You want to obtain a sample to estimate a population mean. Based on previous evidence, you believe the population standard deviation is approximately σ = 72.2 σ = 72.2 You would like to be 98% confident that your esimate is within 0.1 of the true population mean. How large of a sample size is required? n = Do not round mid-calculation. However, use a critical value accurate to three decimal places
Inverse Normal Distribution
The method used for finding the corresponding z-critical value in a normal distribution using the known probability is said to be an inverse normal distribution. The inverse normal distribution is a continuous probability distribution with a family of two parameters.
Mean, Median, Mode
It is a descriptive summary of a data set. It can be defined by using some of the measures. The central tendencies do not provide information regarding individual data from the dataset. However, they give a summary of the data set. The central tendency or measure of central tendency is a central or typical value for a probability distribution.
Z-Scores
A z-score is a unit of measurement used in statistics to describe the position of a raw score in terms of its distance from the mean, measured with reference to standard deviation from the mean. Z-scores are useful in statistics because they allow comparison between two scores that belong to different normal distributions.
You want to obtain a sample to estimate a population mean. Based on previous evidence, you believe the population standard deviation is approximately σ = 72.2 σ = 72.2
You would like to be 98% confident that your esimate is within 0.1 of the true population mean. How large of a sample size is required?
n =
Do not round mid-calculation. However, use a critical value accurate to three decimal places
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