Mean, Standard Deviation, and Margin of Error
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Given: Sentences were chosen at random from Carl Sagan's book The Demon-Haunted World. The number of words in the sentences were counted. This is the result.

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2222181217181219101594
Problem:Use the data above to: a) determine the mean and sample standard deviation, b) calculate a 95% margin of error, c) determine the respective confidence interval.

 
 Mean (x̄) =

Sample Standard Deviation (s) =

Margin of Error =

The confidence interval is [, ]