document.write( "Question 861054: If a population has a standard deviation of 16, what is the minimum number of samples that need to be averaged in order to be 95% confident that the average of the means is within 3 of the true mean? \n" ); document.write( "
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\n" ); document.write( "ME = \"3+=+1.96%2816%2Fsqrt%28n%29%29\"
\n" ); document.write( " \"n+=+%281.96%2A16%2F3%29%5E2\" = 110 rounded up to a whole sample
\n" ); document.write( "CI z -value
\n" ); document.write( "90% z =1.645
\n" ); document.write( "92% z = 1.751
\n" ); document.write( "95% z = 1.96
\n" ); document.write( "98% z = 2.326
\n" ); document.write( "99% z = 2.576
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