A doctor wants to estimate the mean HDL cholesterol of all 20- to 29-year-old females. How many subjects are needed to estimate the mean HDL cholesterol within 3 points with 99 % confidence assuming s equals 13.7 based on earlier studies? Suppose the doctor would be content with 90 % confidence. How does the decrease in confidence affect the sample size required?
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Difference = 139-57 = 82
As the confidence level decreases, sample size decreases.
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