The Municipal Transit Authority wants to know if, on weekdays, more passengers ride the north bound blue line train towards the city center that departs at 8:15 a.m. or the one that departs at 8:30 a.m. The following sample statistics are assembled by the Transit Authority. n ?̅ s 8:15 train 30 323 41 8:30 train 45 356 45 a. Construct a 90% confidence interval for the difference in the mean number of daily travelers on the 8:15 train and the mean number of daily travelers on the 8:30 train. b. Test at the 5% level of significance whether the data provide sufficient evidence to conclude that more passengers ride the 8:30 train.
The Municipal Transit Authority wants to know if, on weekdays, more passengers ride the north bound blue line train towards the city center that departs at 8:15 a.m. or the one that departs at 8:30 a.m. The following sample statistics are assembled by the Transit Authority. n ?̅ s 8:15 train 30 323 41 8:30 train 45 356 45 a. Construct a 90% confidence interval for the difference in the mean number of daily travelers on the 8:15 train and the mean number of daily travelers on the 8:30 train. b. Test at the 5% level of significance whether the data provide sufficient evidence to conclude that more passengers ride the 8:30 train.
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The Municipal Transit Authority wants to know if, on weekdays, more passengers ride the north bound blue line train towards the city center that departs at 8:15 a.m. or the one that departs at 8:30 a.m. The following sample statistics are assembled by the Transit Authority.
n | ?̅ | s | |
8:15 train | 30 | 323 | 41 |
8:30 train | 45 | 356 | 45 |
a. Construct a 90% confidence interval for the difference in the mean number of daily travelers on
the 8:15 train and the mean number of daily travelers on the 8:30 train.
b. Test at the 5% level of significance whether the data provide sufficient evidence to conclude that
more passengers ride the 8:30 train.
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