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For a population with a standard deviation of 20: If you wanted your sample mean to be within 1 point of the populations mean (on the average), how large a sample would you use?

2007-03-12 04:21:36 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics Other - Science

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If the standard deviation of the population is std. If you pick a sample on the standard deviation of the sample is
std/n^1/2

So you have 1 =20/n^1/2

n^1/2= 20 and

n=400

2007-03-12 04:53:28 · answer #1 · answered by maussy 7 · 0 0

At least 441.

2007-03-12 11:28:40 · answer #2 · answered by morningfoxnorth 6 · 0 0

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