Math 141: Readings for December 8, 2025

Reading

Before coming to lecture today, please read the following material:

• Optional reading: IMS Chapter 9

Homework Assignment

After you’ve completed the reading, but before coming to class, please complete the following homework assignment. Bring your responses to this assignment (handwritten or typed) to class on a piece of paper:

• Briefly, discuss why one might want to produce a confidence interval rather than conducting a hypothesis test. Also, suggest a scenario where one might want to conduct a hypothesis test rather than create a confidence interval?