Suppose a Random Sample of 16 Is Selected from a Population

question 85

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Suppose a random sample of 16 is selected from a population with a normal distribution with a known population standard deviation σ of 10.Assume that the sample mean is 4.2.Based on a 90% confidence interval for the population mean, we can conclude that 0.1 is a plausible number for the population mean μ.

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