document.write( "Question 861061: A researcher wants to determine a 95% confidence interval for the mean number of hours that UMKC students
\n" ); document.write( "spend doing homework per week. Suppose she knows that the standard deviation for hours spent per week
\n" ); document.write( "by all UMKC students doing homework is 7. She allows the estimate to be within 1.5 hours of the population
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\n" ); document.write( "(a) What is the maximum error of estimate she allows?
\n" ); document.write( "(b) How large a sample should the researcher select so that the estimate will be within 1.5 hours of the
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\n" ); document.write( "ME =\"+1.96%287%2Fsqrt%28n%29%29+=+1.5\"
\n" ); document.write( " n = \"%281.96%2A7%2F1.5%29%5E2\" = 82 rounded Up \n" ); document.write( "
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