3. We are deployed to Kiev in Ukraine to assess the Vitamin D
status among adults 20 and older during the winter where the sun
shines on average for 50 hours a month. We take a random sample of
25 persons and find the sample mean vitamin D levels is 40 µmol/L
and the sample standard deviation is 30 µmol/L.
- Calculate a 95% confidence interval for the true population
mean vitamin D levels among adults 20 and older in Kiev?
- During the winter months, is their evidence that adults 20 and
older in Kiev may be vitamin D deficient, if population Vitamin D
deficiency is diagnosed when population mean vitamin D levels are
less than 30 µmol/L. Explain?
- Suppose you have been asked to travel to Siberia to assess
vitamin D levels in the winter. We want to plan the sample size so
that the width of the entire 95% confidence interval is 10 µmol/L.
Use 30 µmol/L as your value of the standard deviation for the
calculation?