A doctor wants to estimate the HDL cholesterol of all 20- to 29-year-old females.
A doctor wants to estimate the HDL cholesterol of all 20- to 29-year-old females. How many subjects are
needed to estimate the HDL cholesterol within 4 points with 99% confidence assuming sigma=17.8?
Suppose the doctor would be content with 95% confidence, how does the decrease in confidence affect the sample size required?