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  4. Exercise : Determine the sample size needed for a level of confidence

Determine the sample size needed for a level of confidence Statistics & Probabilities

Let a sample have the following characteristics :

  • Standard deviation : \sigma=4
  • Mean : \bar{x}=36

We need to have a 95% probability for the population mean to be between 34 and 38.

What is the minimum value of n ?

We weigh a sample of apples of a garden. The mean of the weight of these gardens is 86 grams and the standard deviation is 6.2 grams. We need to have a 95% probability for the mean to be between 84 and 88.

What is the minimum value of n ?

We choose a sample of bottled water to determine the pH (the acidity scale) of the water produced by a company. The mean of the pH of the sample is 6.52 and the standard deviation is 0.11.

What is the minimum value of n to have a 99% probability for the population mean to be between 6.50 and 6.54 ?

We measure the height of a sample of people. The mean of the sample is 175 cm and the standard deviation is 20 cm.

What is the minimum value of n to have a 95% probability for the population mean to be between 170 and 180 ?

We choose a sample of the grades of n students in a math class. The mean of the grades is 14 and the standard deviation is 4.

What is the minimum value of n to have a 90% probability for the mean to be between 12.5 and 15.5 ?

We choose a sample n bottles of juice. The mean of the volume of sample is 997 ml and the standard deviation is 15 ml.

What is the minimum value of n to have a 99% probability for the population mean to be between 990 ml and 1\ 004. ml?

A medical center chooses a sample of n clients who regularly smoke. Assume that the mean of the ages of the clients is 43 and the standard deviation is 12.

What is the minimum value of n to have a 90% probability for the population mean to be between 37 and 49.

See also
  • Course : Hypothesis testing and estimation
  • Exercise : Use the central limit theorem to find the probability that the sample mean is between two given real numbers
  • Exercise : Find confidence intervals for population means and/or population proportion when the sample size, the standard deviation and the sample mean are given
  • Exercise : Determine whether samples are biased or unbiased
  • Exercise : Identify whether an experiment is well constructed
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