1. A local government official observes an increase in the number of individuals with cardiovascular and obesity problems in his barangay. In order to improve the health conditions of his constituents, he aims to promote an easy and cheap way to reduce weight. It is known that obesity results in risk of having illnesses like diabetes and heart problems. He encouraged his constituents to participate in his Dance for Life project every weekend for three months. To know if the program is effective in reducing weight, he randomly selected 12 participants from the group who completed the program. The weight loss data, in kilograms, of the 12 randomly selected participants after completing the program, are 0.5, 0.7, 0.9, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 2.0, 2.3, 2.4, 2.7, and 3.0. It is known that the weight loss of those who have completed the dance program follows a normal distribution with variance of 3.24 kg2. a. Construct and interpret a 90% confidence interval for the true mean weight loss of the participants who have completed the dance program. b. Calculate the width of the confidence interval in (a.) c. How many participants must be sampled in order to be 95% confident that the estimated mean weight loss of the participants will be within 0.5 kg of the true mean?
1. A local government official observes an increase in the number of individuals with cardiovascular and obesity problems in his barangay. In order to improve the health conditions of his constituents, he aims to promote an easy and cheap way to reduce weight. It is known that obesity results in risk of having illnesses like diabetes and heart problems. He encouraged his constituents to participate in his Dance for Life project every weekend for three months. To know if the program is effective in reducing weight, he randomly selected 12 participants from the group who completed the program. The weight loss data, in kilograms, of the 12 randomly selected participants after completing the program, are
0.5, 0.7, 0.9, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 2.0, 2.3, 2.4, 2.7, and 3.0.
It is known that the weight loss of those who have completed the dance program follows a
a. Construct and interpret a 90% confidence interval for the true mean weight loss of the participants who have completed the dance program.
b. Calculate the width of the confidence interval in (a.)
c. How many participants must be sampled in order to be 95% confident that the estimated mean weight loss of the participants will be within 0.5 kg of the true mean?
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