An insurance company is trying to estimate the number of sick days used yearly for high school teachers.  A pilot study found the standard deviation to be 3.5 days.  How large a sample must be selected if the company wants to be 95% confident, with a Margin of Error of 1 day.   find the Point Estimate, z or t score and Margin of Error:

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3.)  An insurance company is trying to estimate the number of sick days used yearly for high school teachers.  A pilot study found the standard deviation to be 3.5 days.  How large a sample must be selected if the company wants to be 95% confident, with a Margin of Error of 1 day.

 

find the Point Estimate, z or t score and Margin of Error:

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