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OpenStudy (amistre64):

How to solve this?

OpenStudy (amistre64):

OpenStudy (anonymous):

what ya gotta do is this...

OpenStudy (anonymous):

one sec let me pull up my formulas here

OpenStudy (amistre64):

\[n=\frac{z_{a/2}^2(.25)}{E^2}\]

OpenStudy (anonymous):

ya that's the one

OpenStudy (amistre64):

lol

OpenStudy (anonymous):

hahaha

OpenStudy (anonymous):

what is the meaning fo this??

OpenStudy (amistre64):

im trying to stay ahead of the curve in stats class :)

OpenStudy (amistre64):

or maybe im just procrastinating my report on germany thats due on montag

OpenStudy (anonymous):

nono i mean the equation...

OpenStudy (amistre64):

oh; well, its the product of the square of the z-score (why?) and the unknown proportions; divided by square pf the margin of error

OpenStudy (amistre64):

it used to estimate the needed sample size for some reason

OpenStudy (amistre64):

when the proportion is known; .25 becomes p*(1-p)

OpenStudy (anonymous):

oO

OpenStudy (amistre64):

i know right? :) But elementary stats i spose cant get into the whys and hows of it all

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