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dcuffee
Sep 26, 2010, 05:29 PM
Find the margin of error given 99% confidence interval; n = 201; x = 270; s = 42.

galactus
Sep 28, 2010, 05:51 AM
E=z\cdot \frac{\sigma}{\sqrt{n}}

The z score for a 99% CI is 2.575

Just sub in your knowns given.