How large sample is so proportion not differ true proportion

Assignment Help Basic Statistics
Reference no: EM13115672

A researcher at a major hospital wishes to estimate the proportion of the adult population of the United States that has high blood pressure. How large a sample is needed in order to be 98% confident that the sample proportion will not differ from the true proportion by more than 6%?

i) 10
ii) 378
iii) 755
iv) 267

Reference no: EM13115672

Questions Cloud

Illustrate what is the block speed when it is at a height : The initial height of the block is 0.5 m above the lowest part of the slide and the spring constant is 450 N/m. Illustrate what is the block's speed when it is at a height of 0.25 m above the base of the slide?
Find probability that fewer patients are chain smokers : Calculate the probability that fewer than half of the patients are chain smokers. b) suppose that 20 patients with lung cancer are admitted to the hospital.
What is the concentration of sodium hydroxide solution : A technician would like to find the concentration of a NaOH solution using KHP as the primary standard. The reaction of NaOH and KHP is as followed:
Why does the graph of protein-mediated transport plateau : Why does the graph of protein-mediated transport plateau at higher solute concentrations while the rate of simple diffusion rises linearly?
How large sample is so proportion not differ true proportion : How large a sample is needed in order to be 98% confident that the sample proportion will not differ from the true proportion by more than 6%?
Find out the resulting angular speed of the disk : A 45.0 kg person, standing 1.3 m from the axis, begins to run on the disk in a circular path and has a tangential speed of 2.80 m/s relative to the ground. Find out the resulting angular speed of the disk (in rad/s)
Which protein results in faster fluorescence recovery time : You carry out an experiment using the FRAP technique to determine the relative speed of diffusion of two proteins, A and B. Protein A has a molecular weight of 175,000 daltons and B a molecular weight of 35,000 daltons. Which protein results in th..
Calculate the molar mass of the compound : A solution is prepared by adding 5.00 grams of an unkown compound to 217 g of cyclohexane (C6H12). This solution freezes at 4.5 degree C.
Describe the objective function and constraint equations : Describe the objective function and constraint equations. What is a maximum-profit daily production plan at the new factory?

Reviews

Write a Review

Basic Statistics Questions & Answers

  P-value for average age of evening students

At a local university, sample of 49 evening students was selected in order to determine whether the average age of evening students is significantly different from 21. The average age of students in the sample was 23 with a standard deviation of 3..

  How to find data collection methods-instruments are reliable

Data collection instrument used in managerial research. Why is it significant to make sure that these data collection methods and instruments are both reliable and valid?

  Explanation of binomial random variable

A package of seeds states that the probability of germination is 0.92. For a package containing 75 seeds, the mean and variance of the number of seeds germinating are:

  Chi square for single nominal variable

A director of an agency is hiring temporary help. In making plans, he has to know whether there isi any difference in the use of the agency at different seasons of the year.

  Probability problem set-personal website hits and email use

Hits on a personal web site occur quite infrequently. They occur randomly and independently with an average of five per week.

  Mean annual household consumption

Determine the mean annual amount spent on household consumption per family with a sample of 100 families, an average amount of $8,000 spent, and if the population standard deviation is $500,

  Probability that it has a hairline crack

In a shipment of 56 vials, only 13 do not have hairline cracks. If you randomly select one vial from the shipment, what is the probability that it has a hairline crack?

  Probability using the z - score

Times spent studying by students in the week before final exams follow a normal distribution with standard deviation 8 hours. A random sample of four students was taken in order to estimate the mean study time for the population of all students.

  Hypothesis-population mean and proportions

Discuss examples where you would use test of hypothesis at your personal or professional life, in your education or society for the following situations:

  Determining sample size using cofident

How large sample size must be taken to be 95% confident.

  Mighty manufacturing must decide on the processes

Mighty Manufacturing must decide on the processes to use to produce 1650 units. If machine 1 is used, its production will be between 300 and 1500 units.  Machine 2 or machine 3 can be used only if machine 1's production is at least 1000 units.  Ma..

  Nasa scheduling problem

Certo has complained that he was misrated on his January mission. Both ratings should be 10's, he claims to the chief, who agrees and recomputes the schedule. Do any changes occur over the schedule set in part (b)? What are the strengths and weakn..

Free Assignment Quote

Assured A++ Grade

Get guaranteed satisfaction & time on delivery in every assignment order you paid with us! We ensure premium quality solution document along with free turntin report!

All rights reserved! Copyrights ©2019-2020 ExpertsMind IT Educational Pvt Ltd