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The Federal Election Commission collects information about campaign contributions and disbursements for candidates and political committees each election cycle. During the 2012 campaign season, there were 1,619 candidates for the House of Representatives across the United States who received contributions from Individuals. Table 8.11 shows the total receipts from individuals for a random selection of .t0 House candidates rounded to the nearest 5100. The standard deviation for this data to the nearest hundred is
Table 8.11
a. Find the point estimate for the population
b. Using 95% confidence, calculate the error bound.
c. Create a 95% confidence interval for the mean total individual contributions.
d. Interpret the confidence interval in the context of the problem.
$3,600 | $1,243,900 | $10,900 | $385200 | $581500 |
$7,400 | $2,900 | $400 | $3,714.500 | $632,500 |
$391.000 | $467,400 | $56.800 | $5,800 | $406,200 |
$733,200 | $8000 | $468,700 | $75.200 | $41,000 |
$13,300 | $9500 | $953,800 | $1,113.500 | $1,109.300 |
$353,900 | $986,100 | $88,600 | $378200 | $13,200 |
$3800 | $745,100 | $5,800 | $3,072,100 | $1,626,700 |
$512,900 | $2.309,200 | $6600 | $202,400 | $15,800 |
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