MS 150 Statistics q09 • Name:

The Journal of the American Medical Association published an article on 08 August 2001 that reported on vitamin A deficiency among children in the Federated States of Micronesia. The study found that a sample size n of 218 Yapese children had a mean blood serum level of retinol (vitamin A) x of 22.9 µg/dL with a sample standard deviation sx of 6.25 µg/dL.

1. __________ What level of measurement is the data?
2. __________ What is the sample size n for the data?
3. __________ What is the sample mean x?
4. __________ What is the point estimate for the population mean μ?
5. __________ What is the sample standard deviation sx?
6. __________ Calculate the sample coefficient of variation CV.
7. ____________________ Calculate the standard error of the sample mean x.
8. ____________________ Calculate the value of t_critical
9. ____________________ Calculate the margin of error E for the sample mean x.
10. Calculate the 95% confidence interval for the population mean serum retinol level for the Yapese children.
    
    p(__________ < μ <__________) = 0.95
11. ____________________ The population mean serum retinol level for children in the United States μ is 35 µg/dL. Is 35 a possible population mean value for the Yapese children?
12. ____________________ Is the serum retinol (vitamin A) level for children in Yap statistically significantly different from that for children in the United States?

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13. __________ What is the point estimate for the population proportion P?
14. ____________________ Calculate the standard error of the sample proportion p.
15. ____________________ Calculate the value of t_critical
16. ____________________ Calculate the margin of error E for the sample proportion p.
17. Calculate the 95% confidence interval for the population proportion usage of the style attribute.
    
    p(__________ < P <__________) = 0.95

Confidence interval statistics
Statistic or Parameter	Symbol	Equations	OpenOffice
Sample size	n	n	=COUNT(data)
Degrees of freedom	df	n − 1	=COUNT(data)-1
Find a tcritical value from a confidence level c	tc		=TINV(1-c;df)
Standard error of a sample mean x	SE		=STDEV(data)/SQRT(n)
Standard error of a sample proportion p	SE		=SQRT(p*q/n)
Calculate a margin of error for the mean E using tcritical and the standard error SE.	E		=tc*SE
Calculate a confidence interval for a population mean μ from a sample mean x and a margin of error E		x - E < μ < x + E
Calculate a confidence interval for a population proportion P from a sample proportion p and a margin of error E		p - E < P < p + E