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Course Notes - Department of Mathematics and Statistics

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• Giving a confidence interval <strong>of</strong> (-0.3086, 1.737), since this intervalincludes zero there is no evidence <strong>of</strong> a diffence in average TLCbetween men <strong>and</strong> women.• NB//. t 28 = 2.048 for 95% confidence.Calculating the confidence interval for age parameter• Calculating the confidence interval for the age parameterˆβ i ±t ν s.e.( ˆβ i )−0.0252 ± t 28 0.0235−0.0252 ± 0.0481• Giving a confidence interval <strong>of</strong> (-0.0733, 0.0229), since this intervalincludes zero there is no evidence <strong>of</strong> a difference in TLC for people<strong>of</strong> different ages.Calculating the confidence interval for height parameter• Calculating the confidence interval for the height parameterˆβ i ± t ν s.e.( ˆβ i )0.0888 ± t 28 0.02450.0888 ± 0.0511• Confidence interval is (0.0377, 0.1339). Since this interval excludeszero there is strong evidence <strong>of</strong> a diffence in TLC for people<strong>of</strong> different heights.• Calculating the confidence interval for the height parameterˆβ i ± t ν s.e.( ˆβ i )0.0888 ± t 28 0.02450.0888 ± 0.0511• Confidence interval is (0.0377, 0.1339). Since this interval excludeszero there is strong evidence <strong>of</strong> a diffence in TLC for people<strong>of</strong> different heights.241

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