Two random samples, a and b, were selected from the same population to estimate the population mean. for each sample, the mean, standard deviation, and margin of error for a 95 percent confidence interval for the population mean are shown in the table. mean standard deviation margin of error sample a 45 6.45 1.02sample b 43 7.84 0.72which of the following could explain why the margin of error of sample a is greater than the margin of error sample b? (a) the sample size of a is greater than the sample size of b. (b) the sample size of a is less than the sample size of b. (c) the sample size of a is equal to the sample size of b. (d) the mean of sample a is greater than the mean of sample b. (e) the standard deviation of sample a is less than the standard deviation of sample b.

For this case as we can see we have a larger sample size for sample B, so then the best option for this case would be:

(B) The sample size of A is less than the sample size of B.

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For this case we have the following data given:

represent the sample mean for A

represent the sample deviation for A

represent the margin of error for A

represent the sample mean for B

represent the sample deviation for B

represent the margin of error for B

And for this case we are assuming that we have the same confidence level of 95%

For this case we an use the fact that the sample deviation is an unbiased estimator for the population deviation and we can use the following formula for the margin of error of the sample mean the following formula:

For this case the value of the significance is given by and the value for , so then the value for represent a quantile of the normal standard distribution that accumulates 0.025 of the area on each tail of the normal standard distribution and for this case is .

So then since we have the value for z if we solve for n from the margin of error formula we got:

And for the case A we can find the sample size and we got:

And for the case B we can find the sample size and we got:

For this case as we can see we have a larger sample size for sample B, so then the best option for this case would be:

(B) The sample size of A is less than the sample size of B.

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