# 8.1 A single population mean using the normal distribution  (Page 6/20)

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The error bound formula for a population mean when the population standard deviation is known is
EBM = $\left({z}_{\frac{\alpha }{2}}\right)\left(\frac{\sigma }{\sqrt{n}}\right)$ .

The formula for sample size is n = $\frac{{z}^{2}{\sigma }^{2}}{EB{M}^{2}}$ , found by solving the error bound formula for n .

In this formula, z is ${z}_{\frac{\alpha }{2}}$ , corresponding to the desired confidence level. A researcher planning a study who wants a specified confidence level and error bound can use this formula to calculate the size of the sample needed for the study.

The population standard deviation for the age of Foothill College students is 15 years. If we want to be 95% confident that the sample mean age is within two years of the true population mean age of Foothill College students, how many randomly selected Foothill College students must be surveyed?

• From the problem, we know that σ = 15 and EBM = 2.
• z = z 0.025 = 1.96, because the confidence level is 95%.
• n = $\frac{{z}^{2}{\sigma }^{2}}{EB{M}^{2}}$ = $\frac{{\left(1.96\right)}^{2}{\left(15\right)}^{2}}{{2}^{2}}$ = 216.09 using the sample size equation.
• Use n = 217: Always round the answer UP to the next higher integer to ensure that the sample size is large enough.

Therefore, 217 Foothill College students should be surveyed in order to be 95% confident that we are within two years of the true population mean age of Foothill College students.

## Try it

The population standard deviation for the height of high school basketball players is three inches. If we want to be 95% confident that the sample mean height is within one inch of the true population mean height, how many randomly selected students must be surveyed?

35 students

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oh but interpretation of data, like what and how? 🤔
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Akash
interpretation: it is a process in which we make a decision about a population on the basis of sample data . example: if we want to interpret the average income of employees for upcoming year so we have to interpret the income of employees on the basis of previous year's income of those employees
Saeed
thank you saeed, Akash. I understood.
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67
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arrange ascending and desending order than the mid value is Median
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what if it is a group data
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ibrar
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Nelson
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