MS Module 2 Confidence intervals – homework assignment

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Homework assignment:

Solve any one of the following end of chapter problems, showing all work. The numerical answers are in the appendix to the textbook; for the homework assignment, show how the answer is derived.

●    Problem 5 on page 384 (1st ed) / page 391 (2nd ed) / page 461 (3rd ed).
    ○    Parts (a) and (b): show how to derive the confidence intervals.
●    Problem 23 on page 392 (1st ed) / page 400 (2nd ed).
    ○    Part (a): show how to derive the 99% confidence interval for p.
    ○    Part (b): the textbook explains what value of p to use.
●    Problem 17 part (b) and part (c) on page 470 (3rd ed).
    ○    Part (b): show how to derive the confidence interval.
    ○    Part (c): show how to derive the prediction interval.