ESTIMATION

CASE 4
• Confidence interval for the difference
between two means when σ’s are unknown.

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 Practice questions
• A sample from a normal population with
unknown variance consists of the
observations 34,25, 43, 37, 45. A sample from
a second normal population with the same
unknown variance as the first consists of the
observation 20, 31, 23,35, 41, 29, 39. Find a
95% confidence interval on μ1 – μ2.
 Practice questions
• A sample from a normal population with
unknown variance consists of the
observations 34,25, 43, 37, 45. A sample from
a second normal population with the same
unknown variance as the first consists of the
observation 20, 31, 23,35, 41, 29, 39. Find a
95% confidence interval on μ1 – μ2.
 Practice questions
• A sample from a normal population with
unknown variance consists of the
observations 34,25, 43, 37, 45. A sample from
a second normal population with the same
unknown variance as the first consists of the
observation 20, 31, 23,35, 41, 29, 39. Find a
95% confidence interval on μ1 – μ2.
 Practice questions
A course in mathematics is taught to 10 students by the
conventional classroom procedure. A second group of 12
students was given the same course by means of programmed
materials. At the end of the semester, the same examination
was given to each group. Their grades are given as follows:
Group 1 70 66 76 77 73 72 68 74 75 69
Group 2 77 83 92 85 82 84 80 78 91 93 80
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Find a 90% confidence interval for the differences between
the average grades of the two group. Assume the populations
to be approximately normal with equal variances.
 Practice questions
From the area planted in one variety of guayule, 54 plants were
selected at random. Of these plants, 15 were “Offtypes” and 12 were
“Aberrants”. The rubber %ages of these plants were:

Offtypes
4.47, 5.88, 6.21, 5.55, 6.09, 5.70, 5.82, 4.84, 5.59, 5.59, 5.22, 4.45,
6.74, 6.06, 6.04
Aberrants
6.48, 6.39, 4.28, 7.71, 6.40, 7.06, 5.51, 8.93, 7.71, 7.20, 7.37, 5.91

Compute a 90% confidence interval for the difference of two

population means