sample.
df = n - 1 = 10 - 1 = 9
Since confidence level = 95% = 0.95, α = 1 - CL = 1 – 0.95 = 0.05
α/2 = 0.05/2 = 0.025
the area to the right of z0.025 is 0.025 and the area to the left of z0.025 is 1 - 0.025 = 0.975
Looking at the t distribution table,
z = 2.262
Margin of error = 2.262 × 3.59/√10
= 2.57
the lower limit of this confidence interval is
49.9 - 2.57 = 47.33
the lower limit of this confidence interval is
49.9 + 2.57 = 52.47
So it is false
