You want to estimate the mean weight loss of people one year after using the Atkins weight

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You want to estimate the mean weight loss of people one year after using the Atkins weight loss program. How many people on that program must be surveyed if we want to be 95% confident that the sample mean weight loss is within 0.25 lb of the true population mean? Assume that the population standard deviation is known to be 10.6 lb (based on data from “Comparison of the Atkins, Ornish, Weight Watchers, and Zone Diets for Weight Loss and Heart Disease Risk Reduction,” by Dansinger, et al., Journal of the American Medical Association, Vol. 293, No. 1). Is the resulting sample size practical?

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Elementary Statistics

ISBN: 9780321500243

11th Edition

Authors: Mario F. Triola

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