Elementary Statistics (12th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0321836960
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Chapter 7 - Estimates and Sample Sizes - 7-4 Estimating a Population Standard Deviation or Variance - Basic Skills and Concepts - Page 371: 21

Answer

768, not normal.

Work Step by Step

To be 95% confident that s is witin 5% of $\sigma$ by using the table, the corresponding sample size is: 768, but the minimum sample size will be incorrect if the distribution is not normal.
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