SOLUTION: Political Bob wants to estimate the proportion of the population of voters who favor his tax bill. He wants to be able to say his estimate is good to within 2 percentage points wit
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Question 929507: Political Bob wants to estimate the proportion of the population of voters who favor his tax bill. He wants to be able to say his estimate is good to within 2 percentage points with 95% confidence. Assuming he has no prior information on what the proportion is likely to be, he should ask his pollsters to take a sample of size
A 1692
B 2401
C 25
D 4801
E 10000
Answer by ewatrrr(24785) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
n = .50*.50(1.96/.02)^2 = 2401
B.
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