Let x = age in years of a rural Quebec woman at the time of her first marriage.
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Question
Let x = age in years of a rural Quebec woman at the time of her first marriage. In the year 1941, the population variance of x was approximately 2 = 5.1. Suppose a recent study of age at first marriage for a random sample of 41 women in rural Quebec gave a sample variance s2 = 2.4. Use a 5% level of significance to test the claim that the current variance is less than 5.1. Find a 90% confidence interval for the population variance.
Find the requested confidence interval for the population variance. (Round your answers to two decimal places.)
Explanation / Answer
The statistical software output for this problem is:
One sample variance summary confidence interval:
2 : Variance of population
90% confidence interval results:
Hence,
Lower limit = 1.72
Upper limit = 3.62
Variance Sample Var. DF L. Limit U. Limit 2 2.4 40 1.7217112 3.6213702Related Questions
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