Use the Given Degree of Confidence and Sample Data to Construct

question 44

Multiple Choice

Use the given degree of confidence and sample data to construct a confidence interval for the population mean $\mu$ . Assume that the population has a normal distribution.
A laboratory tested twelve chicken eggs and found that the mean amount of cholesterol was 185 milligrams with $s = 17.6$ milligrams. A confidence interval of $173.8 \mathrm { mg } < \mu < 196.2 \mathrm { mg }$ is constructed for the true mean cholesterol content of all such eggs. It was assumed that the population has a normal distribution. What confidence level does this interval represent?

• A) \(99 \%\)
• B) \(95 \%\)
• C) \(98 \%\)
• D) \(80 \%\)

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