You plan to take a random sample from a population of 500 items and build a 95% confidence interval estimate of the population mean. You want a margin of error no bigger than plus/minus 5. You estimate the population standard deviation to be 100. How large a sample is needed? O 1600 1537 377 O450
You plan to take a random sample from a population of 500 items and build a 95% confidence interval estimate of the population mean. You want a margin of error no bigger than plus/minus 5. You estimate the population standard deviation to be 100. How large a sample is needed? O 1600 1537 377 O450
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![You plan to take a random sample from a population
of 500 items and build a 95% confidence interval
estimate of the population mean. You want a margin
of error no bigger than plus/minus 5. You estimate the
population standard deviation to be 100. How large a
sample is needed?
1600
1537
377
450](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2F09cd22cf-187e-4eef-aff8-b574abc3ca12%2Fdb4af4f0-4769-4e62-a4ba-3c3a9d81a215%2F41u9vju_processed.png&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:You plan to take a random sample from a population
of 500 items and build a 95% confidence interval
estimate of the population mean. You want a margin
of error no bigger than plus/minus 5. You estimate the
population standard deviation to be 100. How large a
sample is needed?
1600
1537
377
450
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