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Flight on time 2013 revisited Will your flight get you to your destination on ti

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Question

Flight on time 2013 revisited Will your flight get you to your destination on time? The U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics reported the percentage of flights that were delayed each month from 1994 through October of 2013. Here's a histogram, along with some summary statistics: We can consider these data to be a representative sample of all months. There is no evidence of a time trend (r = 0.07). Check the assumptions and conditions for inference about the mean. Find a 99% confidence interval for the true percentage of flights that arrive late. Interpret this interval for a traveler planning to fly.

Explanation / Answer

a) Randomization:Data come from random sample.

Normality:The population has normal distribution.

Independent:Population is much larger than sample.

Standard deviation:Population standard deviation is known.

b) The 99% c.i=ybar+-Z(s/sqrt n-1)

=19.753+-2.58(4.273/sqrt 238-1)

=19.04 to 20.47

c) one can be 99% confident that tru epercentage of flights arriving late is between 19.04 and 20.47.