document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=323877>Question 323877</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A toy manufacturer wants to see how long, on average, a new toy captures children's attention. He tests 18 children selected at random and finds that their mean attention span is 27 minutes with a standard deviation of 6 minutes. If we assume that attention spans are normally distributed, find a 95 confidence interval for the mean attention span of children playing with this new toy. Then complete the table below. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Carry your intermediate computations to at least three decimal places. Round your answers to one decimal place. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "What is the lower limit confidence interval?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "What is the upper limit confidence interval </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Carry your intermediate computations to at least three decimal places. Round your answers to one decimal place.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I ran a TInterval program on a TI-84 to get:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "95CI: 24.016< u < 29.984<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "What is the lower limit confidence interval?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "What is the upper limit confidence interval<BR>\n" );
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