INTERVAL ESTIMATE OF

POPULATION MEAN
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WITH UNKNOWN  VARIANCE AND
SAMPLE SIZE
Confidence Interval of when and
 
variance is unknown
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Where -sample mean

-sample size
-sample standard deviation
- t value of
 Other form
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Where – lower confidence limit

– upper confidence limit
- population mean
E- margin of error
 MARGIN OF ERROR
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 Example
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 The mean and standard deviation of the content of a
sample of 10 similar containers are 10.5 liters and
0.352, respectively.
a. Find a 95% confidence interval for the actual mean
content
b. Find the lower and upper confidence limits.
Assume that the contents are approximately normally
distributed.
 
STEP 1: Find the degrees of freedom
STEP 2: Find
STEP 3: Find the critical value of
STEP 4: Find the margin of error
STEP 5: Find the confidence level
STEP 6: Find the lower and upper
confidence limit
 Try it!
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 The following are randomly selected scores in
Filipino of twelve Grade 10 students:
75 80 81 70
65 85 83 71
76 77 80 69

a. Find a 99% confidence interval for the mean score of

all grade 10 students assuming that the students’ score
is approximately normally distributed.
b. Find the lower and upper confidence limits