SOLUTION: A student wanted to construct a 95% confidence interval for the average age of students in her statistics class. She randomly selected 9 students. Their average age was 19.1 years
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Question 1158201: A student wanted to construct a 95% confidence interval for the average age of students in her statistics class. She randomly selected 9 students. Their average age was 19.1 years with a standard deviation of 1.5 years. What is the best point estimate for the population mean?.......A. 2.1 years
B. 1.5 years
C. 19.1 years
D. 9 years
Answer by Boreal(15235) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The point estimate is the value of the sample mean, for it is the best (only) estimate available.
19.1 years
C
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