Question

The population standard deviation for the height of college hockey players is 3.4 inches. If we want to estimate 90% confidence interval for the population mean height of these players with a 0.6 margin of error, how many randomly selected players must be surveyed? (Round up your answer to nearest whole number) Answer:

Answer 1

Solution :

Given that,

standard deviation =s =   =3.4

Margin of error = E = 0.6

At 90% confidence level

= 1 - 90%  

= 1 - 0.90 =0.10

/2 = 0.05

Z/2 = Z0.05 = 1.645 ( Using z table ( see the 0.05 value in standard normal (z) table corresponding z value is 1.645 )  

sample size = n = [Z/2* / E] 2

n = ( 1.645 * 3.4 / 0.6 )2

n =86.89

Sample size = n =87