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A tip for success in this course is as you read a lesson, stop when instructed and read any assigned pages in the textbook before reading the other lessons.

Based on the Grading Scale for this course, if your total points earned for the semester are 887, your final semester grade will be what?

Complete the following sentence about confidence intervals. As the sample size decreases, the confidence interval gets _______________.

The following Confidence Interval upper and lower limits were calculated in order to estimate the population mean average hourly salary of Starbucks baristas. Assume all of the assumptions (conditions) were met. How far off could the sample mean of $11.63 be from the population mean? Confidence Level = 99% Lower Limit = $8.19 Upper Limit = $15.07 Sample Mean = $11.63 Margin of Error = $3.44 Standard Error = $1.261 Critical Value T-score = 2.728 Degrees of Freedom = 34

Match the following definition to the correct term below. A number that describes the characteristics of a population like a population mean or a population percentage.

Match the following definition to the correct term below. The standard deviation of a sampling distribution.  The distance that typical sample statistics are from the center of the sampling distribution.

In the Fall 2015 semester, we compared the population mean average weight in pounds of COC Math 140 students to the population mean average weight in pounds of Math 075 students.  Assume the data met all of the assumptions (conditions) for making a confidence interval. Population 1:  Math 140 statistics students Population 2:  Math 075 pre-stat students Use the two-population bootstrap confidence interval below to answer the following question.  What is the correct interpretation for this confidence interval?  Image_Exam2_Bootstrap_2pop_stat_prestat_weights.pdf  

Which type of sample data do we need if we want to estimate a population percentage (proportion) with a confidence interval?