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Aim: How do we find confidence interval? HW#9: complete question on last slide on loose leaf (DO NOT ME THE HW IT WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED)

Inferential Statistics: Estimation Estimation – the process of estimating the value of a parameter from information obtained from a sample An important question in estimation is that of sample size – How large should the sample be in order to make an accurate estimate? It depends on factors such as accuracy and probability

Point Estimate Point Estimate: a specific numerical value estimate of a parameter. – The best point of estimate of the population mean is the sample mean Why aren’t median and mode used to estimate the population mean? – the means of samples vary less than other statistics when many samples are selected from the same population Therefore the sample mean is the best estimate of the population mean

Three properties of good estimates 1.The estimator should be an unbiased estimator. That is, the expected value or the mean of the estimates obtained from samples of a given size is equal to the parameter being estimated. 2.The estimator should be consistent. For a consistent estimator, as sample size increases the value of the estimator approaches the value of the parameter estimated. 3.The estimator should be a relatively efficient estimator. That is, of all the statistics that can be used to estimate a parameter, the relatively efficient estimator has the smallest variance.

Interval Estimate An interval estimate of a parameter is an interval or a range of values used to estimate the parameter. This estimate may or may not contain the value of the parameter being estimated. – In an interval estimate, the parameter is specified as being between two values Example: an interval estimate for the average age of all students might be 26.9 < µ < 27.7 or 27.3 ±0.4 years.

Confidence Interval The confidence level of an interval estimate of a parameter is the probability that the interval estimate will contain the parameter, assuming that a large number of samples are selected and that the estimation process on the same parameter is repeated. A confidence interval is a specific interval estimate of a parameter determined by using data obtained from a sample and by using the specific confidence level of the estimate.

Confidence Interval There common confidence intervals are used the 90, the 95, and the 99% confidence intervals The formula for the confidence interval of the mean for a specific α

Confidence Interval

Maximum Error of Estimate Maximum Error of Estimate: is the maximum likely difference between the point estimate of a parameter and the actual value of the parameter MUST ALWAYS ROUND FINAL ANSWER TO ONE DECIMAL POINT!

Example A researcher wishes to estimate the average amount of money a person spends on lottery tickets each month. A sample of 50 people who pay the lottery found the mean to be $19 and the standard deviation to be 6.8. Find the best point estimate of the population mean and the 95% confidence interval of the population.

Example Solution The best point estimate of the mean is $19. For the 95% confidence interval use z = 1.96

Homework #9 1. A survey of 30 adults found that the mean age of a persons’ primary vehicle is 5.6 years. Assuming the standard deviation of the population is 0.8 years, find the best point estimate of the population mean and the 99% confidence interval of the population mean.