A doctor wants to estimate the mean HDL cholesterol of all 20-to 29-year-old females. How many subjects are needed to estimate the mean HDL cholesterol within 4 points with 99% confidence assuming s = 13.5 based on earlier studies? Suppose the doctor would be content with 95% confidence. How does the decrease in confidence affect the sample size required? Click the icon to view a partial table of critical values. A 99% confidence level requires 76 subjects. (Round up to the nearest subject.) A 95% confidence level requires subjects. (Round up to the nearest subject.)