You Are Given the Following Information Obtained from a Random $\mu$

question 24

Essay

You are given the following information obtained from a random sample of 4 observations from a large, normally distributed population.
a.What is the point estimate of $\mu$ ?
b.Construct a 95% confidence interval for $\mu$ .
c.Construct a 90% confidence interval for $\mu$ .
d.Discuss why the 90% and 95% confidence intervals are different.

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