Martina read that the average graduate student is 33 years old. She wanted to estimate the mean age of graduate students at her large university, so she took a random sample of 30 graduate students. What is Martina's margin of error?

Respuesta :

Answer: Martina's margin of error is 1.5.

Step-by-step explanation:

Given: Average graduate student (upper limit) = 33

Random sample graduate student (lower limit) = 30

Formula to calculate margin of error is as follows.

Margin of error = [tex]\frac{upper limit - lower limit}{2}[/tex]

Substitute the values into above formula as follows.

[tex]Margin of error = \frac{upper limit - lower limit}{2}\\= \frac{33 - 30}{2}\\= \frac{3}{2}\\= 1.5[/tex]

Thus, we can conclude that Martina's margin of error is 1.5.