Katrina Washington March 9, 2013 Biometry-Lab 5 Question: a) The shape of this histogram is leftskewed b) The benefit of using a larger

sample size is that there is less error. If the sample size had been less than 40 the standard error would have increased c)

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e) I am 95% confident that the mean acorn diameter is between 15.81523 and 17.81977 mm.

f) The width of the confidence interval decreases as the sample size increases. The width increases as the standard deviation increases. The width increases as the confidence level increases (0.5 towards 0.99999 - stronger). g) = 13.791182 h) The percentage of CIs only surpasses 52% of the mean population. It is not close to 95% because i)

j) I am 95% confident that the true population proportion of acorns on Rowans campus is between 0.732904 and 0.9488896 mm. k) p= 32.818182 l) m) Class data for acorn diameters a. 2.411 b. 4.822 n) Class data on the proportion of acorn with intact caps. a. b.