Let x = age in years of a rural Quebec woman at the time of her first marriage. In the year 1941, the population variance of x was approximately σ2 = 5.1. Suppose a recent study of age at first marriage for a random sample of 51 women in rural Quebec gave a sample variance s2 = 2.3. Use a 5% level of significance to test the claim that the current variance is less than 5.1. Find a 90% confidence interval for the population variance. (b) Find the value of the chi-square statistic for the sample. (Round your answer to two decimal places.) What are the degrees of freedom?     (f) Find the requested confidence interval for the population variance. (Round your answers to two decimal places.) lower limit   upper limit       Interpret the results in the context of the application. We are 90% confident that σ2 lies within this interval.We are 90% confident that σ2 lies above this interval.    We are 90% confident that σ2 lies outside this interval.We are 90% confident that σ2 lies below this interval.

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Chapter13: Probability And Calculus
Section13.2: Expected Value And Variance Of Continuous Random Variables
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Let x = age in years of a rural Quebec woman at the time of her first marriage. In the year 1941, the population variance of x was approximately σ2 = 5.1. Suppose a recent study of age at first marriage for a random sample of 51 women in rural Quebec gave a sample variance s2 = 2.3. Use a 5% level of significance to test the claim that the current variance is less than 5.1. Find a 90% confidence interval for the population variance.


(b) Find the value of the chi-square statistic for the sample. (Round your answer to two decimal places.)
 

What are the degrees of freedom?
 
    
(f) Find the requested confidence interval for the population variance. (Round your answers to two decimal places.)
lower limit  
upper limit      

Interpret the results in the context of the application.
We are 90% confident that σ2 lies within this interval.We are 90% confident that σ2 lies above this interval.    We are 90% confident that σ2 lies outside this interval.We are 90% confident that σ2 lies below this interval.
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