MATH03

Statistics and Probability

Course Outcome 5
Lesson 2: SAMPLE SIZE DETERMINATION

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Objectives
At the end of the discussion, students must be able to:
• identifies the length of a confidence interval.
• computes for the length of the confidence interval.
• computes for an appropriate sample size using the length of the
interval
• solves problems involving sample size determination.

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 Sample Size Determination for
Population Mean (μ)
Formula to Determine the where:
Sample Size for the Estimation Z = Z-score associated with the
confidence level
of μ
σ = population standard deviation
E = margin of error (or distance points
from the mean)

This formula could only be used if the

maximum error of the estimate
has been predetermined

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Sample Size Determination for
Population Mean (μ)
An alumni association wants to estimate the mean debt of this year's college
graduates. It is known that the population standard deviation of the debts of this
year's college graduates is PhP11,800. How large a sample should be selected so
that a 99% confidence interval of the estimate is within PhP800 of the
population mean?

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Sample Size Determination for
Population Mean (μ)
An alumni association wants to estimate the mean debt of this year's college
graduates. It is known that the population standard deviation of the debts of this
year's college graduates is PhP11,800. How large a sample should be selected so
that a 99% confidence interval of the estimate is within PhP800 of the
population mean?
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Sample Size Determination for
Population Mean (μ)
The life in hours of a 75-watt bulb is known to be normally distributed with
hours. Suppose that we wanted the total width of the two-sided confidence
interval on mean life to be six hours at 95% confidence. What sample size
should be used?

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Sample Size Determination for
Population Mean (μ)
The life in hours of a 75-watt bulb is known to be normally distributed with
hours. Suppose that we wanted the total width of the two-sided confidence
interval on mean life to be six hours at 95% confidence. What sample size
should be used?

,,

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Sample Size Determination for
Population Proportion
where:
()
Z = Z-score associated with the
Formula to Determine the
confidence level
Sample Size for the Estimation = educated guess for population
of with educated guess for proportion

E = margin of error (or distance points

from the expected proportion)
This formula could only be used if the maximum
error of the estimate
has been predetermined and the population is
assumed to be infinite

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Sample Size Determination for
Population Proportion
where:()
Z = Z-score associated with the
Formula to Determine the
confidence level
Sample Size for the Estimation = educated guess for population
of (Conservative Approach) proportion

E = margin of error (or distance points

from the expected proportion)
This formula could only be used using the
assumption that as it leads to maximum possible
value of and the population is
assumed to be infinite

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Sample Size Determination for
Population Proportion ()
To estimate the next president's final approval rating, how many
people should be sampled so that the margin of error is 3%, (a
popular choice), with 95% confidence?
a. Use an educated guess
b. Use conservative approach.

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Sample Size Determination for
Population Proportion ()
To estimate the next president's final approval rating, how many
people should be sampled so that the margin of error is 3%, (a
popular choice), with 95% confidence?
a. Use an educated guess

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Sample Size Determination for
Population Proportion ()
To estimate the next president's final approval rating, how many
people should be sampled so that the margin of error is 3%, (a
popular choice), with 95% confidence?
b. Use conservative approach.

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Sample Size Determination for
Population Proportion ()
A researcher wants to estimate the proportion of high school
students that prefer face-to-face classes as mode of learning this
coming school year 2021-2022. Assuming that the margin of
error is 5%, and the confidence level is 99%, what will be the
appropriate sample size the researcher must use?
a. Use an educated guess
b. Use conservative approach.

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Sample Size Determination for
Population Proportion ()
A researcher wants to estimate the proportion of high school
students that prefer face-to-face classes as mode of learning this
coming school year 2021-2022. Assuming that the margin of
error is 5%, and the confidence level is 99%, what will be the
appropriate sample size the researcher must use?
a. Use an educated guess

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Sample Size Determination for
Population Proportion ()
A researcher wants to estimate the proportion of high school
students that prefer face-to-face classes as mode of learning this
coming school year 2021-2022. Assuming that the margin of
error is 5%, and the confidence level is 99%, what will be the
appropriate sample size the researcher must use?
b. Use conservative approach.

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