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Hello again, I have a question here that asks me to find how large a sample size is, but I have no Standard deviation. How would you tackle this> How large a sample size do we need to estimate the mean annual income of natives in New York, correct to within $1000 with probability 0.99? No...

Gracias! And yes, meant to say mean, but it was 1 in the morning...

Hey ladies and gents, I have a question that I'm not fully getting. An FL Student Survey reprts the results for responses on the number of times a week the subject reads a newspaper: Variable : news n = 60 mean = 4.1 standard deviation = 3.0 SE mean = 0.387 95% CI = (3.325-4.875)...

Okay, is P(all those executed were actually guilty)= 0.99^873? P(at least one innocent)= 0.01^873 Anyone who can let me know if I'm on the right track is appreciated =)

Discussing wheather to convict someone charged with murder and give them the death penalty, consider the variables "reality (defendant guilty, defendant innocent) and "decision" (convict, acquit) Jurors are asked to convict a defendant if they feel the defendant is "guilty beyond reasonable...

Thank you so much for putting this in perspective for me. I have a better understanding now then I did those three days in the lecture!

HELP PLEASE! Probability of Waste dump sites Okay, here's my problem: A federal agency is deciding wqhich of two waste dump projects to inviestigate. A top administrator estimates that the probability of federal law violations is 0.30 in the first site and 0.25 at the second project. He also...