The following table illustrates the BMI for a number of patients recently enrolled in a study investigating the relationship between BMI and type 2 diabetes. Participant BMI (kg/m2) A 26.5 B 19.2 C 29.7 D 27.4 E 30.2 F 28.9 A) Assuming the participants can be considered to be normally distributed, and that they come from a population with a σ=2.4 kg/m , calculate a 95% confidence interval for the mean BMI of the population for which they represent and correctly interpret the confidence interval you found.
The following table illustrates the BMI for a number of patients recently enrolled in a study investigating the relationship between BMI and type 2 diabetes. Participant BMI (kg/m2) A 26.5 B 19.2 C 29.7 D 27.4 E 30.2 F 28.9 A) Assuming the participants can be considered to be normally distributed, and that they come from a population with a σ=2.4 kg/m , calculate a 95% confidence interval for the mean BMI of the population for which they represent and correctly interpret the confidence interval you found.
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The following table illustrates the BMI for a number of patients recently enrolled in a study investigating the relationship between BMI and type 2 diabetes.
Participant BMI (kg/m2)
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A 26.5
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B 19.2
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C 29.7
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D 27.4
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E 30.2
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F 28.9
A) Assuming the participants can be considered to be
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