Construct a 95 confidence interval for a population mean The
Construct a 95% confidence interval for a population mean. The sample mean is X = 76 and the standard error of the mean is X = 4.
Solution
Note that
Lower Bound = X - z(alpha/2) * se
Upper Bound = X + z(alpha/2) * se
where
alpha/2 = (1 - confidence level)/2 = 0.025
Thus,
X = sample mean = 76
z(alpha/2) = critical z for the confidence interval = 1.959963985
se = standard error = 4
Thus,
Lower bound = 68.16014406
Upper bound = 83.83985594
Thus, the confidence interval is
( 68.16014406 , 83.83985594 ) [ANSWER]
