Statistics: Informed Decisions Using Data (4th Edition)

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Chapter 11 - Section 11.2 - Assess Your Understanding - Applying the Concepts - Page 551: 8d

Answer

Confidence interval: $-0.1929\lt µ_d\lt0.3789$ We are 99% confident that the population mean difference is between -0.1929 and 0.3789.

Work Step by Step

$n=6$, so: $d.f.=n-1=5$ $level~of~confidence=(1-α).100$% $99$% $=(1-α).100$% $0.99=1-α$ $α=0.01$ $t_{\frac{α}{2}}=t_{0.005}=4.032$ (According to Table VI, for d.f. = 5 and area in right tail = 0.005) $Lower~bound=d ̅-t_{\frac{α}{2}}.\frac{s_d}{\sqrt n}=0.093-4.032\times\frac{0.1737}{\sqrt {6}}=-0.1929$ $Upper~bound=d ̅+t_{\frac{α}{2}}.\frac{s_d}{\sqrt n}=0.093+4.032\times\frac{0.1737}{\sqrt {6}}=0.3789$
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