Essentials of Statistics (5th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0-32192-459-2
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Chapter 7 - Estimates and Sample Sizes - 7-4 Estimating a Population Standard Deviation or Variance - Page 365: 21

Answer

768, not normal.

Work Step by Step

To be 95% confident that is within 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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