The National Survey of Family Growth conducted by the Centers for Disease Control gathers information on family life, mariage and divorce, pregnancy, infertility, use of contraception, and men's and women's health. One of the variables collected on this survey is the age at first marriage. The histogram below shows the distribution of ages at first marriage of 5,534 randomly sampled women between 2006 and 2010. The average age at first marriage among these women is 23.44 with a standard deviation of 4.72 (NSFG, 2010). (please round ages to two decimal places) 1000 800 - 600- 400- 200- 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 Age at first marriage a) Estimate the average age at first marriage of women using a 95% confidence interval.

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The National Survey of Family Growth conducted by the Centers for Disease Control gathers information on
family life, marriage and divorce, pregnancy, infertility, use of contraception, and men's and women's
health. One of the variables collected on this survey is the age at first marriage. The histogram below
shows the distribution of ages at first marriage of 5,534 randomly sampled women between 2006 and
2010. The average age at first marriage among these women is 23.44 with a standard deviation of 4.72
(NSFG, 2010).
(please round ages to two decimal places)
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Age at first marriage
a) Estimate the average age at first marriage of women using a 95% confidence interval.
Transcribed Image Text:The National Survey of Family Growth conducted by the Centers for Disease Control gathers information on family life, marriage and divorce, pregnancy, infertility, use of contraception, and men's and women's health. One of the variables collected on this survey is the age at first marriage. The histogram below shows the distribution of ages at first marriage of 5,534 randomly sampled women between 2006 and 2010. The average age at first marriage among these women is 23.44 with a standard deviation of 4.72 (NSFG, 2010). (please round ages to two decimal places) 1000 - 800- 600 - 400- 200- 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 Age at first marriage a) Estimate the average age at first marriage of women using a 95% confidence interval.
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