SCENARIO 2-14 The Table Below Contains the Number of People Who Own

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Essay

SCENARIO 2-14
The table below contains the number of people who own a portable Blu-ray player in a sample of 600 broken down by gender.
-Referring to Scenario 2-13,construct a percentage polygon for the detergent data if the corresponding frequency distribution uses "9.0 but less than 10.0" as the first class.

Calculate the required sample size for estimating population parameters within a given margin of error and confidence level.

Realize the impact of sample size, confidence level, and variability on the width of confidence intervals.

Understand the concept of point estimation and its application in estimating population parameters.

Distinguish between the estimation procedures for population parameters when population variances are known versus when they are not known.

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