Number of Sample Mean Salary Sample Standard Deviation
Professors (in 1000s) (in $1000)
English 32 71.4 10.7
Statistics 35 76.3 13
A. Are the assumptions for constructing a confidence interval for the difference between two population means satisfied in this case?
No, the assumptions for the assumptions for constructing a confidence interval for the difference between two population means are not
satisfied because the sample sizes are not large enough.
No, the assumptions for constructing a confidence interval for the difference between two population means are not satisfied because
we were not told that both samples come from normal distribution.
Yes, the assumptions for constructing a confidence interval for the difference between two population means are satisfied because both
sample sizes are large enough.
⢠Yes, the assumptions for the assumptions for constructing a confidence interval for the difference between two population means are
satisfied because annual salaries are always normally distributed regardless of the sample size.
B. Construct and interpret a 95% confidence interval for the difference between mean salaries of English and Statistics professors. Let 1 =
English professors, 2 = Statistics professors.
95% CI for µā - µā:
Round to 4 decimal places.
C. Interpret the interval you constructed in part B.