A researcher wants to know the mean weight of all garbage being discarded per household in Gallup, NM. A random sample of n = 9 households is selected and the garbage weighed. The following data is obtained: 10.8, 17.2, 23.1, 27.8, 27.9, 31.0, 33.3, 37.6, 44.5.
Find a) the sample mean________. b) the sample median ________. c) the sample mode ________. d. the sample standard deviation (hint: divide by n -1) __________e) the sample variance _________. f) the sample range ______
Operating at the 90% confidence level:
g) what is the Margin of Error E (show work)
h) Find the 90% confidence interval for the mean weight of all garbage discarded per household in Gallup, NM. (show work)
i) What is the probability that the true population mean lies outside the interval in h) ______.
Operating at the 98% Confidence Level
k) What is the Margin of Error E (show work)
m) Find a 98% confidence interval for the mean weight of all garbage discarded per household in Gallup, NM.
o)What is the probability that the true population mean lies outside the interval in m) _____