document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1029720>Question 1029720</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Suppose the weight of cereal in a box is labeled to contain 20 oz and is distributed with mean 20.1 oz. and standard deviation .2 oz. Y is the weight of cereal in a random box.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "How much do the heaviest 4% of boxes weigh?(calculate 96th percentile of distribution of Y)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Suppose that 300 samples are selected with a 95% confidence interval for the population mean. How many intervals are expected to contain the value of the population mean?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "How much do the heaviest 4% of boxes weigh?(calculate 96th percentile of distribution of Y)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x = z*s + u<BR>\n" );
document.write( "z = invNorm(0.96) = 1.7507<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 1.7507*0.2 + 20.1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 20.45 oz<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Suppose that 300 samples are selected with a 95% confidence interval for the population mean. How many intervals are expected to contain the value of the population mean?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Check you text book.  This question is is testing your interpretation<BR>\n" );
document.write( "of the meaning of a 95% confidence interval.<BR>\n" );
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