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Determining the Minimum Sample Size Required
7. Sampling Distributions & Confidence Intervals: Mean / Determining the Minimum Sample Size Required / Problem 3
Problem 3

A health study estimates the standard deviation of daily step counts as s=9.8s=9.8. The minimum number of participants required to estimate the mean daily steps within 22 steps, with 99%99\% confidence, is found to be n=160n=160. What effect does doubling the required accuracy have on the sample size?