SPS SPS FM Statistics 2022 February — Question 2

Exam BoardSPS
ModuleSPS FM Statistics (SPS FM Statistics)
Year2022
SessionFebruary
TopicCentral limit theorem

2. When babies are born, their head circumferences are measured. A random sample of 50 newborn female babies is selected. The sample mean head circumference is 34.711 cm . The sample standard deviation head circumference is 1.530 cm .
  1. Determine a \(95 \%\) confidence interval for the population mean head circumference of newborn female babies.
  2. Explain why you can calculate this interval even though the distribution of the population of head circumferences of newborn female babies is unknown.
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