A population has a mean of  1398.25 and standard deviation of 246.85   18 Now keep the error probability at α = 0.05.  We want to build an interval which captures 95% of the sample means within ±20 from the population mean.  What is the minimum sample size that would yield such an interval?   a 474                   b 527                   c 586                   d 651

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A population has a mean of  1398.25 and standard deviation of 246.85

 

18 Now keep the error probability at α = 0.05.  We want to build an interval which captures 95% of the sample means within ±20 from the population mean.  What is the minimum sample size that would yield such an interval?
 
a 474                  
b 527                  
c 586                  
d 651                  
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