. A medical statistician wants to estimate average weight loss of people who are on a new diet plan. In a preliminary study, he guesses that the standard deviation of the population of weight losses σ is about 10 pounds. How large a sample should he take to estimate the mean weight loss to

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3. A medical statistician wants to estimate average weight loss of people who are on a
new diet plan. In a preliminary study, he guesses that the standard deviation of the
population of weight losses σ is about 10 pounds. How large a sample should he take to
estimate the mean weight loss to within 2 pounds with 95% confidence?

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