The z-score associated with 95% is 1.96. If the sample mean is 200 and the standard deviation is 30, find the upper limit of the 95% confidence interval.

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Answer:

The upper limit of the 95% confidence interval is:

C.I_u = 200 + (58.8/[tex]\sqrt{n}[/tex])

Step-by-step explanation:

The formula is given as:

C.I = μ ± Z*σ/[tex]\sqrt{n}[/tex]

The upper limit => C.I_u = μ + Z*σ/[tex]\sqrt{n}[/tex]

The lower limit => C.I_l = μ - Z*σ/[tex]\sqrt{n}[/tex]

The sample size (n) is not stated in the question. Hence, we calculate the upper limit with respect to n.

The upper limit => C.I_u = 200 + 1.96*(30/[tex]\sqrt{n}[/tex])

                                    = 200 + (1.96*30)/[tex]\sqrt{n}[/tex]

                                    = 200 + 58.8/[tex]\sqrt{n}[/tex]

The upper limit of the 95% confidence interval is given by

200+58.8 [tex]\rm \bold {\sqrt{n}}[/tex]

Where n = Sample size

The given problem belongs to statistics.

Confidence interval  is a range of probability distribution function which is used as an important parameter to predict the values of an unknown variable.

This is one of the key  parameters for decision making in statistical computing

The limits for 95% Confidence interval is given by following equations

[tex]\rm Upper\; Limit\; for\; 95 \% \; Confidence \; interval = \mu + (Z\times \sigma/\sqrt{n})........(1) \\\\Lower \; Limit\; for\; 95 \% \; Confidence \; interval = \mu - (Z\times \sigma/\sqrt{n})........(2) \\\\Where\;\\ \mu = Sample\; mean\\Z = z \; score \\n = Sample \; size \\\\\sigma = Standard \; deviation[/tex]

In the given situation according to the given data

Z Score = 1.96

[tex]\mu[/tex] = Sample mean = 200

Standard deviation = [tex]\sigma[/tex]= 30

Upper limit of the 95% confidence interval can be found out by putting the values in equation (1)

hence we can write that

Upper limit of the 95% confidence interval = 200 + (1.96[tex]\times[/tex]30)  /[tex]\sqrt{n}[/tex] = 200+58.8 [tex]\rm \bold {\sqrt{n}}[/tex]

Since sample size is not known so let the sample the sample size is n.

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