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You have collected weekly earnings and age data from a sub-sample of 1,744 individualsusing the Current Population Survey in a given year. Given the overall mean of $434.49and a standard deviation of $294.67, construct a 99% confidence interval for averageearnings in the entire population. State the meaning of this interval in words, ratherthan just in numbers. If you constructed a 90% confidence interval instead, would itbe smaller or larger? What is the intuition?

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The 99% confidence interval for average weekly earnings in the entire population is between $416.42 and $452.66. This means that we are 99% sure that the true population mean weekly earnings is between these two values.

Due to the smaller margin of error, the confidence interval would be smaller, that is, less likely to contain the true population mean.

Step-by-step explanation:

We have that to find our $\alpha$ level, that is the subtraction of 1 by the confidence interval divided by 2. So:

$\alpha = \frac{1 - 0.99}{2} = 0.005$

Now, we have to find z in the Ztable as such z has a pvalue of $1 - \alpha$ .

That is z with a pvalue of 1 - 0.005 = 0.995 , so Z = 2.575.

Now, find the margin of error M as such

$M = z\frac{\sigma}{\sqrt{n}}$

In which $\sigma$ is the standard deviation of the population and n is the size of the sample.

$M = 2.575\frac{294.67}{\sqrt{1744}} = 18.17$

The lower end of the interval is the sample mean subtracted by M. So it is 434.49 - 18.17 = $416.42

The upper end of the interval is the sample mean added to M. So it is 434.49 + 18.17 = $452.66

If you constructed a 90% confidence interval instead, would it be smaller or larger? What is the intuition?

For a 90% confidence interval, we would have z = 1.645.

Looking at the margin of error formula, M and z are direct proportional, that is, as z decreases so does M. Due to the smaller margin of error, the confidence interval would be smaller, that is, less likely to contain the true population mean.

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Im not that good with division but i think 5 is -6but dont quote me on thatim not the best in division but thats my answer

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whole numbers.

step-by-step explanation:

we are given the average monthly rainfall (in millimeters) model r(m) for the years 1900-2009 as a function of the month number m.

as we can see m is taken for the number of months for years 1900-2009.

we know that number of months can't be a negative number or decimal number or a fraction.

so, the number of months could be only positive whole numbers.

therefore, whole numbers is more appropriate for the domain of r.

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