Studies show that smaller class sizes have a direct impact on student success. Researchers selected a random sample of 67 elementary school classrooms across the United States and found that the mean class size was \( \bar{x}_{e}=23.2 \) students with a standard deviation of 1.3 students. They also selected a random sample of 33 high school classrooms across the United States and found that the mean class size was \( \bar{x}_{h}=23.5 \) with a standard deviation of 1.2 students. (a) Use the Compare Two Population Means tool to construct a \( 95 \% \) confidence interval to estimate the difference between the mean elementary class size and the mean high school class size \( \mu_{e}-\mu_{h} \). Round answers to 4 decimal places The confidence interval is
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To construct a \( 95\% \) confidence interval for the difference between the mean elementary class size and the mean high school class size \( \mu_{e}-\mu_{h} \), we use the following formula for the confidence interval: \[ (\bar{x}_{e} - \bar{x}_{h}) \pm z^* \cdot SE \] where: - \( \bar{x}_{e} = 23.2 \) (mean elementary class size) - \( \bar{x}_{h} = 23.5 \) (mean high school class size) - \( z^* \) is the z-value for \( 95\% \) confidence, which is approximately \( 1.96 \) - \( SE \) is the standard error of the difference in means. First, we compute the standard error (SE): \[ SE = \sqrt{\left(\frac{s_{e}^2}{n_{e}} + \frac{s_{h}^2}{n_{h}}\right)} \] where: - \( s_{e} = 1.3 \) (standard deviation for elementary classrooms) - \( s_{h} = 1.2 \) (standard deviation for high school classrooms) - \( n_{e} = 67 \) (number of elementary classrooms) - \( n_{h} = 33 \) (number of high school classrooms) Calculating \( SE \): \[ SE = \sqrt{\left(\frac{1.3^2}{67} + \frac{1.2^2}{33}\right)} = \sqrt{\left(\frac{1.69}{67} + \frac{1.44}{33}\right)} \approx \sqrt{\left(0.02515 + 0.04364\right)} \approx \sqrt{0.06879} \approx 0.262 \] Now we calculate the difference in means: \[ \bar{x}_{e} - \bar{x}_{h} = 23.2 - 23.5 = -0.3 \] Next, we construct the confidence interval: \[ -0.3 \pm 1.96 \cdot 0.262 \] Calculating the margin of error: \[ 1.96 \cdot 0.262 \approx 0.514 \] So the confidence interval is: \[ [-0.3 - 0.514, -0.3 + 0.514] = [-0.814, 0.214] \] Rounding to four decimal places, the confidence interval is: \[ \text{Confidence Interval: } [-0.8140, 0.2140] \]
