Sample Size of Study Incomes in a Region
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(TCO 1) An economist is interested in studying the incomes of consumers in a particular region. The economist needs to know how large a sample should be taken so that a 95% confidence interval for their mean income with an error of $100 can be constructed. If the population standard deviation is known to be $5,000 what sample size would the economist need to use?
Sample Size = 1000
Sample Size = 98
Sample Size = 9604
Sample Size = 6766
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