After Calculating the Sample Size Needed to Estimate a Population

question 88

Multiple Choice

After calculating the sample size needed to estimate a population proportion to within 0.04,your statistics professor told you the maximum allowable error must be reduced to just .01.If the original calculation led to a sample size of 800,the sample size will now have to be:

• A)800
• B)3,200
• C)6,400
• D)12,800

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Definitions:

Tibia

The larger and stronger of the two bones in the lower leg, commonly known as the shinbone.

Quadriceps Femoris

A large muscle group that includes the four prevailing muscles on the front of the thigh, responsible for extension of the knee.

Vastus Lateralis

The vastus lateralis is a muscle in the thigh that is one of the components of the quadriceps femoris, involved in extending the knee and stabilizing the patella.

Epitrochlearis

A small muscle found in some animals' forearm that assists in the extension of the forearm, not consistently present in human anatomy.