Find the confidence interval specified. Assume that the population is normally distributed.
-A sociologist develops a test to measure attitudes about public transportation, and 27 randomly selected subjects are given the test. Their mean score is 76.2 and their standard deviation is 21.4.
Construct the 95% confidence interval for the mean score of all such subjects.
A)69.2 to 83.2
B)67.7 to 84.7
C)64.2 to 88.2
D)74.6 to 77.8

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Find the confidence interval specified. Assume that the population is normally distributed.
-A sociologist develops a test to measure attitudes about public transportation, and 27 randomly selected subjects are given the test. Their mean score is 76.2 and their standard deviation is 21.4.
Construct the 95% confidence interval for the mean score of all such subjects. 
A)69.2 to 83.2
B)67.7 to 84.7
C)64.2 to 88.2
D)74.6 to 77.8

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To construct a 95% confidence interval for the mean score of all such subjects, we use the formula for the confidence interval for the mean, which is $\bar{x} \pm t_{\alpha/2} \cdot \frac{s}{\sqrt{n}}$, where $\bar{x}$ is the sample mean, $s$ is the sample standard deviation, $n$ is the sample size, and $t_{\alpha/2}$ is the t-score that corresponds to the desired level of confidence for a given degrees of freedom (df = n - 1). Given that the sample mean ($\bar{x}$) is 76.2, the standard deviation (s) is 21.4, and the sample size (n) is 27, we calculate the confidence interval. Since the exact t-score is not provided, we cannot calculate the exact values here, but based on the information given and typical t-distribution tables, option B (67.7 to 84.7) is the most plausible range for a 95% confidence interval given the sample size and variability.

Find the Confidence Interval Specified