If a Manager Is Interested in Estimating the Mean Time

question 60

Essay

If a manager is interested in estimating the mean time customers spend shopping in a store on each visit to the store, she may want to develop a confidence interval estimate. Suppose, she has determined the required sample size and feels that she cannot afford one that large. What options are available?

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