Statistics: Informed Decisions Using Data (4th Edition)

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Chapter 9 - Review - Review Exercises - Page 471: 11a

Answer

Since the data is not normally distributed (skewed left), a large sample size is necessary.

Work Step by Step

In order to construct a confidence interval for the mean, it is required that the population from which the sample is extracted is normally distributed or the sample size is large.
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