When Determining the Sample Size Necessary for Estimating the True

question 9

Multiple Choice

When determining the sample size necessary for estimating the true population mean, which
Factor is not considered when sampling with replacement?

• A) The population size.
• B) The population standard deviation.
• C) The level of confidence desired in the estimate.
• D) The allowable or tolerable sampling error.

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Definitions:

Normal Distributions

Symmetrical bell-shaped distributions that describe how data points are dispersed or spread out across the mean.

Standard Deviation

A measure of the amount of variation or dispersion in a set of values, indicating how much the values differ from the mean.

Standard Deviation

A measure of the amount of variation or dispersion in a set of values, showing how much each value differs from the mean.

Normal Distribution

A bell-shaped curve which describes the spread of a characteristic throughout a population, where most occurrences take place around the central peak and probabilities for values taper off equally towards both tails.