A $99 \%$ Confidence Interval (In Inches) for the Mean Height of a Height

question 34

Multiple Choice

A $99 \%$ confidence interval (in inches) for the mean height of a population is $65.7 < \mu < 67.3$ . This result is based on a sample of size 144. Construct the $95 \%$ confidence interval. (Hint: you will first need to find the sample mean and sample standard deviation) .

• A) \(65.7\) in. \(< \mu < 67.3 \mathrm { in }\).
• B) \(65.9\) in. \(< \mu < 67.1 \mathrm { in }\).
• C) \(65.6\) in. \(< \mu < 67.4 \mathrm { in }\).
• D) \(66.0 \mathrm { in } . < \mu < 67.0 \mathrm { in }\).

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