An auditor needs to audit 1000 transactions in a retail cash counter (i.e., the population size is N=1000). The auditor decides to draw a sample of n=64. The sample mean is $100 and sample standard deviation is $24. Using a 95% confidence level and finite correction factor, Amy already obtains the lower/upper limits of the confidence interval as in Question 14 and 15. If the finite correction factor is not used, the associated confidence interval will widen.
Question
An auditor needs to audit 1000 transactions in a retail cash counter (i.e., the population size is N=1000). The auditor decides to draw a sample of n=64. The sample mean is 24. Using a 95% confidence level and finite correction factor, Amy already obtains the lower/upper limits of the confidence interval as in Question 14 and 15.
If the finite correction factor is not used, the associated confidence interval will widen.
Solution
Yes, that's correct. The finite correction factor is used when the sample size is a significant proportion of the population size. It adjusts the standard error of the mean, which is used to calculate the confidence interval. If the finite correction factor is not used, the standard error of the mean would be larger, resulting in a wider confidence interval. This means that the range of values within which we can be confident that the population mean lies would be larger, indicating more uncertainty about the true population mean.
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