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As part of the course requirement each student taking E270 is to build an interv

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Question

As part of the course requirement each student taking E270 is to build an interval with a 95% confidence level for the population mean monthly rent for two-bedroom apartments in Marion County. Each student is required to obtain a random sample of size n = 100. The number of students participating in this project is 294. After each student submits his/her interval estimate, the instructor would expect about


a 279 of these intervals to capture the actual population mean.


b 284 of these intervals to capture the actual population mean.


c 290 of these intervals to capture the actual population mean.


d 95 of these intervals to capture the actual population mean.

Explanation / Answer

a) 279 of these intervals to capture the actual population mean.