The average measured verbal IQ (IQV) scores of children is 100.  In a sample of 20 children, the average was 86.9.  Assume the population is normally distributed, and the population standard deviation is 18.5                                        How large a sample must be obtained to be 94% confident that the true mean IQV is within 2 points of the sample mean?

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The average measured verbal IQ (IQV) scores of children is 100.  In a sample of 20 children, the average was 86.9.  Assume the population is normally distributed, and the population standard deviation is 18.5                                   

 

 

How large a sample must be obtained to be 94% confident that the true mean IQV is within 2 points of the sample mean?

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