Carla wants to determine if there is a difference in the mean body temperature between men and women. She knows that mean body temperature for a sample of 100 men is 97.1 with a population standard deviation of 0.51 and the mean body temperature for a sample of 100 women is 98.2 with a population standard deviation of 0.57.

Assuming the population of body temperatures for men and women is normally distributed, calculate the 95% confidence interval and the margin of error for the mean body temperature for both men and women. Using complete sentences, explain what these confidence intervals

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Carla wants to determine if there is a difference in the mean body temperature between men and women. She knows that mean body temperature for a sample of 100 men is 97.1 with a population standard deviation of 0.51 and the mean body temperature for a sample of 100 women is 98.2 with a population standard deviation of 0.57.

Assuming the population of body temperatures for men and women is normally distributed, calculate the 95% confidence interval and the margin of error for the mean body temperature for both men and women. Using complete sentences, explain what these confidence intervals

chaotic_butterflies · Answer

...mean in the context of the problem.

anonymous · Answer

wat do you think it is? any ideas? how about some basic definitions?

chaotic_butterflies · Answer

Well in all honesty I've always been confused about Margin of error... I know a little about the confidence interval, but I'm probably not 100% keen on that either.

chaotic_butterflies · Answer

@surjithayer could you help?