Allen's hummingbird (Selasphorus sasin) has beenstudied by zoologist Bill Alther.†Suppose a small group of 13Allen's hummingbirds has been under study in Arizona. The averageweight for these birds is x = 3.15 grams. Based onprevious studies, we can assume that the weights of Allen'shummingbirds have a normal distribution, with σ = 0.36gram.
(a) Find an 80% confidence interval for the average weights ofAllen's hummingbirds in the study region. What is the margin oferror? (Round your answers to two decimal places.)
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(b) What conditions are necessary for your calculations? (Selectall that apply.)
n is largeuniform distribution of weightsσ isunknownnormal distribution of weightsσ is known
(c) Interpret your results in the context of this problem.
The probability that this interval contains the true averageweight of Allen's hummingbirds is 0.80.The probability that thisinterval contains the true average weight of Allen's hummingbirdsis 0.20.    There is a 20% chance that theinterval is one of the intervals containing the true average weightof Allen's hummingbirds in this region.The probability to the trueaverage weight of Allen's hummingbirds is equal to the samplemean.There is an 80% chance that the interval is one of theintervals containing the true average weight of Allen'shummingbirds in this region.
(d) Find the sample size necessary for an 80% confidence level witha maximal margin of error E = 0.06 for the mean weights ofthe hummingbirds. (Round up to the nearest whole number.)
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