In order to halve the width of a 95% confidence interval

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In order to halve the width of a 95% confidence interval for a mean, by what factor should the sample size be increased? Ignore the finite population correction.

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In order to halve the width of a 95% confidence interval for a mean, by what factor should the sample size be increased? Ignore the finite population correction.

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The 95% confidence interval for mean (µ) is given as:

The width of confidence interval is given as:

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