In a Random Sample of 651 Computer Scientists Who Subscribed $[ \$ 25,469 \quad \$ 68,163 ]$

question 17

Multiple Choice

In a random sample of 651 computer scientists who subscribed to a web-based daily news update,it was found that the average salary was $46,816 with a population standard deviation of $12,557.Calculate a 91 percent confidence interval for the mean salary of computer scientists.

• A) \([ \$ 25,469 \quad \$ 68,163 ]\)
• B) \([ \$ 46,592 \quad \$ 47,040 ]\)
• C) \([ \$ 46,157 \quad \$ 47,475 ]\)
• D) \([ \$ 46,783 \quad \$ 46,849 ]\)
• E) \([ \$ 45,981\)\( \quad\)\(\$ 47,650 ]\)

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