SOLUTION: A union of restaurant and foodservice workers would like to estimate the mean hourly wage, , of foodservice workers in the U.S. The union will choose a random sample of wages and t
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Question 568490: A union of restaurant and foodservice workers would like to estimate the mean hourly wage, , of foodservice workers in the U.S. The union will choose a random sample of wages and then estimate using the mean of the sample. What is the minimum sample size needed in order for the union to be 95% confident that its estimate is within $0.35 of ? Suppose that the standard deviation of wages of foodservice workers in the U.S. is about $2.15 .
Carry your intermediate computations to at least three decimal places. Write your answer as a whole number
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
What is the minimum sample size needed in order for the union to be 95% confident that its estimate is within $0.35 of ? Suppose that the standard deviation of wages of foodservice workers in the U.S. is about $2.15 .
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n = [zs/E]^2
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n = [1.96*2.15/0.35]^2 = 145
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Stan H.
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