A medical researcher wishes to estimate the mean systolic blood pressure of heart surgery patients the day following surgery. She desires a margin of error of 2.2 mmHg. Past studies suggest that a population standard deviation of 41 mmHg is reasonable. Estimate the minimum sample size needed to estimate the population mean with the stated accuracy. OA. 1,389 OB. 37 OC. 695 OD. 3,056

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A medical researcher wishes to estimate the mean systolic blood pressure of heart surgery patients the day following surgery. She desires a margin of error of 2.2
mmHg. Past studies suggest that a population standard deviation of 41 mmHg is reasonable. Estimate the minimum sample size needed to estimate the population
mean with the stated accuracy.
OA. 1,389
OB. 37
OC. 695
OD. 3,056
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Transcribed Image Text:A medical researcher wishes to estimate the mean systolic blood pressure of heart surgery patients the day following surgery. She desires a margin of error of 2.2 mmHg. Past studies suggest that a population standard deviation of 41 mmHg is reasonable. Estimate the minimum sample size needed to estimate the population mean with the stated accuracy. OA. 1,389 OB. 37 OC. 695 OD. 3,056 $ 10 % 9: 17 [7] hp C 8 BICCE 9 ho ) fi num Ik + insert Next 5:04 PM 10/13/2022 prt scr backspace delete
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