A researcher named liza wants to estimate the mean age of pilots in an airline company. The population standard deviation from the previous study is 6.30 years. How many pilots must be selected if he wants to be 95% confident that the entire length of the interval must be 3.2 years

A researcher named liza wants to estimate the mean age of pilots in an airline company. The population standard deviation from the previous study is 6.30 years. How many pilots must be selected if he wants to be 95% confident that the entire length of the interval must be 3.2 years

MATLAB: An Introduction with Applications

6th Edition

ISBN:9781119256830

Author:Amos Gilat

Publisher:Amos Gilat

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