A researcher is interested in whether the true concentration of nicotine in cigarettes (in milligrams) is equal to the claimed amount of 1mg. This researcher provides the following 95% confidence interval for the amount of nicotine based on the analysis of 35 cigarettes: (0.857, 1.124). a. Provide and interpretation of this interval. b. Explain how this interval can be used to test the researcher’s hypothesis c. State the conclusion of that hypothesis test

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 A researcher is interested in whether the true concentration of nicotine in
cigarettes (in milligrams) is equal to the claimed amount of 1mg. This researcher
provides the following 95% confidence interval for the amount of nicotine based
on the analysis of 35 cigarettes: (0.857, 1.124).

a. Provide and interpretation of this interval.

b. Explain how this interval can be used to test the researcher’s hypothesis

c. State the conclusion of that hypothesis test. 

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