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StatisticsChallengeSampling Distributions

Sampling Distributions · Challenge problem

A population has σ=20\sigma = 20. How large must a sample be so that P(∣xˉ−μ∣<2)≥0.95P(|\bar x - \mu| < 2) \ge 0.95? Use z=1.96z = 1.96 and assume xˉ\bar x is approximately normal.