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awywial

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What is the subjective approach to probability?

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In using the standard normal distribution to construct a confidence interval for the population mean, what assumptions are necessary if the sample size n is less than 30?



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Answer to Question 1

The degree to which one happens to believe that an event will or will not happen.

Answer to Question 2

In this case, we need to assume that the population is normally distributed and the population standard deviation is known.



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