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Average life span of mice extended by as much as 26% when the calories in their food are reduced. Assume normality and the statistics below:
Confidence = 97% St. dev= 8.0 months
How large a sample size is needed to detect a difference of 2.5 months from the expected value?
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Average life span of mice extended by as much as 26% when the calories in their food are reduced. Assume normality and the statistics below:
Confidence ...
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