Suppose you wish to construct a 95% confidence interval for µ having margin of error 1 and you know ? = 3.2. How large would your sample size need to be? ? 50 ? 28 ? 40
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Step 1: The formula for the margin of error is: $$E = z_{\alpha/2} \frac{\sigma}{\sqrt{n}}$$ Show more…
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