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Mean Confidence Intervals for Large Samples

This lesson considers how to construct confidence intervals for the mean of a population and how to correctly interpret confidence intervals, for large samples. Simulated samples will be used to demonstrate confidence interval concepts.

Sample Topics

• Simulated data
• Bike assembly times
• Music concerts
• Chewing gum

Lesson Targets

• Use simulation to understand the properties of a confidence interval
• Explore the relationship between confidence intervals and confidence levels
• Construct a confidence interval
• Interpret a confidence interval

Materials Included

• Lesson overview with instructor's notes
• Activity sheet containing 13 exercises
• Activity answer key
• Minitab data sets

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