A preliminary study in 20 sample pairs resulted in a coefficient of variation of 8 with 95 CI of 23 to 137. The following screenshot shows how to calculate a 95 confidence interval for the true difference in population means. The formula for confidence interval can be calculated by subtracting and adding the margin of error from and to the sample mean.
Calculate the mean x of the the samples.
The researchers randomly select 46 oranges from trees on the farm. If the population standard deviation cannot be used then the sample standard deviation s can be used when the sample size is greater than 30. Confidence level Typical choices are 90 95 or 99. This should have given you the average weight of 180 lbs.