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99% confidence interval for yellow skittles:

750/3646
E= 2.575 (sq. root ( 750 X 2896) / 3646 = 96.89
653 < p < 847
The confidence interval has a wide range of values due to the difference in the amount of yellow
skittles and the total amount of skittles.
95% confidence interval for the mean of the skittles:
729.2/3646
E=1.96 (sq. root (729.2 X 2896) / 3646 = 47.17
682 < p < 776.37
All of the total number of each skittle color falls within the confidence interval for the mean.
The standard deviation is 22.665
98% confidence interval for the standard deviation:
22.665 / 100
E = 2.325 sq. root 22.665 X 77.335 / 3646 = 0.0266976
22.64 < p < 22.69
The confidence interval for the standard deviation does not have a wide range, which is fairly
common for the standard deviation. Within this data set, the point estimate of 22.665 will not vary
much.

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