Suppose a certain population of observations is normally distributed. (a) Find the value of z* such that
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(a) Find the value of z* such that 95% of the observations in the population are between - z* and + z* on the Z scale.
(b) Find the value of z* such that 99% of the observations in the population are between - z* and + z* on the Z scale.
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