Answer to Question #11515 in Statistics and Probability for M Marquis

Question

6. A university wants to know more about the knowledge of students regarding international events. They are concerned that their students are uninformed in regards to news from other countries. A standardized test is used to assess students’ knowledge of world events (national reported mean=65, SD=5). A sample of 30 students are tested (sample mean=58, Standard Error=3.2). Compute a 99 percent confidence interval based on this sample's data. How do these students compare to the national sample?