Suppose you wished to estimate the mean blood pressure of students at your school to within 2

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Suppose you wished to estimate the mean blood pressure of students at your school to within 2 mmHg with 95% confidence.
(a) Using the data displayed in Exercise 6.S.17 as pilot data for your study, determine the (approximate) sample size necessary to achieve your goals.
(b) Suppose your school is a small private college that only has 500 students. Would the interval based on your sample size be valid? Explain. Do you think it would be too wide or too narrow?
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Statistics For The Life Sciences

ISBN: 9780321989581

5th Edition

Authors: Myra Samuels, Jeffrey Witmer, Andrew Schaffner

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