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DEFINITION
x
671
x
12.4
n
54
So, your point estimate for the mean length of all
magazine advertisements is 12.4 sentences.
Number of Sentences
16
14
11
17
12
99
18
13
12
17
11
17
18
20
14
11
12
12
11
18
13
xx 443
xx
14
.
767
nn
30
Although you can assume that the point estimate in Example 1 is not equal
to the actual population mean, it is probably close to it. To form an interval
estimate, use the point estimate as the center of the interval, then add and
subtract a margin of error. For instance, if the margin of error is 2.1, then an
interval estimate would be given by 12.4 2.1 or 10.3 < < 14.5.
The point estimate and interval estimate are as follows.
Study Tip:
zc
90%
1.645
95%
1.96
99%
2.575
DEFINITION
Critical Values
Critical Values
You can see from the graph that c is the percent of area under
the normal curve between -zc and zc. The area remaining is 1
c, so the area in each tail is (1 c). For instance, if c =
90%, then 5% of the area lies to the left of -zc = -1.645 and
5% lies to the right of zc = 1.645
Error of Estimate
|x|
DEFINITION
E z c c
E zc
E 1.3
s
5.0
1.96
n
54
Insight:
http://calculator.maconstate.edu/confidence_int_z/index.html#
E zc
E .55
s
1.5
1.645
n
20
So, with 90% confidence, you can say that the mean age of the
students is between 22.35 and 23.45 years.
Sample Size
zcs
n
1.96 5.0
96.04