Annual starting salaries for college graduates with degrees in business administration are generally expected to be between $25,000 and $35,000. Assume that a 95% confidence interval estimate of the population mean annual starting salary is desired. A.  What is the planning value for the population standard deviation? ______ B.  How large a sample should be taken if the desired margin of error is $300? Round your answer to next whole number. ___________ $230? ___________________ $80? _________________ c. Would you recommend trying to obtain the $80 margin of error? Explain.

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Annual starting salaries for college graduates with degrees in business administration are generally expected to be between $25,000 and $35,000. Assume that a 95% confidence interval estimate of the population mean annual starting salary is desired.

A.  What is the planning value for the population standard deviation? ______

B.  How large a sample should be taken if the desired margin of error is $300? Round your answer to next whole number. ___________

$230? ___________________

$80? _________________

c. Would you recommend trying to obtain the $80 margin of error? Explain.

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