THE NEXT QUESTIONS ARE BASED ON THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:
A supermarket chain has 25 stores in the North,30 in the South,50 in the Midwest,and 35 in the West.Using a proportional allocation of a random sample of 30% of the outlets,the manager records the following means and standard deviations.

-Find a 95% confidence interval for the total sales.
A)19976.60 ± 450.85
B)19976.60 ± 284.21
C)19976.60 ± 729.90
D)19976.60 ± 605.83

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THE NEXT QUESTIONS ARE BASED ON THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:
A supermarket chain has 25 stores in the North,30 in the South,50 in the Midwest,and 35 in the West.Using a proportional allocation of a random sample of 30% of the outlets,the manager records the following means and standard deviations.
 
-Find a 95% confidence interval for the total sales.
A)19976.60 ± 450.85 
B)19976.60 ± 284.21 
C)19976.60 ± 729.90 
D)19976.60 ± 605.83

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The correct 95% confidence interval for the total sales is option C) 19976.60 ± 729.90. This is because the confidence interval is calculated based on the sample mean, standard deviation, and the size of the sample, using the formula for the confidence interval of the mean. The exact values for the margin of error depend on the standard error of the mean and the critical value from the t-distribution or z-distribution, which is not provided here. However, given the options, option C suggests a wider interval, which might be more realistic for a 95% confidence level, assuming a larger standard error or a smaller sample size.