You are concerned that you did not sample the correct number of 5-year-olds. You know that the standard deviation of all 5-year-old females' heights is 0.75 inches. You want to be 99% confident that the mean is correct within 0.25 inches.
How many 5-year-old females should you sample?
Is a sample of 80 large enough? Yes No
Solution :
Given that,
= 0.75
E = 0.25
At 99% confidence level the z is ,
= 1 - 99% = 1 - 0.99 = 0.01
/ 2 = 0.01 / 2 = 0.005
Z/2 = Z0.005 = 2.576
sample size = n = (Z/2* /E)2
= (2.576 * 0.75 / 0.25 )2
n= 59.72
n= 60
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