A Researcher in the Area of IQ Wishes to Measure

question 70

Short Answer

A researcher in the area of IQ wishes to measure a sample of children using the WISC III. The standard deviation on the WISC-III is 15. How large a sample should be selected if the researcher wishes to be .95 accurate to within 3 IQ points?

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