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Weights of women in one age group are normally distributed with a standard deviation of 10.43 kg. A researcher wishes to estimate the mean weight of all women in this age group.Find how large a sample must be drawn in order to be 95% confident (use z=2) that the sample mean will not differ from the population mean by more than 1.30 kg.

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Weights of women in one age group are normally distributed with a standard deviation of 10.43 kg. A researcher wishes to estimate the mean weight of all women in this age group.Find how large a sample must be drawn in order to be 95% confident (use z=2) that the sample mean will not differ from the population mean by more than 1.30 kg.

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Para resolver este problema, necesitamos determinar el tamaño de la muestra necesaria para estimar la media poblacional con un nivel de confianza del 95% y un margen de error de 1.30 kg. Utilizaremos la fórmula para el tamaño de la muestra en una estimación de la media:

n=(zσE)2 n = \left( \frac{z \cdot \sigma}{E} \right)^2

Donde:

  • n n es el tamaño de la muestra.
  • z z es el valor crítico correspondiente al nivel de confianza deseado.
  • σ \sigma es la desviación estándar de la población.
  • E E es el margen de error.

Dado que:

  • z=2 z = 2
  • σ=10.43 \sigma = 10.43 kg
  • E=1.30 E = 1.30 kg

Sustituimos estos valores en la fórmula:

n=(210.431.30)2 n = \left( \frac{2 \cdot 10.43}{1.30} \right)^2

Primero, calculamos el numerador:

210.43=20.86 2 \cdot 10.43 = 20.86

Luego, dividimos por el margen de error:

20.861.3016.046 \frac{20.86}{1.30} \approx 16.046

Finalmente, elevamos al cuadrado el resultado:

n(16.046)2257.48 n \approx (16.046)^2 \approx 257.48

Dado que el tamaño de la muestra debe ser un número entero, redondeamos al siguiente número entero más grande:

n258 n \approx 258

Por lo tanto, se debe tomar una muestra de al menos 258 mujeres para estar 95% confiado de que la media muestral no diferirá de la media poblacional en más de 1.30 kg.

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