Basic Business Statistics, Student Value Edition (13th Edition)
Basic Business Statistics, Student Value Edition (13th Edition)
13th Edition
ISBN: 9780321946393
Author: Mark L. Berenson, David M. Levine, Kathryn A. Szabat
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 8, Problem 35PS

If you want to be 99 % confident of estimating of estimating the population mean a sampling error of ± 20 and the standard deviation is assumed to be 100, what sample size is required?

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Ch. 8 - If X=85, =8,andn=64, construct a 95 confidence...Ch. 8 - If X=125,=24,andn=36, construct a 99 confidence...Ch. 8 - Why is it not possible in Example 8.1 on page 280...Ch. 8 - Is it true in Example 8.1 on page 277 that you do...Ch. 8 - A market researcher selects a simple random sample...Ch. 8 - Suppose that you are going to collect a set of...Ch. 8 - Consider the confidence interval estimate...Ch. 8 - You are working as an assistant to the dean of...Ch. 8 - A bottled water distributor wants to estimate the...Ch. 8 - The operations manager at a compact fluorescent...
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