The college president asks the statistics teacher to estimate the average age of the students at the college. How large a sample is necessary? The statistics teacher would like to be 99% confident that the estimate is accurate within one year of age. From a previous study the population standard deviation is known to be 3 years.

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Section10.5: Comparing Sets Of Data
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The college president asks the statistics teacher to estimate the average age of the students at the college. How large a sample is necessary? The statistics teacher would like to be 99% confident that the estimate is accurate within one year of age. From a previous study the population standard deviation is known to be 3 years.

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