A Wildlife Biologist Wants to Determine the Mean Weight of Adult

question 74

Multiple Choice

A wildlife biologist wants to determine the mean weight of adult red squirrels. She captures 10
Squirrels she believes to be representative of the species and weighs them, finding a mean of 12.32
Grams and standard deviation of 1.88gm. Assuming these squirrels can be considered a random
Sample of all red squirrels which of the following formulas gives a 95% confidence interval for the
Mean weight of all squirrels?

• A) \(12.32 \pm 2.228 \left( \frac { 1.88 } { \sqrt { 10 } } \right)\)
• B) \(12.32 \pm 2.262 \left( \frac { 1.88 } { \sqrt { 9 } } \right)\)
• C) \(12.32 \pm 1.96 \left( \frac { 1.88 } { \sqrt { 10 } } \right) ^ { \prime }\)
• D) \(12.32 \pm 2.262 \left( \frac { 1.88 } { \sqrt { 10 } } \right)\)
• E) \(12.32 \pm 2.228 \left( \frac { 1.88 } { \sqrt { 9 } } \right)\)

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