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A pharmaceutical company makes tranquilizers. It is assumed that the

distribution for the length of time they last is approximately normal.

Researchers in a hospital used the drug on a random sample of nine

patients. The effective period of the tranquilizer for each patient (in

hours) was as follows: 2.7; 2.8; 3.0; 2.3; 2.3; 2.2; 2.8; 2.1; and 2.4.

(a) What is (i) ¯(x) (ii) Sx (iii) n (iv) n{1

(b) Define the random variable X in words.

(c) Define the random variable X¯ in words.

(d) Which distribution should you use for this problem? Explain your

choice.

(e) Construct a 95% confidence interval for the population mean length

of time. (i) State the confidence interval. (ii). Sketch the graph. (iii).

Calculate the error bound.

(f) What does it mean to be "95% confident" in this problem?

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