Suppose we want to know what proportion p of students in a large university have studied calculus in high school. At least how many students should we include in a sample if we want to estimate p with an error bound of 0.03 (at most) with 95% confidence ?

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A: Introduction: The confidence interval for the unknown population proportion, p at the 100 (1 – α) %…

Q: Suppose you wish to determine the proportion of college students in NC who receive some form of…

A: Givenconfidence level=95%Margin of error(E)=0.04sample proportion(p^)=0.78

Q: Suppose that the pulse rates of adult males vary from a low of 30 bpm to a high of 110 bpm.  Assume…

A: pulse rates of adult males vary from Low =30 bpm High=110 bpm confidence level=95% Margin of…

Q: At 95% confidence, how large a sample should be taken to obtain a margin of error of .03 for the…

A: Obtain the sample size of a no preliminary estimate for p. The formula of sample size is, Use EXCEL…

Q: From the normally distributed systolic blood pressures of a given patient population with a standard…

A: Sample mean = x̅ = 120 Sample size = n = 9 Population S.D = σ = 24 Standard Error = σ/√n  =…

Q: You collect a sample of 69 observations of animal heights, in mm. The sample mean is 41.89 and the…

A: Given: x¯=41.89s=4.33n=69 The degrees of freedom is obtained as below: df=n-1=69-1=68 The critical…

Q: Suppose scores on exams in statistics are normally distributed with an unknown population mean and…

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Q: Suppose that we wanted to estimate the true average number of eggs a queen bee lays with 99%…

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Q: A recent study indicated that 24% of women over 55 are widows. A researcher wishes to estimate with…

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Q: A sample of 700 from population A has a proportion of interest of 0.24 while a sample of 600 from…

A: Confidence Interval: The form of the confidence interval is, CI = Point estimate ± Margin of error…

Q: The average GRE scores of graduated students at a particular university has an unknown mean and…

A: Given,sample size(n)=1000sample mean(x¯)=500satandard deviation(s0=50degrees of…

Q: How large a sample should be selected to provide a 95% confidence interval with a margin of error of…

A: Given that, Confidence Interval = 95% Margin of error, M.E. = 4 Population Standard deviation, σ =…

Q: If a sample of 600 people is chosen and the researcher desires to have a maximum error of estimate…

A: From the provided information, Sample size (n) = 600 Margin of error (E) = 4% that is 0.04 A recent…

Q: Suppose a certain Statistics instructor wants to estimate the proportion of students who enjoy…

A: since estimate for proportion is not known therefor we take p⏞=0.5 margin of error=E= 0.03 level of…

Q: A doctor wants to estimate the HDL cholesterol of all 20- to 29-year-old females. How many subjects…

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Q: A researcher wishes to estimate the proportion of adults who have​ high-speed Internet access. What…

A: Given,Margin of error, E = 0.04Confidence level, C = 99% = 0.99

Q: Nearly one-half of Americans ages 25 to 29 are unmarried. How large a sample is necessary to…

A: The provided information is The margin of error is E=0.02 α=0.05 The critical value is zc=1.96…

Q: A University Safety officer wants to estimate the proportion of students who agree to have a limited…

A: Solution: Given information: Margin of error = E = 0.04 C = 90%= 0.90 confidence level.…

Q: t is believed that 12% of Americans use a traditional antenna to watch network television.  How…

A: There are 12% of Americans who use a traditional antenna to watch network television i.e. p=0.12.…

Q: A random sample of 500 observations yields x̅ =400 and s=50. What is the  95% confidence interval…

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Q: A doctor wants to estimate the mean HDL cholesterol of all​ 20- to​ 29-year-old females. How many…

A: From the provided information, Standard deviation (s) = 17.6 Confidence level = 99% Margin of error…

Q: If a 95% Confidence for the Population Proportion is (0.56, 0.78), fınd its Margin of Error.

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Estimation

A new framework of data analysis where the new statistical methods are used for interpreting the results and analyzing the data is known as estimation in statistics.