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A process control engineer wishes to estimate the true proportion of defective computer chips with a margin of error of no more than 0.09 and with probability 0.90. How many observations does the engineer need to include in the sample to achieve his goal?
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Process Control Engineer
A specialized engineer focused on designing and maintaining systems that control the process and machinery in manufacturing and other industries.
Proportion of Defective
The ratio of defective items in a batch or lot to the total number of items.
Margin of Error
An expression of the amount of random sampling error in a survey's results.
- Ascertain the sample sizes needed to estimate population means and proportions, given specific margins of error and levels of confidence.
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Learning Objectives
- Ascertain the sample sizes needed to estimate population means and proportions, given specific margins of error and levels of confidence.
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