Weights of women in one age group are normally distributed with a standard deviation of 23 lb.
A researcher wishes to estimate the mean weight of all women in this age group.
Find how large a sample must be drawn in order to be 90%
confident that the sample
mean will not differ from the population mean by more than 2.9
lb.
Group of answer choices
181
171
242
104
168
Answer: 171
confidence interval | 1.645 |
z=(sample Mean-Population Mean)/alpha | |
alpha=standard deviation/Sample Size | |
alpha | 1.763 |
Sample Size | 170.182 |
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