What Sample Size Is Needed to Estimate with 95 Percent

question 89

Multiple Choice

What sample size is needed to estimate with 95 percent confidence the mean intake of daily calcium within 20 units of the true mean if the intake is normally distributed with a variance of 1900 units?

• A) 34,671
• B) 187
• C) 32
• D) 19

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