A Botanist Measures the Heights of 16 Seedlings and Obtains

question 37

Multiple Choice

A botanist measures the heights of 16 seedlings and obtains a mean and standard deviation of 72.5 cm and 4.5 cm,respectively.If seedling height is normally distributed,the 95% confidence interval for the mean height of seedlings in the population form which the sample was selected would be _____.

• A)[62.91,82.09]
• B)[70.30,74.70]
• C)[70.10,74.90]
• D)[70.54,74.46]
• E)[71.90,73.10]

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