Of 1000 randomly selected cases of lung cancer, 823 resulted in death within 10 years. (a) Calculate a 95% two-sided confidence interval on the death rate from lung cancer. _____< p <_____ (b) Using the point estimate of p obtained from the preliminary sample, what sample size is needed to be 95% confident that the error in estimating the true value of p is less than 0.03? ______ cases of lung cancer (c) How large must the sample be if we wish to be at least 95% confident that the error in estimating p is less than 0.03, regardless of the true value of p? _______ cases of lung cancer

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Of 1000 randomly selected cases of lung cancer, 823 resulted in death within 10 years.

 

(a) Calculate a 95% two-sided confidence interval on the death rate from lung cancer.

_____< p <_____

 

(b) Using the point estimate of p obtained from the preliminary sample, what sample size is needed to be 95% confident that the error in estimating the true value of p is less than 0.03?

______ cases of lung cancer

 

(c) How large must the sample be if we wish to be at least 95% confident that the error in estimating p is less than 0.03, regardless of the true value of p?

_______ cases of lung cancer

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