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The document outlines objectives related to understanding and calculating confidence intervals and sample sizes in statistics. It emphasizes the importance of determining an appropriate sample size to avoid wasting resources or obtaining inaccurate results. Additionally, it provides definitions and examples to illustrate the concepts of confidence intervals and their implications in research.

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Open M8-Stat-Prob

The document outlines objectives related to understanding and calculating confidence intervals and sample sizes in statistics. It emphasizes the importance of determining an appropriate sample size to avoid wasting resources or obtaining inaccurate results. Additionally, it provides definitions and examples to illustrate the concepts of confidence intervals and their implications in research.

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Objectives:

1. Identify
Slide 3 the length of a confidence
interval.
2. Compute for the length of the confidence
interval.
3. Compute for an appropriate sample size
using the length of interval.
4. Solve exercise involving sample size
determination.

How large should be the sample? Many


Slide 5
researchers find this a problem. In fact, many
rely on old methods to determine the sample
size they need in their investigations. This
problem must be addressed carefully because
needlessly large samples are a waste of
important resources. On the other hand,
insufficient sample size may lead to poor results.
What’s In
A. Fill in the blank with the correct word or group of
Slide 4
words to make a meaningful statement. Write your
answer on a separate sheet of paper.
1. Statistically, rounding up of 111.12 is _____. 112

2. A confidence level is the confidence


coefficient and is expressed as___________.
Percentage
3. For 95% confidence level, the confidence
coefficient is _________.
1.96

Slide 4
0.01

5. The standard deviation of a sampling


distribution is called __________________
Standard Error .

6. A subset of the interest population is


called _______________.
Sample Size
What’s New. . .
Definition of term:
Slide 5
1. Confidence interval – In statistics, this refers to the
probability that a Population parameter will fall
between a set of values for a certain proportion of times.
Confidence interval measure the degree of uncertainty
of certainty in a sampling method. They take any
number of probability limits, with the most common
being a 95% or 99% confidence level.
2. Narrowness of the interval – This pertains to a small
width in relation to the length of the confidence interval.

Slide 5
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Slide 7
Try this in your
Slide 5
notebook.
Answer:
1. 0.115
2. 0.36
3. 0.26
4. 0.37
5. 0.331

What is It. . .
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Slide 5

Slide 6
Slide 6

Slide 6
Try this in your
Slide 5
notebook.

Slide 7
Slide 5

Slide 7
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Slide 7
Slide 7

Slide 7
Try this in your
Slide 5
notebook.

Deriving the Formula for a Sample Size


Slide 5
- In deriving the formula for the
sample size, there are two things to
remember when we decided on the
quality of the size that we need:
confidence and the narrowness of the
interval.
➢ Confidence interval describe the
Slide 5
uncertainty inherent in this estimate
and describes a range of values within
which we can be reasonably sure that
the true effect actually lies.
➢ Narrowness of the interval pertains to
a small width in relation to the length of
the confidence interval.

If the confidence interval is relatively narrow


(e.g., 0.70
Slide 5 to 0.80), the effect size is known
precisely. If the interval is wider (e.g., 0.60 to
0.93) the uncertainty is greater, although there
may still be enough precision to make decisions
about the utility of the intervention. Intervals that
are very wide (e.g., 0.50 to 1.10) indicate that we
have little knowledge about the effect, and that
further information is needed.
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Example 1: Feeding Program
In a 5certain barangay, Mario wants to estimate
Slide
the mean weight µ, in kilograms, of all seven-year-
old children to be included in a feeding program. He
wants to be 99% confident that the estimate of µ is
accurate 0.06 kg. Suppose from a previous study,
the standard deviation of the weights of the target
population was 0.5kg, what should the sample size
be?

Note: The
Slide 5 phrase “accurate to within 0.06 kg”
indicates a narrowed width of the confidence
interval. Thus, the decide error E= 0.06 kg.

Population standard deviation = 0.5 kg.


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Example 2. Replicating a study
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Kristine wants to replicate a certain study,
where the lowest observed value is 10.4 while
the highest is 12.8. She wants to estimate the
population mean µ to within an error of 0.05 of
its true value. Using 98% confidence level find
the sample size n that she needs.

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What I Have Learned
Fill in the blanks.
Slide 5 Write your answer on your answer sheet.
A confidence interval, in statistics, refers to the
probability that a _____(1)_______ parameter will fall
Population
between a set of values for a certain proportion of
times.
Confidence intervals measure the degree of
uncertainty or certainty in a ______(2)______
Sampling method.
They can take any number of probability limits, with
the most common being a 95% or 99% confidence
level.

Slide 5 of Confidence Interval is the absolute difference


______(3)________
Length
between the upper confidence limit and the lower
confidence limit. There are two things to remember
when we decided on the quality of the sample size
we need: ____(4)______ and the _____(5)_____ of
the interval.
Confidence Narrowness
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Activity #8:

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