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Example 106

 

Example 106: Nielsen Media Research wants to estimate the mean time that full-time college students spend watching tv each weekday.  Find the sample size necessary to estimate that mean with a 15 minute margin of error.  Assume that 96% confidence is desired, and assume that the population standard deviation is 112.2 minutes.

 

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