Suppose that a randomized comparative experiment studies the effect of diet on blood pressure. Researchers divide 54 healthy white males at random into two groups. One group receives a calcium supplement, and the other group receives a placebo. At the beginning of the study, the researchers measure several variables on the subjects. The average seated systolic blood pressure of the 27 members of the placebo group is reported to be x̄=114.9, with a standard deviation of ?=9.3. Give a 95% confidence interval for the mean systolic blood pressure of the population from which the subjects were recruited. Report your interval values to one decimal place.

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Suppose that a randomized comparative experiment studies the effect of diet on blood pressure. Researchers divide 54 healthy white males at random into two groups. One group receives a calcium supplement, and the other group receives a placebo. At the beginning of the study, the researchers measure several variables on the subjects. The average seated systolic blood pressure of the 27 members of the placebo group is reported to be =114.9, with a standard deviation of ?=9.3.

Give a 95% confidence interval for the mean systolic blood pressure of the population from which the subjects were recruited.

Report your interval values to one decimal place.

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