A doctor wants to estimate the mean HDL cholesterol of all 20- to 29-year-old females. How many subjects are needed to estimate the mean HDL cholesterol within 2 points with 99% confidence assuming s...

Extracted text: A doctor wants to estimate the mean HDL cholesterol of all 20- to 29-year-old females. How many subjects are needed to estimate the mean HDL cholesterol within 2 points with 99% confidence assuming s = 14.7 based on earlier studies? Suppose the doctor would be content with 90% confidence. How does the decrease in confidence affect the sample size required? Click the icon to view partial table of critical values. A 99% confidence level requires subjects. (Round up to the nearest subject.) A 90% confidence level requires subjects. (Round up to the nearest subject.) How does the decrease in confidence affect the sample size required? O A. Decreasing the confidence level decreases the sample size needed. O B. Decreasing the confidence level increases the sample size needed. OC. The sample size is the same for all levels of confidence.