Friday, October 10, 2014

Calcium The calcium content of a powdered mineral substance was analyzed 10 times with the following...

Calcium The calcium (Ca) content of a powdered mineral substance was analyzed 10 times with the following percent compositions

.0271

.0282

.0279

.0281

.0268

.0271

.0281

.0269

.0275

.0276

a. Find a 99% confidence interval for the true calcium content of this substance.

b. What does the phrase “99% confident” mean?

c. What assumptions must you make about the sampling procedure so that this confidence interval will be valid? What does this mean to the chemist who is performing the analysis?  recorded:

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