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ISBN: 9780321989178

Author: Neil A. Weiss

Publisher: PEARSON

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Chapter 8.3, Problem 147E

Another type of confidence interval is called a one-sided confidence interval. A one-sided confidence interval provides either a lower confidence bound or an upper confidence bound for the parameter in question. You are asked to examine one-sided confidence intervals in Exercises 8.146–8.150.

8.147 Northeast Commutes. Refer to Exercise 8.129.

a. Determine and interpret a 90% upper confidence bound for the mean commute time of all commuters in Washington, DC.
b. Compare your one-sided confidence interval in part (a) to the (two-sided) confidence interval found in Exercise 8.129.

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