A school administrator wants to see if there is a difference in the number of students per class for the Portland Public School district (Group 1) compared to the Beaverton School district (Group 2). Let μ1 be the average number of students per class for the Portland Public School district. Let μ2 be the average number of students per class for the Beaverton School district. Assume the populations are normally distributed. A random sample of 27 Portland classes found a mean of 36 students per class with a standard deviation of 6. A random sample of 26 Beaverton classes found a mean of 37 students per class with a standard deviation of 2.  Find a 99% confidence interval for the difference of the means.  round answers to 2 decimal places. ______ < μ1-μ2 < _______ Since the above confidence interval (Select: is positive, negative, contains a zero) ________  , with 99% confidence, it is plausible that the average number of students per class for the Portland Public School district is  (Select: higher than, smaller than, same as) ________    that for the Beaverton School district. Using these data, at significance levle of 0.01, if you were testing whether there is a difference in the number of students per class for the Portland Public School district compared to the Beaverton School district, then the conclusion would be same as above different from above because we used matching non-matching confidence level and significance level.

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A school administrator wants to see if there is a difference in the number of students per class for the Portland Public School district (Group 1) compared to the Beaverton School district (Group 2).

Let μ1 be the average number of students per class for the Portland Public School district.
Let μ2 be the average number of students per class for the Beaverton School district. Assume the populations are normally distributed.

A random sample of 27 Portland classes found a mean of 36 students per class with a standard deviation of 6.
A random sample of 26 Beaverton classes found a mean of 37 students per class with a standard deviation of 2. 

  1. Find a 99% confidence interval for the difference of the means.  round answers to 2 decimal places.

    ______ < μ1-μ2 < _______



  2. Since the above confidence interval (Select: is positive, negative, contains a zero) ________  , with 99% confidence, it is plausible that the average number of students per class for the Portland Public School district is  (Select: higher than, smaller than, same as) ________    that for the Beaverton School district.

  3. Using these data, at significance levle of 0.01, if you were testing whether there is a difference in the number of students per class for the Portland Public School district compared to the Beaverton School district, then the conclusion would be
    • same as above
    • different from above

    because we used
    • matching
    • non-matching
    confidence level and significance level.
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