Now suppose of interest is to estimate the mean number of children attending all 2017 Veterans Day celebrations. For this problem only, assume that the standard deviation of the number of children attending all 2017 Veterans Day celebrations is 21. What is the minimum number of 2017 Veterans Day celebrations that would need to be selected for the sample to allow the calculation of a 98% confidence interval with margin of error no larger than 8. 18.03 18 19 O O O O 37 37.28 38

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Now suppose of interest is to estimate the mean number of children attending all 2017 Veterans Day celebrations. For this problem only, assume that the standard
deviation of the number of children attending all 2017 Veterans Day celebrations is 21. What is the minimum number of 2017 Veterans Day celebrations that would
need to be selected for the sample to allow the calculation of a 98% confidence interval with margin of error no larger than 8.
18.03
18
19
37
37.28
38
Transcribed Image Text:Now suppose of interest is to estimate the mean number of children attending all 2017 Veterans Day celebrations. For this problem only, assume that the standard deviation of the number of children attending all 2017 Veterans Day celebrations is 21. What is the minimum number of 2017 Veterans Day celebrations that would need to be selected for the sample to allow the calculation of a 98% confidence interval with margin of error no larger than 8. 18.03 18 19 37 37.28 38
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Based on the information above, are the assumptions met?

Based on the information above, are the assumptions met?

No, because there is a simple random sample but the population is not normally distributed

Yes, because there is a simple random sample and the sample size is large enough for the Central Limit Theorem

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