A survey conducted by the American Automobile Association showed that a family o

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A survey conducted by the American Automobile Association showed that a family of four spends an average of $215.60 per day while on vacation. Suppose a sample of 64 families of four vacationing at Niagara Falls resulted in a sample mean of $252.45 per day and a sample standard deviation of $74.50.

a. Develop a 95% confidence interval estimate of the mean amount spent per day by a family of four visiting Niagara Falls (to 2 decimals). (____,____)

b. Based on the confidence interval from part (a), does it appear that the population mean amount spent per day by families visiting Niagara Falls differs from the mean reported by the American Automobile Association? Yes or No?

Explanation / Answer

The statistical software output for this problem is:

One sample T summary confidence interval:
: Mean of population

95% confidence interval results:

Hence,

a) 95% confidence interval will be:

(233.84, 271.06)

b) Yes, it appears that the population mean amount spent per day by families visiting Niagara Falls differs from the mean reported by the American Automobile Association because the interval does not contain $215.60.

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