Samples of aircrew on long haul schedules are tested to assess the amount of tim

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Samples of aircrew on long haul schedules are tested to assess the amount of time they spend in stage IV sleep. It has been hypothesized that individuals suffering from tiredness due to long haul work may spend less time per night in the deeper stages of sleep. The number of minutes spent in Stage IV sleep is recorded for sixty-one patients. The sample produced a mean of 48 minutes (sd=14 minutes) of stage IV sleep over a 24-hour period of time. Compute a 95 percent confidence interval for this data. What does this information tell you about a particular individual's stage IV sleep?

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Go to Minitab. Stat> Basic statistics> one-sample z. Select 'Summaried data' and enter 61, 48 and 14 corresponding to 'Sample size', 'Mean' and 'Standard deviation'. Click 'Options' and choose 95. Click OK twice. The confidence interval is (44.49,51.51). Since, 48 minutes is included in the confidence interval, accept null hypothesis.

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