Discussion:Legalization-Medical Marijuana Issue

An issue with legalization of medical marijuana is diversion the

An issue with legalization of medical marijuana is “diversion,” the process in which medical marijuana prescribed for one person is given, traded, or sold to someone who is not registered for medical marijuana use. Researchers S. Sautel et al. study the issue of diversion in the article “Medical Marijuana Use Among Adolescents in Substance Abuse Treatment” (Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Vol. 51, No. 7, pp. 694-702). The mean number of days that 120 adolescents in substance abuse treatment used medical marijuana in the last 6 months was 102.72. Assume the population standard deviation is 32 days.

a. Find a 95% confidence interval for the mean number of days, μ, of diverted medical marijuana use in the last 6 months of all adolescents in substance abuse treatment.

b. Repeat part (a) at a 90% confidence level.

c. Draw a graph similar to Fig. 8.6 on page 343 to display both confidence intervals.

d. Which confidence interval yields a more accurate estimate of μ?

Explain your answer.

An issue with legalization of medical marijuana is diversion the

Discussion:Legalization-Medical Marijuana Issue

 

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