Two kinds of thread are being compared for strength. fifty pieces of each type of thread are tested under similar conditions. brand a has an average tensile strength of 78.3 kilograms with a standard deviation of 5.6 kilograms, while brand b has an average tensile strength of 87.2 kilograms with a standard deviation of 6.3 kilograms. construct a 95% confidence interval for the difference of the population means.

Respuesta :

let x = 78.3
y = 87.2 
σₓ = 5.6 and σ₍y₎ = 6.3 
number of pieces n = 50
z = z-score value =1.96 in this case

 A 100(1-α)% confidence interval for the difference in large sample means is: 

(x – y) ± z x 
√( σₓ² / n+ σ₍y₎²/n) 

by putting the values,
=(78.3-87.2) 
± 1.96 x √(5.6² /50 + 6.3² /50)

= -8.9 ± 2.34
= [-11.24, -6.56]