The following random sample was selected from a normal distribution: 4, 6, 3, 5, 9, 3.
a. Construct a 90% confidence interval for the population mean μ.
90% confidence interval is (_______________, _______________)
b. Construct a 95% confidence interval for the population mean μ.
95% confidence interval is (_______________, _______________)
c. Construct a 99% confidence interval for the population mean μ.
99% confidence interval is (_______________, _______________)
d. Assume that the sample mean and sample standard deviation remain exactly the same as those you just calculated but are based on a sample of n = 26 observations rather than n = 6 observations. Repeat parts a-c.
a) 90% confidence interval is (_______________, _______________)
b) 95% confidence interval is (_______________, _______________)
c) 99% confidence interval is (_______________, _______________)
e. What is the effect of increasing the sample size on the width of the confidence intervals?