If You Need to Estimate the Population Mean Within 2

question 59

Multiple Choice

If you need to estimate the population mean within 2.5 units and with a confidence level of 95%, the minimum value observed is 15 and the maximum 65. What sample size would you use?

• A) 9
• B) 10
• C) 81
• D) 96
• E) 97

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Definitions:

Learning

The process of acquiring knowledge, behaviors, skills, values, or preferences, often resulting from study, experience, or teaching.

Operant Conditioning

A learning process through which the strength of a behavior is modified by reinforcement or punishment.

Reinforcement

In behavioral psychology, it refers to any stimulus that strengthens or increases the probability of a specific response or behavior.

Habituation

A decrease in behavioral response after lengthy or repeated exposure to a stimulus.