1) The report of a sample of 1014 adults says,
1) The report of a sample of 1014 adults says, “with 95% confidence,
between 9% and 15% of all American expect to spend on gifts this year than last year
What does the phrase “95% confidence” mean?
a)The method used to get the interval 9% to 15%, when used over and over again, produces interval which the true population proportion 95% of the time
b) There is a 95% chance that the percent who expect to spend more is between 9% and 15%
c) 95% of all American will spend 9% and 15% more than what they spent last year
d) 9% to 15% of all Americans will spend 95% of what they spent last year.
2) What is the critical value of t for 90% confidence interval with df = 14? (Assume a 2-tailed test)
a) 1.34503
b) 1.761310
c) 2.14479
d) 2.62449
d) 2.62449