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is the same as that has been adopted for computing the condence interval for Example 9.1. In Func-

tion Arguments dialog box, place the value of the sample standard deviation against the standard

deviation box (Figure 9.8). The process of using Minitab for condence interval construction is also

the same as discussed in Example 9.1. In the dialog box shown in Figure 9.5, we need to place the

sample standard deviation in the Standard deviation box. Figure 9.9 exhibits the Minitab output for

Example 9.3.

Figure 9.8

MS Excel Function Arguments

dialog box for calculating ...