In the Chips Ahoy cookie example (Exercise 6), a (95 %) confidence interval with a width of
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In the Chips Ahoy cookie example (Exercise 6), a \(95 \%\) confidence interval with a width of approximately 100 (the difference between the lower limit of \(1,204.30\) and the higher limit of \(1,317.70\) ) was constructed when the sample consisted of 18 bags of cookies \((N=18)\). Using the standard deviation of 114.01 as the estimate of the population standard deviation ( \(\hat{\sigma}\) ) \(\ldots\)
a. How large should the sample be for a desired \(95 \%\) confidence interval width of 50 chocolate chips?
b. How large should the sample be for a desired \(95 \%\) confidence interval width of 30 chocolate chips?
c. How large should the sample be for a desired \(95 \%\) confidence interval width of 10 chocolate chips?
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Fundamental Statistics For The Social And Behavioral Sciences
ISBN: 9781506377476
2nd Edition
Authors: Howard T Tokunaga