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(A) Construct a 99% Confidence Interval for the Standard Deviation

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(A) Construct a 99% confidence interval for the standard deviation of the number of hours this firm's employees spend on work-related activities in a typical week.
(B) Interpret the 99% confidence interval constructed in (A).
(C) Given the target range of 40 to 60 hours of work per week, should senior management be concerned about the number of hours their employees are currently devoting to work? Explain why or why not.


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Income

Income earned, particularly when it's consistent, from work or investment returns.

Efficient Allocation

An economic condition where resources are distributed in a way that maximizes the welfare of society, ensuring that every good or service is produced up to the point where the last unit provides a benefit equal to the cost of producing it.

Risk

Uncertainty about future outcomes.

Risk-Averse

A description of an individual or organization that prefers to avoid uncertainty and is willing to sacrifice some potential gain to avoid risk.

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