The General Social Survey (GSS) is a sociological survey used to collect

data on demographic characteristics and attitudes of residents of the US.

In 2010, the survey collected responses from 1,154 US
residents(population size of different samples). Based on the survey
results, a 95% confidence interval for the average number of hours
Americans have to relax or pursue activities that they enjoy after an
average work day was found to be 3.53 to 3.83 hours. Determine if each
of the following statements are true or false.

 (a) 95% of Americans spend 3.53 to 3.83 hours relaxing after a

work day (samples don’t contain all Americans - just 1,154 residents
each sample)
 (b) 95% of random samples of 1,154 Americans will yield
confidence intervals that contain the true average number of hours
Americans spend relaxing after a work day.
 (c) 95% of the time the true average number of hours Americans
spend relaxing after a work day is between 3.53 and 3.83 hours ( true
average…day is not a random variable. Instead, it is a constant
variable)
 (d) We are 95% confident that Americans in this sample spend on
average 3.53 to 3.83 hours relaxing after a work day.

Interpretation of (3.53, 3.83) : We're 95% confident that the interval

(3.53, 3.83) is captured the true mean hours Americans spend relaxing
after a work day.

A zookeeper took a random sample of 30 days and observed how much

food an elephant ate on each of those days. The sample mean was 350kg
and the sample standard deviation was 25kg. The resulting 90%
confidence interval for the mean amount of food was (341,359) kg.

 (a) The elephant ate between 341kg and 359kg on 90% of all the
days.
 (b) In repeated sampling, this method produces intervals that
capture the population mean in about 90% of samples.
 (c) There is a 0.9 probability that true mean amount of food is
between 341kg and 359kg.
 (d) In repeated sampling, this method produces a sample mean
between 341kg and 359kg in about 90% of samples.