Find a 95% confidence interval for the mean blood pressure of the population from which the patients were recruited.

Consider a group of 27 patients in an experiment who received a placebo. At the beginning of the study, the researchers measured the seated systolic blood pressure of these 27 patients. The sample mean was 114.9 and the sample standard deviation was 9.3.

Find a 95% confidence interval for the mean blood pressure of the population from which the patients were recruited.


A. (111.3, 118.5)
B. (113.2, 116.6)
C. (114.2, 115.6)
D. (112.3, 117.5)


Answer: A. (111.3, 118.5)


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